[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #18621: Three dashes in permalink = broken links

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#18621: Three dashes in permalink = broken links
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 Reporter:  maggiemasetti  |      Owner:  NASA
     Type:  defect (bug)   |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General        |    Version:  3.2.1
 Severity:  major          |   Keywords:
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 In the past Wordpress would generate a permalink for us. This was never an
 issue until we upgraded til Wordpress 3 - now the links that WP itself
 generated, which have three dashes in them, are broken.

 For example:
 The browser URL bar says this:
 http://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/outreach/podcast/wordpress/index.php/2011/05/09
 /blog-weekly-awesomeness-round-up---5911/

 But when I cut/paste it, it comes across as this:
 http://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/outreach/podcast/wordpress/index.php/2011/05/09
 /blog-weekly-awesomeness-round-up-%E2%80%93-5911/

 Either way, WP can apparently no longer parse three dashes and gives us an
 error that says "Not Found. Sorry, you are looking for something that
 isn't here." However, this entry is very much there - and we didn't create
 the URL, WP did. And it used to work just fine.

 So now, we are left with the option of changing the existing link
 ourselves, but that will also break any links to this page.

 We optimally need WP to fix it such such that the site can once again
 interpret permalinks that were created by WP with three dashes in them.

 Currently we are using WP 3.2.1.

 Here's my email address:
 maggie.masetti at nasa.gov

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