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*'''How to avoid it''': Always do a (Show preview) before actually saving the page. If you see the error, use your browser's back button to get back to the wikitext box, where you can look for the mismatched tag to fix it. If you cannot find the mismatched tag, one option is to click ''Cancel'' so the changes that caused the error are not saved. You will lose any changes you made since the previous save, but the error will be gone. | *'''How to avoid it''': Always do a (Show preview) before actually saving the page. If you see the error, use your browser's back button to get back to the wikitext box, where you can look for the mismatched tag to fix it. If you cannot find the mismatched tag, one option is to click ''Cancel'' so the changes that caused the error are not saved. You will lose any changes you made since the previous save, but the error will be gone. | ||
*'''What causes this error''': A mismatched tag, like a missing closing </scene>, or even a missing "<" or ">" sign, for example in "</scene" (where the final ">" was inadvertantly deleted). | *'''What causes this error''': A mismatched tag, like a missing closing </scene>, or even a missing "<" or ">" sign, for example in "</scene" (where the final ">" was inadvertantly deleted). In May, 2021, the presence of '&' in the caption of a <Structure ... > tag at [[Cystine]] also caused this error. Replacing the '&' with 'and' corrected the problem. | ||
*'''How to fix it''': Lets assume that you saved the page with the mismatched tag error, so all you can see is the XML Error message. Don't worry. You can still open the page in ''edit'' mode and fix it. | *'''How to fix it''': Lets assume that you saved the page with the mismatched tag error, so all you can see is the XML Error message. Don't worry. You can still open the page in ''edit'' mode and fix it. | ||
