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  2. MBS-5193

Regression : impossible to purposely set bad encoded alias (search hints)

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      It has become impossible to set badly encoded aliases (the ones you find in non latin ID3v1 tags if your machine is not in the same page code as the one it was meant to).
      Example, in ‰A—zÀ the  (U+008d reverse line feed) character is removed, wether we

          [MBS-5193] Regression : impossible to purposely set bad encoded alias (search hints)

          Nicolás Tamargo added a comment -

          Opened https://community.metabrainz.org/t/misencodings-as-aliases/442876 for this

          Nicolás Tamargo added a comment - Opened https://community.metabrainz.org/t/misencodings-as-aliases/442876 for this

          jesus2099 added a comment -

          We should either fix this bug or remove Misencodings section from https://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Aliases

          jesus2099 added a comment - We should either fix this bug or remove Misencodings section from https://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Aliases

          jesus2099 added a comment - - edited

          Oliver, « anything that's just invalid data should be deleted »
          This invalid data is not deleted on its own.
          I do agree to delete but it seems there's no way for me to find and delete what's considered as invalid data... :/
          OK, sorry for the ticket.

          jesus2099 added a comment - - edited Oliver , «  anything that's just invalid data should be deleted  » This invalid data is not deleted on its own. I do agree to delete but it seems there's no way for me to find and delete what's considered as invalid data... :/ OK, sorry for the ticket.

          Oliver Charles added a comment -

          There is no 'blacklist' of characters, but anything that's just invalid data should be deleted.

          Oliver Charles added a comment - There is no 'blacklist' of characters, but anything that's just invalid data should be deleted.

          jesus2099 added a comment - - edited

          OK then could you point me to the blacklisted characters list, please ?
          So I can find them and remove them, for instance.

          jesus2099 added a comment - - edited OK then could you point me to the blacklisted characters list, please ? So I can find them and remove them, for instance.

          Ian McEwen added a comment -

          We propose to ignore them entirely, because this is a silly thing for us to be spending any time on.

          Ian McEwen added a comment - We propose to ignore them entirely, because this is a silly thing for us to be spending any time on.

          jesus2099 added a comment - - edited

          You propose to script a mass alias delete for the existing ones (aliases that contain blacklisted characters) ?

          jesus2099 added a comment - - edited You propose to script a mass alias delete for the existing ones (aliases that contain blacklisted characters) ?

          Oliver Charles added a comment -

          Ian is exactly correct. This is not data we should be managing.

          Oliver Charles added a comment - Ian is exactly correct. This is not data we should be managing.

          Ian McEwen added a comment -

          I vote wontfix on this issue; the 90s have been over for almost 12 years at this point and I think we can just say that people using ancient, broken encoding schemes aren't supported by us any more.

          Ian McEwen added a comment - I vote wontfix on this issue; the 90s have been over for almost 12 years at this point and I think we can just say that people using ancient, broken encoding schemes aren't supported by us any more.

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