Footnotes in RST are generally rendered with a "Create Wiki Page" Link. see http://zwiki.org/RestructuredTextDemo This issue seems to be fixed for STX but not for RST.
Problem exists for "allow_dtml" == True --marko, Mon, 29 May 2006 08:55:08 -0700 reply
Hint: It seems to be that the problem only exists if the "allow_dtml" property is set.
dupe --betabug, Wed, 16 May 2007 06:16:39 -0700 reply
Status: open => closed
This is a dupe of #512 reStructuredText bracket and freeformlink collisions -- which is now fixed at least in darcs. I would say that it's nothing to do with allow_dtml.