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Bug 36954 - feature request: replace forbidden characters with lookalike UTF8 signs in the wikipedia search input control


Summary:	feature request: replace forbidden characters with lookalike UTF8 signs in th...

Status:	NEW

Product:	MediaWiki
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Redirects (Other open bugs)
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	Low enhancement with 1 vote (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Nobody - You can work on this!

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Reported:	2012-05-18 11:01 UTC by michael.manner
Modified:	2012-08-04 22:29 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description michael.manner 2012-05-18 11:01:02 UTC

replace forbidden characters with lookalike UTF8 signs in the wikipedia search input field [alt-F]. 

Here are some alternativs:
mayor:
* # → &#10723; (⧣) EQUALS SIGN AND SLANTED PARALLEL (U+29E3) &amp;#10723;
With this replacements wouldt it be possible do find article titles like "C#"

minors:
* < → &#8249; (‹) SINGLE RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK (U+2039) &amp;#8249;  
* > → &#8250; (›) SINGLE LEFT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK (U+203A) &amp;#8250;
* | → &#8739; (∣) DIVIDES (U+2223) &amp;#8739; 
* { → &#10100; (❴) MEDIUM LEFT CURLY BRACKET ORNAMENT (U+2774) &amp;#10100;
* } → &#10101; (❵) MEDIUM RIGHT CURLY BRACKET ORNAMENT (U+2775) &amp;#10101;

no alternativs found:
* [
* [ 
Only the CJK Characters would be available, but the arn't supported by a large number of fonts.

Comment 1 Mark A. Hershberger 2012-05-18 14:05:30 UTC

This sounds like something that would get in the way of AntiSpoof.

Comment 2 TMg 2012-08-04 22:29:25 UTC

*** This bug has been confirmed by popular vote. ***

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