[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #63769: Long time bug in classic editor

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#63769: Long time bug in classic editor
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 Reporter:  neotrope      |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Editor        |    Version:  6.8.2
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:  needs-patch
  Focuses:                |
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 Hi folks - long time bug in classic editor I keep forgetting about until
 it happens (every time). Rewrite bug with certain text strings when copy
 pasting from MS Word edited text.

 Basically there is a funky thing when using classic editor, when copying
 clean text from MS Word (docx) file (by clean, I mean remove any oddball
 encoding like superscripts, double spaces, double line breaks, etc.) into
 the post editor...

 and if the first paragraph starts with, oh say, a dateline of ST. LOUIS,
 Mo., July 31, 2025 --- blah.... the editor rewrites the ST. LOUIS as
 <ol><li>LOUIS, Mo. ...etc. ... </li></ol> where the entire first paragraph
 is wrapped in ol and the ST. is removed.

 This happens with another string we use sometimes, which I think is also
 ST. -- basically 'ST.' being rewritten as an <ol></ol> wrapper, for no
 apparent reason.

 Not world ending, but happens every time for us.

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