See this diff: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=697665538
This happens because the section header has HTML in it. Summaries, however, are actually plaintext, so including the HTML tag in the summary causes this behaviour.
| Subject | Repo | Branch | Lines +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevent app from inserting HTML tags into edit summaries | apps/android/wikipedia | master | +2 -0 |
Change 261798 had a related patch set uploaded (by Deskana):
Prevent app from inserting HTML tags into edit summaries
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/261798
summaries are not plaintext btw, they are a reduced set of wikitext... (we actually have 3 parsers, wikitext, summaries and headers... sort of. I know. ... it's ...)
Good point. Fortunately, I don't think this really affects my solution to the problem.
Change 261798 merged by jenkins-bot:
Prevent app from inserting HTML tags into edit summaries
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/261798