⚠️Work on this task cannot begin until T263266 is resolved.

This task is about making it so pings created at ar.wiki in the Reply Tool's visual mode look as follows: [[User:USERNAME|USERNAME]]◀

Background

T258743 made it so the < character is pre-pended to pings made using the Reply Tool's visual mode at ar.wiki while T263266 is being resolved.

Behavior

1. Visit a page on ar.wiki like: https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B4_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B9_%D8%A3%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%AA
2. Click on a [ reply ] link
3. In the Reply Tool's visual mode type @
4. Search for a username by typing some characters
5. Notice the @ remains in the tool's text input area along with the characters you are typing
6. Select a username from the username suggestion list by pressing ⏎

Actual

7. ❗️Notice the following appears in the Reply Tool's text input: USERNAME<

Desired

7. ✅ Notice the following appears in the Reply Tool's text input: USERNAME◀; this should appear in wikitext as follows: [[User:USERNAME|USERNAME]]◀

Done

• "Desired" behavior is implemented