{{PLURAL:$1|$3 started this topic|A|0=B|2=C|3=$3}}
mw.msg( "flow-topic-participants", 3 )
'A'
However
{{PLURAL:$1|$3 started this topic|A|0=B|2=C|3=D}}
mw.msg( "flow-topic-participants", 3 )
'D'
I think the use of $3 in the rule 3=$3 is not being parsed correctly.
Version: 1.24rc
Severity: normal
See Also:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70617