Why is certain text being deleted?

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  jnagyjr · Member · Aug 10, 2012 at 6:32 pm

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  Certain text from my post is being deleted as I save/update the post.

  The text in question is “Psalm 97” without quotes. At the end of my entry “9 Months On” I copy/pasted the entirety of this Psalm in my blog, adding bolding to the last verse. the only issue I am having is that at the top, no matter how I enclose the text, “Psalm 97” is deleted between hitting “update” and the update being published. Please help.
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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 10, 2012 at 6:57 pm

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  It sounds like you’ve got a copy/paste problem. Before you do anything else, go to Settings->Writing and select “WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML” and Update.

  Then go back to the draft you were working on and try again.

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  jnagyjr · Member · Aug 10, 2012 at 7:03 pm

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  I’ve typed in, not using copy/paste (I only used the copy/paste for the verses themselves) for the text in question. Will select that option (though I am using html mode and not visual) and see if it helps. Thanks!

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  jnagyjr · Member · Aug 10, 2012 at 7:07 pm

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  Problem is still there.

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  jnagyjr · Member · Aug 10, 2012 at 7:08 pm

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  Sort of. It now shows on the post but not in the editor.

  9 Months On

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  jnagyjr · Member · Aug 12, 2012 at 3:45 pm

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  This is what I see in the editor:
  http://www.joseph-a-nagy-jr.us/images/problems/editor.png

  This is what I see on the blog:
  http://www.joseph-a-nagy-jr.us/images/problems/blog.png

  I’m using the HTML editing mode, I have the option selected to correct incorrectly nested XHTML, I would like to know am I losing my mind or is this a bug I need to report to bugzilla or whatever.

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 12, 2012 at 7:52 pm

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  Inneresting. The only thing I can find is this:

  <p>Psalm 97<br>
  The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.</p>

  You see the p tag before the name of the psalm? you end with a br instead. Try switching it to a closing p and then open the next paragraph with a p tag.

  I have no idea what would have caused this, or even if this is related, but it’s unusual. Maybe your blog is just haunted.

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  jnagyjr · Member · Aug 12, 2012 at 8:07 pm

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  I see it, but again, I don’t have any p tag in the vacinity. I limit myself to formatting tags such as strong or i or any of the h* tags. I’m going to see if I paste the post into a plain-text editor and a paste back in will fix.

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 12, 2012 at 8:09 pm

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  That probably will. I assure you the tags are there in your sourcecode.

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  jnagyjr · Member · Aug 12, 2012 at 8:11 pm

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  I copied into gvim, added ‘Psalm 97’, cut/pasted back into editor, same problem. No bueno.

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  jnagyjr · Member · Aug 12, 2012 at 8:13 pm

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  I believe you, the text wouldn’t show up otherwise.