[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #1884: Cyrillic topic slugs are limited to ~33 characters on Rosetta forums

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#1884: Cyrillic topic slugs are limited to ~33 characters on Rosetta forums
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 Reporter:  SergeyBiryukov        |       Owner:
     Type:  defect                |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                |   Milestone:
Component:  International Forums  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                        |
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Description changed by SergeyBiryukov:

Old description:

> Background: #1298
>
> This is essentially a WordPress core issue (#wp10483), but since it's a
> regression on the forums after the upgrade to bbPress 2.x in #1544, maybe
> we could tackle it on WP.org separately?
>
> Currently, topic slugs on Rosetta forums are limited to ~33 characters,
> and anything after that is just silently cut off.
>
> For a language where most words are longer than in English, this is often
> insufficient. English topic slugs, on the other hand, allow up to 80
> characters (which is the `maxlength` attribute on the input).
>
> Some examples of recent topics where the title is OK, but slug was cut
> off:
> * https://ru.wordpress.org/support/topic/как-настроить-уведомления-на-
> email-о-получ
> * https://ru.wordpress.org/support/topic/написание-плагина-скрытый-
> контент-оп
> * https://ru.wordpress.org/support/topic/загруженные-изображения-не-
> привязыв
>
> To get a feeling of what it looks like to a Russian speaker, imagine if
> these (random) topics on English forums:
>
> * https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-call-to-undefined-
> function-add_shortcode_param
> * https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-post-gives-you-are-currently-
> editing-the-page-that-shows-your-latest-posts
> * https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-cant-update-the-plugins-but-i
> -see-they-need-to-be-updated
>
> had slug like these:
>
> * https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-call-to-undefined-fun/
> * https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-post-gives-you-are-currently/
> * https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-cant-update-the-plugins-but-i-s/
>
> Doesn't look too informative, does it?
>
> Previously, slugs were cut around ~48 characters, which is still is less
> then enough, but better than ~33.

New description:

 Background: #1298

 This is essentially a WordPress core issue (#wp10483), but since it's a
 regression on the forums after the upgrade to bbPress 2.x in #1544, maybe
 we could tackle it on WP.org separately?

 Currently, topic slugs on Rosetta forums are limited to ~33 characters,
 and anything after that is just silently cut off.

 For a language where most words are longer than in English, this is often
 insufficient. English topic slugs, on the other hand, allow up to 80
 characters (which is the `maxlength` attribute on the input).

 Some examples of recent topics where the title is OK, but the slug was cut
 off:
 * https://ru.wordpress.org/support/topic/как-настроить-уведомления-на-
 email-о-получ
 * https://ru.wordpress.org/support/topic/написание-плагина-скрытый-
 контент-оп
 * https://ru.wordpress.org/support/topic/загруженные-изображения-не-
 привязыв

 To get a feeling of what it looks like to a Russian speaker, imagine if
 these (random) topics on English forums:

 * https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-call-to-undefined-
 function-add_shortcode_param
 * https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-post-gives-you-are-currently-
 editing-the-page-that-shows-your-latest-posts
 * https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-cant-update-the-plugins-but-i-see-
 they-need-to-be-updated

 had slug like these:

 * https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-call-to-undefined-fun/
 * https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-post-gives-you-are-currently/
 * https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-cant-update-the-plugins-but-i-s/

 Doesn't look too informative, does it?

 Previously, slugs were cut around ~48 characters, which is still is less
 than enough, but better than ~33.

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