# Non-ASCII in category name: doesn't prettify slug

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-ascii-in-category-name-doesnt-prettify-slug/379475
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [August 20, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-ascii-in-category-name-doesnt-prettify-slug/379475 "2025-08-20T14:30:57Z")
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### Author: ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-ascii-in-category-name-doesnt-prettify-slug/379475/4 "2025-08-20T22:05:48Z")

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Your screenshot shows that you entered non-ASCII characters as a slug.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/4/2/742c74a4c98647bd58f9338737a2d37795b0ee0a.png)

If you leave that empty, everything should work as expected.

Is “Identifiant de la catégorie” a confusing translation for “slug”? If so, we should change that.

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