https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38674
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Bug #: 38674
Summary: Names.php includes RTL control characters
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Keywords: i18n
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Internationalization
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
CC: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
Blocks: 745
Classification: Unclassified
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Names.php includes RTL control characters in the names of some languages. This
is needed for correct display of punctuation; see for example Bug 26208.
But this also introduces some problems. Most importantly, this affects the
sorting order of language names. Also:
* The code of Names.php is ugly.
* Mixing Unicode invisible control characters with HTML bidi markup is a bad
practice according to W3C.
Unfortunately, immediately removing these control characters is problematic,
because the correct display of language names in many parts of the code depends
on it. One example is language selection dropdowns. This will be probably a
kind of a tracking bug for removing such problems.
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