diff --git a/modules/ve/dm/ve.dm.Converter.js b/modules/ve/dm/ve.dm.Converter.js
index 0805404e24..66191bed5a 100644
--- a/modules/ve/dm/ve.dm.Converter.js
+++ b/modules/ve/dm/ve.dm.Converter.js
@@ -342,6 +342,26 @@ ve.dm.Converter.prototype.getDataFromDomRecursion = function ( domElement, wrapp
 			nextWhitespace = '';
 		}
 	}
+	function outputWrappedMetaItems( whitespaceTreatment ) {
+		var i, len, prev = wrappingParagraph;
+		for ( i = 0, len = wrappedMetaItems.length; i < len; i++ ) {
+			if ( wrappedMetaItems[i].type && wrappedMetaItems[i].type.charAt( 0 ) !== '/' ) {
+				if ( wrappedMetaItems[i].internal && wrappedMetaItems[i].internal.whitespace ) {
+					if ( whitespaceTreatment === 'restore' ) {
+						data = data.concat( ve.dm.Converter.getDataContentFromText(
+								wrappedMetaItems[i].internal.whitespace[0], context.annotations
+						) );
+						delete wrappedMetaItems[i].internal;
+					} else if ( whitespaceTreatment === 'fixup' ) {
+						addWhitespace( prev, 3, wrappedMetaItems[i].internal.whitespace[0] );
+					}
+				}
+				prev = wrappedMetaItems[i];
+			}
+			data.push( wrappedMetaItems[i] );
+		}
+		wrappedMetaItems = [];
+	}
 	function startWrapping() {
 		// Mark this paragraph as having been generated by
 		// us, so we can strip it on the way out
@@ -363,6 +383,7 @@ ve.dm.Converter.prototype.getDataFromDomRecursion = function ( domElement, wrapp
 			nextWhitespace = wrappedWhitespace;
 		}
 		data.push( { 'type': '/paragraph' } );
+		outputWrappedMetaItems( 'fixup' );
 		wrappingParagraph = undefined;
 		context.inWrapper = false;
 		context.canCloseWrapper = false;
@@ -400,6 +421,7 @@ ve.dm.Converter.prototype.getDataFromDomRecursion = function ( domElement, wrapp
 		nextWhitespace = '',
 		wrappedWhitespace = '',
 		wrappedWhitespaceIndex,
+		wrappedMetaItems = [],
 		context = {},
 		prevContext = this.contextStack.length ? this.contextStack[this.contextStack.length - 1] : null;
 
@@ -472,9 +494,19 @@ ve.dm.Converter.prototype.getDataFromDomRecursion = function ( domElement, wrapp
 						if ( childDataElements.length === 1 ) {
 							childDataElements.push( { 'type': '/' + childDataElements[0].type } );
 						}
-						data = data.concat( childDataElements );
-						processNextWhitespace( childDataElements[0] );
-						prevElement = childDataElements[0];
+						if ( context.inWrapper ) {
+							wrappedMetaItems = wrappedMetaItems.concat( childDataElements );
+							if ( wrappedWhitespace !== '' ) {
+								data.splice( wrappedWhitespaceIndex, wrappedWhitespace.length );
+								addWhitespace( childDataElements[0], 0, wrappedWhitespace );
+								nextWhitespace = wrappedWhitespace;
+								wrappedWhitespace = '';
+							}
+						} else {
+							data = data.concat( childDataElements );
+							processNextWhitespace( childDataElements[0] );
+							prevElement = childDataElements[0];
+						}
 						break;
 					}
 
@@ -565,6 +597,7 @@ ve.dm.Converter.prototype.getDataFromDomRecursion = function ( domElement, wrapp
 							}
 							nextWhitespace = text;
 							wrappedWhitespace = '';
+							outputWrappedMetaItems( 'restore' );
 						}
 						// We're done, no actual text left to process
 						break;
@@ -596,6 +629,7 @@ ve.dm.Converter.prototype.getDataFromDomRecursion = function ( domElement, wrapp
 								addWhitespace( wrappingParagraph, 0, matches[1] );
 							}
 						} else {
+							outputWrappedMetaItems( 'restore' );
 							// We were already wrapping in a paragraph,
 							// so the leading whitespace must be output
 							data = data.concat(
@@ -659,7 +693,7 @@ ve.dm.Converter.prototype.getDataFromDomRecursion = function ( domElement, wrapp
 				);
 				break;
 			case Node.COMMENT_NODE:
-				// TODO treat this as a node with nodeName #comment
+				// TODO treat this as a node with nodeName #comment, removes code duplication
 				childDataElements = [
 					{
 						'type': 'alienMeta',
@@ -670,9 +704,19 @@ ve.dm.Converter.prototype.getDataFromDomRecursion = function ( domElement, wrapp
 					},
 					{ 'type': '/alienMeta' }
 				];
-				data = data.concat( childDataElements );
-				processNextWhitespace( childDataElements[0] );
-				prevElement = childDataElements[0];
+				if ( context.inWrapper ) {
+					wrappedMetaItems = wrappedMetaItems.concat( childDataElements );
+					if ( wrappedWhitespace !== '' ) {
+						data.splice( wrappedWhitespaceIndex, wrappedWhitespace.length );
+						addWhitespace( childDataElements[0], 0, wrappedWhitespace );
+						nextWhitespace = wrappedWhitespace;
+						wrappedWhitespace = '';
+					}
+				} else {
+					data = data.concat( childDataElements );
+					processNextWhitespace( childDataElements[0] );
+					prevElement = childDataElements[0];
+				}
 				break;
 		}
 	}
@@ -879,7 +923,7 @@ ve.dm.Converter.prototype.getDomSubtreeFromData = function ( store, data, contai
 			// Element
 			if ( dataElement.type.charAt( 0 ) === '/' ) {
 				parentDomElement = domElement.parentNode;
-				isContentNode = this.metaItemFactory.lookup( data[i].type.substr( 1 ) ) ||
+				isContentNode = !this.metaItemFactory.lookup( data[i].type.substr( 1 ) ) &&
 					this.nodeFactory.isNodeContent( data[i].type.substr( 1 ) );
 				// Process whitespace
 				// whitespace = [ outerPre, innerPre, innerPost, outerPost ]
diff --git a/modules/ve/test/dm/ve.dm.example.js b/modules/ve/test/dm/ve.dm.example.js
index e9d18ec74b..fbf9baaa78 100644
--- a/modules/ve/test/dm/ve.dm.example.js
+++ b/modules/ve/test/dm/ve.dm.example.js
@@ -1673,6 +1673,62 @@ ve.dm.example.domToDataCases = {
 			{ 'type': '/table' }
 		]
 	},
+	'whitespace preservation with wrapped text, comments and language links': {
+		'html': '<body><!-- Foo --> <!-- Bar -->\nFoo\n' +
+			'<link rel="mw:WikiLink/Language" href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo">\n' +
+			'<link rel="mw:WikiLink/Language" href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo"></body>',
+		'data': [
+			{
+				'type': 'alienMeta',
+				'internal': { 'whitespace': [ undefined, undefined, undefined, ' ' ] },
+				'attributes': {
+					'style': 'comment',
+					'text': ' Foo '
+				}
+			},
+			{ 'type': '/alienMeta' },
+			{
+				'type': 'alienMeta',
+				'internal': { 'whitespace': [ ' ', undefined, undefined, '\n' ] },
+				'attributes': {
+					'style': 'comment',
+					'text': ' Bar '
+				}
+			},
+			{ 'type': '/alienMeta' },
+			{
+				'type': 'paragraph',
+				'internal': {
+					'generated': 'wrapper',
+					'whitespace': [ '\n', undefined, undefined, '\n' ]
+				}
+			},
+			'F',
+			'o',
+			'o',
+			{ 'type': '/paragraph' },
+			{
+				'type': 'MWlanguage',
+				'attributes': {
+					'href': 'http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo',
+					'html/0/href': 'http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo',
+					'html/0/rel': 'mw:WikiLink/Language'
+				},
+				'internal': { 'whitespace': [ '\n', undefined, undefined, '\n' ] }
+			},
+			{ 'type': '/MWlanguage' },
+			{
+				'type': 'MWlanguage',
+				'attributes': {
+					'href': 'http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo',
+					'html/0/href': 'http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo',
+					'html/0/rel': 'mw:WikiLink/Language'
+				 },
+				'internal': { 'whitespace': [ '\n' ] }
+			},
+			{ 'type': '/MWlanguage' }
+		]
+	},
 	'mismatching whitespace data is ignored': {
 		'html': null,
 		'data': [
@@ -2134,8 +2190,10 @@ ve.dm.example.domToDataCases = {
 			'F',
 			'o',
 			'o',
+			{ 'type': '/paragraph' },
 			{
 				'type': 'alienMeta',
+				'internal': { 'whitespace': [ '\n' ] },
 				'attributes': {
 					'style': 'meta',
 					'key': 'mw:foo',
@@ -2145,7 +2203,6 @@ ve.dm.example.domToDataCases = {
 				}
 			},
 			{ 'type': '/alienMeta' },
-			{ 'type': '/paragraph' },
 			{ 'type': '/tableCell' },
 			{ 'type': '/tableRow' },
 			{ 'type': '/tableSection' },