Mysterious issue with loading a list of files (resolved: changing name of wave doesn't change the references to it)

// load_allWavesLikeTemplate:
//      Say you have a bunch of text-delimited files that all start with "file_".
//      This function loads all of those files, and makes a reference wave that
//      points to all of them.
// parameters:
//      nameTemplate : a string that tells how all the file names should start
//      pathSTring : a string w/ the complete path the folder with all the files
//      df : a data folder in igor where all the loaded waves will be kept
//  outputs:
//      - one wave for each file name that matched the template
//      - *nameTemplate*_All : a wave of references that points to all the loaded waves
Function load_allWavesLikeTemplate(nameTemplate, mode, [pathString, df, wOutName])
    String nameTemplate, mode, pathString, wOutName
    DFREF df
   
    DFREF saveDFR = GetDataFolderDFR()
   
    if (!ParamIsDefault(pathString))
        NewPath/O myPath, pathString
    else
        NewPath/O myPath
    endif
   
    if (!ParamIsDefault(df))
        SetDataFolder df
    endif
       
    String allFileList = IndexedFile(myPath, -1, "????")
   
    String/G matchingWavesList = "" // #todo: remove this /G later
    String fileName
    Variable i, imax = ItemsInList(allFileList), isMatch
    for (i=0; i<imax; i+=1)
        fileName = StringFromList(i, allFileList)
        isMatch = StringMatch(fileName, nameTemplate + "*")
        if (isMatch)
            matchingWavesList = AddListItem(fileName, matchingWavesList)
        endif
    endfor
   
    // Put the file lists in order
    matchingWavesList = SortList(matchingWavesList, ";", 16)
   
    // Make a waves to store references to all the loaded waves
    String refWaveName
    if (!ParamIsDefault(wOutName))
        refWaveName = wOutName + "_All"
    else
        refWaveName = nameTemplate + "_All"
    endif
    Make/WAVE/O/N=(itemsInList(matchingWavesList)) $refWaveName
    Wave/WAVE refWave = $refWaveName
   
    // Load all the waves
    imax = ItemsInList(matchingWavesList)
    String wName
    for (i=0; i<imax; i+=1)
        fileName = StringFromList(i, matchingWavesList)
        // Print "fileName = " + fileName // #todo: remove this print statement later
        LoadWave/Q/J/M/D/N=wIn/K=0/P=myPath fileName
        Wave wIn0
        if (!ParamIsDefault(wOutName))
            wName = wOutName + "_" + num2str(i)
        else
            wName = fileName // I may decide to use a different name
        endif
       
        if (StringMatch(mode, "1d"))
            Make/O/D/N=(DimSize(wIn0,1)) $wName = wIn0[0][p]
        elseif (StringMatch(mode, "2d"))
            Rename wIn0, $wName
        endif
        Wave oneWave = $wName
        refWave[i] = oneWave
    endfor
   
    KillWaves wIn0
End