Replaces accents and more into ascii equivalents for matching algorithm.

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Replaces accents and more into ascii equivalents for matching algorithm. #4716

Closed gmechali closed 2 weeks ago

gmechali commented 2 weeks ago

Places like Curaçao, España, or Algérie were being unfairly demoted in scoring due to the non-ascii character. This PR replaces all special characters before determine the match score.

Screencast with the fix: https://screencast.googleplex.com/cast/NDkzOTc5NTE5MjA4NjUyOHw1N2FlYTVmMC00Zg