This came from the Hebrew Wikipedia feedback page, I could not replicate it in the English Wikipedia
It seems to happen only in Firefox.
To reproduce -
- Go to this sample page: https://he.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%A9:Nurick/%D7%91%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%AA_-_%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%9A_%D7%97%D7%96%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%99&oldid=14834614&veaction=edit
- Put the cursor a couple of character to the left of the word "יפן" (third paragraph, the word with the reference attached)
- Move the cursor so it is between the word and the reference.
- Add a period.
Watch a pawn appear.
- Firefox 25.0.1 on Windows and on Ubuntu
Version: unspecified
Severity: major