I just reported the first bug for VisualEditor handling non-Latin text: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44442
I am certain that there are others to be found! -Chris On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Quim Gil <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, now it's confirmed and ready for distribution: > > Next week we are going to focus on testing VisualEditor in conjunction > with non-Latin scripts: العربية, Ελληνικά, 한국어, हिन्दी, עברית , 日本 語, > Русский, 中文 and more. > > https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/VisualEditor/Testing_Non-** > Latin_Characters_Input_and_**Behavior<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Testing_Non-Latin_Characters_Input_and_Behavior> > > The testing will be done at the English Wikipedia (primarily in User > pages), where VisualEditor can be enabled. Any editor can contribute, > regardless of testing / technical experience and even knowledge of > languages in those scripts. For instance, copying texts from > http://ru.wikipedia.org/ or http://ja.wikipedia.org/ and playing with > them in your User page is also a good starting point. > > Of course we welcome the participation of editors from projects based on > non-Latin scripts. Your help as ambassadors connecting with your > communities is especially needed! A main incentive is that good testing > coverage of VisualEditor in a specific script plus good community > involvement might lead to its inclusion in the related Wikipedia(s) for > broader testing. > > If you have any questions or feedback please comment at > Talk:VisualEditor/Testing Non-Latin Characters Input and Behavior or send > me an email. Thank you! > > -- > Quim Gil > Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**User:Qgil<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil> >
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