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When is a prime factor of Mersenne number Wieferich prime?

Wieferich prime is a prime number $p$ such that $p^2$ divides $2^{p - 1} - 1$.

There are only two Wieferich primes known and it is an open problem if there are infinitely many non-Wieferich primes.

Mersenne numbers are $M_n=2^n-1$.

When is a prime factor of Mersenne number Wieferich prime?

Wikipedia claims

A prime divisor $p$ of $M_q$, where $q$ is prime, is a Wieferich prime if and only if $p^2$ divides $M_q$.

Confusion is possible, but we believe that Wikipedia's claim implies infinitely many non-Wieferich primes.

Assume the set of non-Wieferich primes is finite and let $P$ their product.

Then for all primes $q$, $M_q=d u^2$ where $d$ is divisor of $P$ and $u$ is product of powers of Wieferich primes.

This implies that the squarefree free part of $M_q$ is bounded, which is easily shown to be impossible e.g. see this queston

What is wrong with this argument?

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