Index: formatting.php
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--- formatting.php	(revision 5043)
+++ formatting.php	(working copy)
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@
 }
 
 function sanitize_title($title, $fallback_title = '') {
+   $title = apply_filters('before_sanitize_title', $title);
 	$title = strip_tags($title);
 	$title = apply_filters('sanitize_title', $title);