Locale = nl_BE (Dutch Belgium) is no longer supported (in iframe as a button)?

Question

We are a site located in Belgium. We added the parameter 'locale = nl_BE' to our iframe-like button, so that it speaks like in Dutch (= "vind ik leuk").

It doesn't work anymore. When we change the locale to nl_NL (also in Dutch), a similar button works again.

When I check the Facebook internationalization docs, I can't find Belgium or nl_BE, weird? This worked for several months before the dyser. http://www.facebook.com/translations/FacebookLocales.xml

jsFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/Jeroenvdb/cw6js/1/

nl_NL (working): https://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hln.be%3Futm_source%3Dfacebook%26utm_medium%3Dweb&locale=nl_NL&send=false&layout=light = false & action = like & colorscheme = light & font & height = 85

nl_BE (doesn't work): https://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hln.be%3Futm_source%3Dfacebook%26utm_medium%3Dweb&locale=nl_BE&send=false&layout 0 & show_faces = false & action = like & colorscheme = light & font & height = 85

Answer 1

Facebook just closed the bug report that I posted about the nl_BE problem.

"This locale is not currently supported. But you should be able to download the plugin, even if the locale is not supported, it will fall off en_US locale."

http://developers.facebook.com/bugs/442881812429427

This is just stupid. The changes that I see from a few months ago are that (as mentioned in the error comment) the sharing buttons no longer break when you pass in an unsupported language, but return to en_US.

They must share their language / locale.

Answer 2

There must be a new bug or code change on Facebook. Similarly, en_EN , which worked, no longer works. ru_US is working.