[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #5964: Multi-word tags encoded incorrectly

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#5964: Multi-word tags encoded incorrectly
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 Reporter:  DavidMeade     |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect         |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal         |    Milestone:  2.6      
Component:  General        |      Version:           
 Severity:  normal         |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  tags, tagging  |  
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Comment (by davidmeade):

 I think its better for tools (wordpress) to respect published standards
 (microformats) than for those tools to expect standards to change.

 A dash isn't the standard for spaces in urls.  Spaces are encoded to %20
 and the plus sign is shorthand for this as microformats, technorati, and
 countless search engines understand.

 The fact that wordpress hasn't conformed to this standard in the past
 shouldn't preclude it from meeting it in the future.

 The location of dash and plus on the keyboard is irrelevant as in either
 case the user only hits the space bar ... its how that space is
 represented in the tag slug that is important ... and that's got nothing
 to do with which any particular user feels easier to press.

 Without this fix, wordpress will be actively excluding its users from
 being accurately indexed at technorati and other search
 engines/aggregators that honor the standards that have been in place for
 quite a while now.

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