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Node reference from URL works well when a user has created his own account and adds contents on which the reference field is. However, it does not work when the account is created by user #1 on behalf of the user (in this instance, the creation of an account triggers a rule for the creation of the new user's node image gallery.) The node reference field, although displaying the proper node to return to, redirects to user #1's referenceable node.