[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #6915: Make international slugs easier to edit

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#6915: Make international slugs easier to edit
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 Reporter:  options         |        Owner:  westi   
     Type:  defect          |       Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal          |    Milestone:  2.6     
Component:  Administration  |      Version:  2.5.1   
 Severity:  normal          |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:  has-patch       |  
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Changes (by options):

  * summary:  international Nicenames (aka Slugs) should be URLdecoded() =>
              Make international slugs easier to edit

Comment:

 first of all, thanks for the very fast reply and the hooks provided.

 Replying to [comment:4 nbachiyski]:
 > This behaviour was entirely intentional. Users don't like percent signs
 in their URLs and with this patch we are fooling them, that there won't be
 any.

 while it's true that some users are a bit scared of percent signs in their
 IRIs, so that, for nothing better, they resort to
 [http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic.php?id=16139&replies=9#post-120494
 renaming an every slug into numeric form] (which is so '98).

 however, are Google and my browser both fooling me by automatically
 decoding IRIs into the human-readable form?
 {{{
 #!html
 <a href="http://options.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/dont-gag-us-
 kolya.png"><img style="width: 670px; display: block; margin: auto; border:
 solid, thin, gray;" src="http://options.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/dont-
 gag-us-kolya.png" /></a>
 }}}

 no! instead, I'd call this a genuine focus on user comfort, usability and
 adhering to the standards.


 >
 > This change would be a great plugin for the small percentage of people,
 who want their URLs full of percentage signs.

 1. most of the people (just by default) use their national language in the
 slugs as a matter of fact (see picture above).

 that said, such a plugin, unfortunately, won't solve the issue for the
 majority of WP users (using a stock install or .com hosted).

 2. actually, only the small percentage of people can be bothered to
 transliterate -- let alone to translate in English (as some elitists do)
 -- an *every* post slug, thus trying to fool themselves and everyone else
 around.

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