[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #36645: Media file descriptions: no support for foreign characters!

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#36645: Media file descriptions: no support for foreign characters!
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 Reporter:  webbeetle      |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)   |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Charset        |    Version:  4.5
 Severity:  normal         |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  accessibility  |
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 ''This is actually NOT a new bug, but an ongoing problem affecting all WP
 versions:''

 WP is so US centered that support for foreign characters is lacking or
 patchy in many cases. A specific problem arises when one spells foreign
 names correctly with accents or other extended characters. This needs
 fixing as it also impacts on SEO (lower SERPs with incorrect spelling of
 places, missing things like the accents).

 I submit this for a friend who reported the issue on a closed Facebook
 group but I have in the past encountered the same issue with our image
 descriptions; we travel in Latin America and have a travel blog.

 Her problem description:

 '''Problem Solved But You'll Never Believe What Caused It: I am in shock
 that I figured out my problem and thought I would share what happened in
 case anyone else encounters this. Problem was images were not appearing in
 my latest post. It was showing up on Chrome desktop but not mobile and not
 in Safari in desktop/mobile. Others in group were having no problem seeing
 the images. What caused this? A simple French accent in the image link. I
 had to take the é accent off the "e". (Instead of "Clos Lucé" I had to
 write "Clos Luce"). Once I did that all the images appeared. CRAZY! So if
 any of you want to put an accent on the image description, DON'T.

 '''

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