Can't remove boldface when using a name reference tag from Biography.

Question

Lacharia's son-in-law, [[Chawes-3 | Rubin Chawes]], was the husband of Lacharia's daughter, [[Fischmann-13 | Bertha Chawes (born Fischmann) ]].

[The boldfaced words in the display version of the above sentence are "Bertha Chawes (born Fischmann)" I don't want those words to be boldfaced, but I can't seem to remove the boldface.]

Comments

This is strange, David. I can't see why that section is bold, nor fix it.

If no one else has a better answer, please edit your question and add the tag  bugs  so as to draw attention.

I did fix a minor error which was causing a red link. The wife's WikiTree ID is Sillermann-1 not Sillerman-1.

Answer 1

To remove the boldface change:

• [[Fischmann-13 | Bertha Chawes (born Fischmann) ]]

to

• Bertha Chawes (born Fischmann)

Comments

Thanks Tommy. That's not quite the right answer, but it gave me a clue. The problem was that Bertha's WikiTree ID is Fischmann-12 not Fischmann-13. I've corrected it now, to

[[Fischmann-12 | Bertha Chawes (born Fischmann)]]

David: to be sure to get the right ID, copy and paste using the icons that look like

ID

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was it bold red?

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No, and that's mysterious. Maybe there is some bug.

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No. It won't be red because Fischmann-13 exists.

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Oddly also, while the bold face was present on the finished profile, it didn't show up in the edit preview.

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When you link to your own profile (or when a profile links to itself), it bold's the name. It doesn't care what the text (or name is). So, that is why it was bold.

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Right, that explains the whole thing. The mother is Lacharia Fischmann-13, the daughter is Bertha Fischmann-12. Originally the text was

[[Fischmann-13 | Bertha Chawes (born Fischmann)]]

so the mother's profile was referring to itself. That causes bold as Tommy says. Once I changed to

[[Fischmann-12 | Bertha Chawes (born Fischmann)]]

with Bertha's correct ID, the bold went away.

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You will often see this scenario play out in the Acknowledgement section.