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ArcadesSabboth from Mother Earth Since: Oct, 2011
#1: Aug 26th 2012 at 6:58:20 PM

This is a pretty minor question, but what does it mean if a wick cannot be found (with ctrl+F or equivalent) in an existing article, but the wick is listed on a Related To page? And if a null edit doesn't make it go away?

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Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#2: Aug 26th 2012 at 8:24:46 PM

It might be somebody using the {} over ride.

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Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
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#3: Aug 26th 2012 at 8:25:35 PM

As Deboss said, make sure to look for uses of the wick with the {{ }} markup, as it can have spacing and other formatting that you can't do with a straight Wiki Word.

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ArcadesSabboth from Mother Earth Since: Oct, 2011
#4: Aug 26th 2012 at 8:34:54 PM

I did search for just a single word, not the whole name. So it can't be that.

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ArcadesSabboth from Mother Earth Since: Oct, 2011
#6: Aug 26th 2012 at 9:39:52 PM

Medieval Stasis

Oppression anywhere is a threat to democracy everywhere.
battosaijoe Since: Jan, 2010
#7: Aug 26th 2012 at 9:44:50 PM

...and the wick in question?

lu127 Paper Master from 異界 Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#8: Aug 26th 2012 at 11:58:25 PM

It's because the wick you're looking for is wiki-worded as {{reptil|esAreAbhorrent}}. It's not a ghost wick.

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ArcadesSabboth from Mother Earth Since: Oct, 2011
#9: Aug 27th 2012 at 8:49:17 AM

Eugh, OK thanks.[up] Wow, that's even worse than just curly brackets.

Oppression anywhere is a threat to democracy everywhere.
DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
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#10: Aug 27th 2012 at 9:29:31 AM

This is why I say what's discussed in this thread should be implemented, as it would just tell you where the wick is.

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#11: Mar 14th 2016 at 9:59:47 AM

Closing in favour of this.

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