The specific example is http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:NoticeTemplate/view&template=2010_fr_testing2

It has shown 2 versions of 2010_fr_testing2 for a while when I view Special:NoticeTemplate and most recently I was attempting to remove "&{{{target1}}}" from the template through the interface (in the url) but each time I did so it would not fully remove. Once you pressed submit it would show the change in the test field but the variable was still listed in the variables section. When you refreshed the page the text field showed the removed &{{{target}}} as back.

I attempted both on my staff account and on User:Jamesofur as well as on 3 browsers (Firefox and IE8 on Windows 7 and Chrome on Linux) without success before attempting to remove it straight via the Mediawiki page with http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Centralnotice-template-2010_fr_testing2&diff=prev&oldid=2156662 . The change did stick with that edit but I have since tried to make other edits to that template and the same issue occurs (the edit appears to have happened but when the page is refreshed it did not).

(putting on the fundraising open issues page as well)

Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement