If there any chance to patch #category mentions to use not category SLUG but non-English category name on non-engl forums

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Category Mention Patch Request

There is a request to patch #category mentions to use the category name instead of the category slug, especially for non-English forums. Currently, mentions are subsidized with the English slug, which can look unnatural in non-English text.

Key Issues

  • Russian name with English slug: subsidized with #category_eng_slug, but English tag looks out of place in Russian text.
  • Russian name with Russian slug: not subsidized, just plain text #category_russ_slug with no links after pressing the ENTER key.

Use Cases

  • Non-English forums: using the category name in the mention would be more natural.
  • English forums: this feature would also be useful when the slug does not match the category name, as seen in tophee’s example where the “Say Hi” category has a slug of “introduce”.

Proposed Solutions

  • Falco suggests allowing optional UTF-8 category slugs.
  • Denis_Didkovsky notes that having English slugs (and non-English names) can be useful for SEO and other purposes.
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@tgxworld If there any chance to patch #category mentions to use not category SLUG but category name (non-English category name on non-engl forums).

Example: this is mention #Календарь (Russian category Calendar) → subsidized with SLUG and seen as #Calendar , not local category name.

many thanks

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The category slug doesn’t accept the Cyrillic characters? I think it’s a easier change to try to add, optional, UTF 8 category slugs.

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It seems there are couple of issues

  1. Russian name, English slug-> subsidized by #category_eng_slug, engl tag looks not natural in rus text.
  2. Russian name, Russia slug → Not subsidized at all (drop down with Russian categories shown), just plain text #category_russ_slug, no links after ENTER key.

Also, non technical issue - good to have english slugs (and russian name) for some SEO and other purposes

THANKS

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While this would probably be the most common use case, this feature would also be relevant for English fora where the slug does not match the category name (for whatever reason). For example, I have a “Say Hi” Category whose slug is instroduce and whenever I ask new users to write a quick introduction in that category I have the choice of writing “say hi category” (and possibly linking it manually) or to write “#introduce category” which autolinks nicely but which is potentially confusing to users because there is no category called “introduce”.

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