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Replace Unicode Characters with ASCII Equivalent in New Project Slug

What does this MR do?

This adds a text_utility JS helper method called convertUnicodeToAscii which converts (some) unicode characters (Latin 1 Supplement -> Letters: Uppercase & Lowercase and Latin Extended A \ Deprecated) to their ASCII equivalents.

That method is implemented on the new project page where the slug will now generated from the result of convertUnicodeToAscii for the title.

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Closes #29642 (closed)

Edited by Dennis Tang

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