[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #2972: Replace special characters in Vendor Payments and Reimbursement Request plugins automagically

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#2972: Replace special characters in Vendor Payments and Reimbursement Request
plugins automagically
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 Reporter:  andreamiddleton          |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement              |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                   |  Milestone:
Component:  WordCamp Site & Plugins  |   Keywords:
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 The character set that our bank will accept in an upload file for wires or
 ACH transfers is quite limited. When we upload a file with any payment
 instructions that contain so-called "special characters," the bank rejects
 the payment and the process to fix the payment instructions is quite
 clunky*.

 It would save a large amount of administrative time if, when the Vendor
 Payment or Reimbursement Request post was saved, the "special characters"
 would be converted to characters that the bank will accept.

 The character set supported is:
 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
 / - ? : ( ) . , ' + and SPACE

 It would also be good to include a little notice at the top of any "post"
 that had special characters stripped out of it, saying "Hi! "Special
 characters" have been replaced in the payment instructions so that the
 bank will process the payment." That way we won't have organizers
 wondering what happened to their umlauts. :)





 *That process is (for the morbidly curious): open payment request in the
 WordCamp site, find the special characters, change them, save again, go
 back to the network admin, download the payment file again, cross fingers,
 and upload the file again to Chase.

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