From 9026630bfd36aadf6758696da7d9d76bb9b44c7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Trappist the monk <Trappist_the_monk@en.wikipedia.org>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 04:04:00 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] decode basic HTML entities; reencode no-break space
 characters

---
 module_citeq.lua | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/module_citeq.lua b/module_citeq.lua
index aa55ac2..0e113e6 100644
--- a/module_citeq.lua
+++ b/module_citeq.lua
@@ -1017,6 +1017,8 @@ local function _cite_q (citeq_args)
 			if changed then														-- when changes have been made
 				citeq_args[k] = v;												-- update <citeq_args[k]>
 			end
+
+			citeq_args[k] = mw.text.decode (v):gsub ('\194\160', '&nbsp;');		-- decode basic html entities; reencode no-break space characters
 		end
 	end