The problem is that we have consistency problems as currently implemented. Some pages render such items as literals, some interpolate (for lack of a better terms). In addition some of these chars (can) cause trouble for other aspects of the site that I frankly consider to be more important.

And I also take issue with the idea that people have the inherent right to put whatever they like in the title. PM has every right to enforce various content restrictions as the gods consider to be in the best interests of the community. Restricting the char set is IMO one such area where overall the best interests of the site are served. But again, it aint a high priority. :-)


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demerphq

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• Update:  
Sigh, its not clear to me why but apparently this node isn't popular. However, allow me to expand on my reasons. This thread renders for me on different fetches differently. Sometimes I see • and sometimes I see •. Why this is is a little confusing for me right now, but illustrates what I mean. Other considerations are things like XML tickers, text streaming tickers, and the like. The easiest way to handle this is to restrict the char set allowed in titles to those used by the major european languages and only those chars. The magic • aint one of them.


In reply to Re^4: • What is this? by demerphq
in thread • What is this? by ccn

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