# \#abbreviations

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## [Abbreviations in community posts](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/abbreviations-in-community-posts/379352)

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**Author:** [@ClÃ\_psHydra](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Cl%C3%83_psHydra)\
**Replies:** 187\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/abbreviations-in-community-posts/379352 "2026-10-12T22:41:47Z")

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I really like to poke arround in posts at the MusicBrainz community forum and especially to take a look what goes around under the hood (example: Notes from MetaBrainz Meeting). But what it makes sometimes really hard ar…

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## [Bug with abbreviate\_artistsort plugin and some non-ASCII artist names (e.g. Eötvös Péter)](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/bug-with-abbreviate-artistsort-plugin-and-some-non-ascii-artist-names-e-g-eotvos-peter/397057)

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**Author:** [@shutterfreak](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/shutterfreak)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/bug-with-abbreviate-artistsort-plugin-and-some-non-ascii-artist-names-e-g-eotvos-peter/397057 "2018-09-07T21:21:39Z")

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There’s a bug in the abbreviate\_artistsort plugin, where the artist’s surname seems to be empty in some cases. I suppose it has to do with non-ASCII characters appearing in artist names, or with Unicode / UTF incompatibi…