[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11863: Trashed items interfere with page/post slug generation

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#11863: Trashed items interfere with page/post slug generation
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 Reporter:  Denis-de-Bernardy                    |       Owner:  ericlewis
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  4.5
Component:  Posts, Post Types                    |     Version:  2.9
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  make-flow has-patch has-unit-tests   |     Focuses:
  needs-testing                                  |
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Comment (by ericlewis):

 Replying to [comment:108 DrewAPicture]:
 > Had you considered not using post meta at all and simply
 prefixing/suffixing the slug when trashed? Seems like introducing post
 meta into the mix might needlessly overcomplicate what we're trying to
 accommodate here.
 >
 > I'd think we could rely on core's ability to find a unique post name to
 revert back to a valid post name on restore. The same would go for a
 similarly-post-named post slug coming in ... prefix/suffix it and check
 for a unique slug when trashing.

 We have, great minds think alike :) We've turned away from suffixing the
 slug when trashed because that would
 [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11863#comment:97 severely limit
 non-ASCII characters in slugs].

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11863#comment:109>
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