https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24390
Summary: SimpleSearch inserts an apostrophe instead of the
letter Yod in the Hebrew Wikipedia in some cases
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Normal
Component: Vector Skin
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Note 1: The description of this bug probably does not properly reflect its true
nature. If you can find a more precise description, please change the title.
Note 2: To alleviate any doubt:
* apostrophe = ' = U+0027
* Hebrew Letter Yod = י = U+0529
Now, the actual bug description: Go to the Hebrew Wikipedia and type
"תבנית:משתמש גי" in the search box (w/o the quotes). The first few search
suggestions will be reasonable:
a) "תבנית:משתמש גיל"
b) "תבנית:משתמש גיטרה"
c) "תבנית:משתמש גיל2"
d) "תבנית:משתמש גיי פרנדלי"
but the next suggestion is weird:
1) "תבנית:משתמש גיינג'י" is the text displayed in the suggestions list
2) "תבנית:משתמש ג'ינג'י" is the actual title of the target page
3) "תבנית:משתמש ג'ינג'י" is the string that is copied to the search box if i
move there with the mouse
(Numbers 2 and 3 are the same.)
To complicate things further, if you type "תבנית:משתמש גיי" into the search
box, the suggestions will be:
a) "תבנית:משתמש ג'י פרנדלי" - the actual title of the target page is
"תבנית:משתמש גיי פרנדלי"
b) "תבנית:משתמש ג'ימר" - the actual title of the target page is "תבנית:משתמש
גיימר"
c) "תבנית:משתמש ג'יימס בונד" - the actual title of the target page is the same,
but in the search suggestions the characters "ג'י" are displayed in a bold
font.
This bug may or may not have something to do with the fact that the letter Yod
(י) and the apostrophe (') have similar appearance. I don't think that it
happens with other letters, but i might wrong.
It actually makes sense to be flexible with the apostrophe when searching, but
displaying "ג'י פרנדלי" instead of "גיי פרנדלי" is definitely wrong. Although
it is not a major problem, some other issue may hide behind it.
I tried to be clear with the descriptions of Hebrew characters, but if you have
any problem understanding them, please contact me for further explanation.
Thanks to User:אריה ה. (Arye H.) in the Hebrew Wikipedia for reporting this
issue.
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