Problem is in Parsoid:

<ref name="Foo 'Bar' Baz">Foo</ref>

->

<p data-parsoid="{&quot;dsr&quot;:[0,35,0,0]}"><span about="#mwt2" class="reference" data-mw="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;ref&quot;,&quot;body&quot;:{&quot;html&quot;:&quot;Foo&quot;},&quot;attrs&quot;:{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Foo 'Bar' Baz&quot;}}" id="cite_ref-Foo 'Bar' Baz-1-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;<ref name=\&quot;Foo 'Bar' Baz\&quot;>Foo</ref>&quot;,&quot;dsr&quot;:[0,35,26,6]}"><a href="#cite_note-Foo 'Bar' Baz-1">[1]</a></span></p>

But:

<ref name="Foo "Bar" Baz">Foo</ref>

->

<p data-parsoid="{&quot;dsr&quot;:[37,72,0,0]}">&lt;ref name="Foo "Bar" Baz"&gt;Foo&lt;/ref&gt;</p>

Arguably this is horribly-broken wikitext and should be burnt with fire, of course.

I am tempted to WONTFIX this. How common of a use case is this?

• Bug 57252 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

@Chris McKenna, James: How common is this issue? Is it worth supporting such broken attributes?

Setting priority to low until it is clear that this is an issue we should tackle.

Similar issue at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2015_Nepal_earthquake&action=edit&oldid=659417822 / https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2015_Nepal_earthquake&veaction=edit&oldid=659417822:

<ref name=Daily 'AFAD'>{{cite news |title=Turkey's AFAD and international aid organizations rush to Nepal after devastating earthquake |work=Daily Sabah Asia Pacific |date=25 April 2015 |accessdate=25 April 2015 |url=http://www.dailysabah.com/asia/2015/04/25/turkeys-afad-and-international-aid-organizations-rush-to-nepal-after-devastating-earthquake}}</ref>

becomes text (linked and italicized, but not a reference):

<ref name=Daily 'AFAD'>"Turkey's AFAD and international aid organizations rush to Nepal after devastating earthquake". Daily Sabah Asia Pacific. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.</ref>