Hoi,
The reason why they did not have translated interfaces is because nobody
bothered to set up the message files. The accepted policy of the language
committee requires them.
Please set up these message files so that we can move from here.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 3/27/07, Mark Williamson <node.ue(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Well, most of the more successful recently-created Wikis did not have
translated interfaces until they left the incubator, by which point
some of them were already relatively large.
Mark
On 27/03/07, Brianna Laugher <brianna.laugher(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 27/03/07, Andre Engels
<andreengels(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> 2007/3/27, Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
>
> > As far as Gerard and I have talked about this issue and I understand
> > it, it seems like a sensible policy to me. If you want a new
language,
> > it should not be that difficult to at
least prepare the groundwork
for
> > MediaWiki localization before you
start. If you cannot even get that
> > organized, how are you ever going to write a useful encyclopedia?
> >
>
> What if your interest is in writing an encyclopedia, and not in
translating
> software? If you have 10 people happily
writing articles, but none of
them
> having interest in going through all 200+
MediaWiki-pages, does that
mean
that it
can never be an encyclopedia?
Exactly. There is a lot of crud in the MediaWiki messages. Even when
you start a new wiki in English, how many people go through the
messages to localise them and create all the referenced pages such as
Project:About? (I sure don't.) As opposed to, how many dive into the
exciting project of content creation?
Why is localisation so important? The messages will be translated as
the wiki progresses. I am not convinced that localisation before
launch is more likely to ensure a successful project. Is there some
research or some cases that show this?
regards,
Brianna
user:pfctdayelise
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