Marking as good first task - if anyone would like to work on this, please see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gerrit/Tutorial and https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_site_requests#Add_additional_letters_to_the_special_characters_toolbar

Hi and welcome @mkbriggs! Thanks in advance! If you need any help, feel free to ask!

Change 658496 had a related patch set uploaded (by MarikoBriggs; owner: MarikoBriggs):
[mediawiki/core@master] Adjust order of symbols, add corner brackets to special character toolbar

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/658496

Patch needs rebase already (sorry), plus it has a few dangling tabs and spaces which should be removed (see the diff view on Gerrit).

@mkbriggs: Hi! Could you maybe share an update? Do you still plan to work on this task by amending the patch, or do you need any help? Thanks!

So I think now is the time for trying to submit it to Gerrit directly.

I noticed the patch on Gerrit while I was reviewing the one for T286999. I'm having a look at this one as well now.

The patch makes significant changes to the order. It's difficult to describe them all, so here are screenshots instead:

Before	After
P16945 Before (copy-pasteable, roughly grouped) 1 ~ | ¡ ¿ † ‡ 2 ↔ ↑ ↓ 3 • 4 ¶ # 5 ½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ 6 ∞ 7 ‘ ’ 8 ¹ ² ³ 9 ↘ ↗ ⇐ ⇒ ⇘ ⇗ ⇔ 10 △ ▲ □ ■ ○ ◎ ● ☆ ★ ◁ ◀ ▷ ▶ ◇ ◆ ㈜ 11 ￥ ￦ 12 ― 13 “” „“ „” «» ‹› ⟨⟩ 〈〉 《》 14 ¤ 15 ₳ ฿ ₵ ¢ ₡ ₢ $ ₫ ₯ € ₠ ₣ ƒ ₴ ₭ ₤ ℳ ₥ ₦ № ₧ ₰ £ ៛ ₹ ₨ ₪ ৳ ₮ ₩ ¥ 16 ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦ 17 m² m³ 18 – — … 19 “ ” 20 ° % ‰ ′ ″ ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ 21 ← → · 22 § ‽ 23 nbsp	P16946 After (copy-pasteable, roughly grouped) 1 ~ | ¡ ¿ † ‡ 2 ¶ # 3 ∞ 4 ‘ ’ “” „“ „” «» ‹› ⟨⟩ 〈〉 《》 「」 『』 5 – — · • … ‽ ― 6 ¹ ² ³ 7 ½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ 8 ← → ↑ ↓ ↔ ↘ ↗ ⇐ ⇒ ⇘ ⇗ ⇔ 9 ¤ 10 ₳ ฿ ₵ ¢ ₡ ₢ $ ₫ ₯ € ₠ ₣ ƒ ₴ ₭ ₤ ℳ ₥ ₦ № ₧ ₰ £ ៛ ₹ ₨ ₪ ৳ ₮ ₩ ¥ 11 ￥ ￦ 12 ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦ 13 △ ▲ □ ■ ○ ◎ ● ☆ ★ ◁ ◀ ▷ ▶ ◇ ◆ ㈜ 14 ° % ‰ ′ ″ ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ § 15 m² m³ 16 nbsp

At first this seemed scary, but after comparing the lists, I think the new one is much better, so changing the order (and potentially requiring the users to learn the new order) seems worth it. The characters are grouped more sensibly (e.g. all arrows are grouped together, all numbers are grouped together, all quote marks are grouped together).

Also note that two unpaired quote marks were removed (“ and ”), as they are already included as a pair. Korean paired quote marks are added instead (「」 and 『』). There are no other additions or removals, just changes in the order.

Also, to be clear, the order is changed for everyone, not just Korean editors.

Change 658496 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] mediawiki.language: Adjust order of special characters useful in Korean

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/658496

@matmarex: a couple of questions for you...

1. Would it be accurate for me to think the changes you showed in T272573#7256725 were limited to the Symbols section of the special characters toolbar [i][ii]?
2. The changes to the groupings you shared make sense [iii]. Can you share the thinking that led to the order of the groupings themselves to be changed?

i. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Special_characters
ii.

1. Yes
2. I don't know, the change was proposed by @ellif and @mkbriggs. Perhaps they can share their thinking.

Does this need design review? (I doesn't seem that important, nor has the design changed - if there are wider questions about the design of this tool that should happen in another task)