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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