Maniphest T411159

Books with title having virama characters are being joined in the API
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	Bodhisattwa
	Nov 27 2025, 6:41 AM

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If a book has a virama character in its title, the wsindex API is removing the zwnj and joining the consonants together.

For example, see আলম্‌গীরের পত্রাবলী from Bangla Wikisource (Wikidata QID). The API has changed it to আলম্গীরের পত্রাবলী

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		Open	BUG REPORT	Muguro	T411159 Books with title having virama characters are being joined in the API

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Bodhisattwa created this task.Nov 27 2025, 6:41 AM

Bodhisattwa mentioned this in T405593: Outreachy 31: Improve the Wikisource Reader App.Dec 10 2025, 3:55 PM

Muguro claimed this task.Dec 12 2025, 2:14 PM

Hi @Saiphani02 and @Bodhisattwa, Please have a look at this pull request.

https://codeberg.org/ph4ni/wsindex/pulls/9

Bodhisattwa added a parent task: T405593: Outreachy 31: Improve the Wikisource Reader App.Dec 18 2025, 1:01 PM

Bodhisattwa updated the task description. (Show Details)Jan 14 2026, 10:20 AM

Saiphani02 updated the task description. (Show Details)Jan 14 2026, 10:22 AM

Bodhisattwa updated the task description. (Show Details)Jan 14 2026, 10:40 AM

Related: T233204

Bodhisattwa added a parent task: T233204: Mixup of unicode characters in Query Service.Jan 19 2026, 4:01 PM