Sharing Arabic Post on Facebook display in Wired Characters

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  mohammedsadeq · Member · May 24, 2012 at 4:56 pm

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  When I am trying to share an Arabic post on facebook or google+ the description of the post comes in wired characters like this: هذا، كثرØ

  I am not sure why and I couldn’t find a solution for it. If you want to try it you can go to the page:

  https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dialupmagazine.com%2F2011%2F08%2F27%2F%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%83%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%91%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%82%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%86%2F&t=%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA+%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9+%D9%84%D9%83%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7+%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%91%D8%A9+%7C+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%82%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A9+%D9%88%D8%AB%D8%A8%D8%A9+%D9%81%D9%88%D9%82+%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B2+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86+%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86

  Thank you,

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  jkudish · Member · May 24, 2012 at 6:18 pm

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  Hi there,

  Sounds like you’ve identified a legitimate bug. I’ll pass this on to the right team, but could you please specify where exactly this occurred? A link or screenshot would be helpful.

  Thanks

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  timethief · Member · May 24, 2012 at 6:41 pm

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  @mohammedsadeq
  Here’s the guide for creating a screenshot. Please upload it to your Media Library where Staff can view it along with the details re: exactly where this happened.

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  mohammedsadeq · Member · May 24, 2012 at 11:25 pm

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  Thank you all for fast reply..

  This occurs when I try to share a post to Facebook or Google+ using even Share plugin or by pasting the url in the status box of the Facebook. The post language is Arabic; the title of the post is displays correctly with Arabic language.. but the description is showing this wired characters. Screenshots below will show you how it looks like..

  -Using Google+

  -Using Facebook Share

  -Using Facebook Status Update

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  jkudish · Member · May 25, 2012 at 11:27 pm

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  Hi again,

  The site you are having issues with (dialupmagazine.com) is not actually a WordPress.com site.

  If you’re having problems with a site not hosted with WordPress.com, we may not be able to help. To clear up any confusion, WordPress.com and WordPress.org are two different entities.
  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  You can find support for self-hosted/installed versions of WordPress here:
  http://wordpress.org/support/
  http://codex.wordpress.org/

  Thanks