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@@ -43,3 +43,10 @@ For Atom, at least, I believe adding `type="xhtml"` to the title element will wo
 >> have "more" apply to the front page of the blog. Is there a way to do that?
 >> -- [[dtaht]]
 >> 
+>>> To be clear, the RSS spec sucks to such an extent that, as far as
+>>> I know, there is no sort of title escaping that will work in all 
+>>> RSS consumers. Titles are currently escaped in the way 
+>>> that tends to break the fewest according to what I've read.
+>>> If you're unlucky enough to 
+>>> have a "&" or "<" in your **name**, then you may still run into 
+>>> problems with how that is escaped in rss feeds. --[[Joey]]