[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #128: Mix of db table charsets causes bad output from Credits API

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#128: Mix of db table charsets causes bad output from Credits API
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Reporter:  demetris  |      Owner:
    Type:  defect    |     Status:  new
Priority:  normal    |  Component:  General
Keywords:            |
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 Migrating from #wp17487:
 > I was playing with my profile page at wp.org and changed the Name field
 from:
 >
 > {{{demetris}}}
 >
 > to:
 >
 > {{{demetris (Δημήτρης Κίκιζας)}}}
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 > What the API returns for that is:
 >
 > {{{demetris (???????? ???????)}}}
 >
 > It seems the API returns its results in ISO 8859-1. Can we change that
 to UTF-8?
 >

 Per @westi, this is because we have a mix of table charsets in the
 database. To fix it, we need to update hyperdb on wordpress.org, then fix
 any charset problems. It takes a chunk of time and he's volunteered to do
 it in a couple of months.

 I'll follow up in October.

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