[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #6012: Mentions for older usernames that used ot contain non-allowed characters do not work with new sanitized slugs

[Making WordPress.org]

#6012: Mentions for older usernames that used ot contain non-allowed characters do
not work with new sanitized slugs
--------------------------------------+--------------------
 Reporter:  Clorith                   |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect                    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                    |  Milestone:
Component:  Make (Get Involved) / P2  |   Keywords:
--------------------------------------+--------------------
 The mentions plugin that auto-links usernames when prefixed with `@` is
 struggling a little when presented with old-style usernames that used to
 contain a period in them.

 The period is identified as a stop, and only the part before the period is
 treated as the username, and using the sanitized version of the username
 without a period, as redirected to by profiles.wordpress.org, is not
 recognized as a username at all.

 See the user `henry.wright` as linked to in
 https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/01/04/a-week-in-core-january-3-2022/
 (manually linked to with the sanitized username for now, hence the
 different visuals of the link).

 The use of `@henry.wright` would only link to the user `@henry`, and
 leaving `.wright` as plaintext, and the link would go to
 `https://profiles.wordpress.org/henry/`.
 Visiting `https://profiles.wordpress.org/henry.wright/` redirects you to
 the sanitized version at `https://profiles.wordpress.org/henrywright/`.

-- 
Ticket URL: <https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/6012>
Making WordPress.org <https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/>
Making WordPress.org