All of the "old" XML feeds at PM (currently includes all except chatterbox xml ticker) suffer from 2 problems. First, they are missing a header declaring the character set which means that "unusual" characters¹ cause problems. Second, some strange interaction causesXML::Generator to sometimes not escape characters that it should.

Redoing all of the XML tickers to fix these two problems is planned. I've also heard plans to create new (additional) XML tickers that would rethink the whole layout, tag names, etc.

¹ Most characters outside of [\s -~] but I'm not sure if it is just [\x80-\xff] or if other characters also cause problems.

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")