@Random832 said:
I'm trying to fix a wikipedia article so that it does not need bidirectional overrides to display properly. I haven't found any combination of <span dir="rtl">, <span dir="ltr"> that will do this (percent signs are hebrew text)
...and seek aid [%%%%%% = 391; together 471] in the sixth millennium."
It always renders as [391 = %%%%%%; together 471]
Try using the Left-to-Right Mark and Right-to-Left Mark characters:
[‏%%%%%%%‎ = 391; together 471]
(or: [‏%%%%%%%‎ = 391; together 471])
(Details on why this works are here.)