Fixed Tags strip trailing )

[Xon]

If you create a tag that ends with ")", it gets stripped out. But not if the character ")" is in the middle.

Example: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/tag-test.102106/

 

[TickTackk]

Same with any special characters. @Mike explained here @ As Designed - < and > stripped from tags

 

[Xon]

Ugh, it was a bit unexpected that if they let the characters exist in the middle of the tag, but not the very end.

I can see why, just a bit annoying.

 

[Mike]

It may be worth changing the normalization process to strip these characters in pairs (only if there's a non "letter" at the start and end). What was the example case that triggered this?

 

[Xon]

The use case ends up being something similar to:

• xcom (2012)
• xcom (1994)
• BattleStar Galactica (1978)
• BattleStar Galactica (2004)

Video games, tv shows, movies have a habit of being remade with exactly the same title and differential by the year.

 

[HappyWorld]

The use case ends up being something similar to:

• xcom (2012)
• xcom (1994)
• BattleStar Galactica (1978)
• BattleStar Galactica (2004)

Video games, tv shows, movies have a habit of being remade with exactly the same title and differential by the year.

What if the "xcom (2012)" is converted to "xcom 2012"?
Just wondering.

 

[Xon]

What if the "xcom (2012)" is converted to "xcom 2012"?
Just wondering.

The problem with that is there are a bunch of games & other media which put what looks like year in their actual title but aren't released in that year.

That format is also heavily used by Wikipedia and IMDB

 

[Mike]

I have changed this to only strip when the start and end has non-letters, which should resolve this case and hopefully most of the other incorrect cases.