Thanks Javier but the wikipedia model means the x language speakers don't
see content in the y language. I am looking for all people to be able to
find content in multiple languages.
Paul
On 4/1/07 3:39 PM, "Javier Valcarce GarcĂa" <javier.valcarce(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
MW has a limited support for multiple languages. The
better strategy
to have multiple languages is like they used in
meta.wikipedia.org
See also PolyGlot extension on
mediawiki.org for automatic redirections.
2007/4/1, Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)waterwiki.info>fo>:
There was some thought (I think, by Proteus of
GetWiki) that this could be
accomplished through creating namespaces for each language. We played around
with this a bit, but now I am out of touch with him.
Fred
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Coghlan [mailto:pcoghlan@usa.net]
Sent: Sunday, April 1, 2007 10:45 AM
To: 'MediaWiki announcements and site admin list'
Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Supporting multiple language articles - URL formation
I need to support multiple languages on my wiki. I am trying at all costs to
avoid multiple MW installations such as at wikipedia using sub domains.
Mainly because I allow everyone to see everything. This way an Italian
speaker sees both Italian and English articles BUT they can specify only
Italian articles in their search.
I have sorted out the ability to automatically change the interface language
per user from Drupal. I am now looking at URL formation, ensuring different
and user generated URLs exist for the same articles in multiple languages.
For example, the English article about Milan, Italy would be at
/Milan%2C_Italy. The Italian version would be different in that it would be
at /Milano%2C_Italia. This doesn't represent a problem as they are
different.
However, the article about India will be the same in both languages, /India.
Has anyone tackled this issue? I am thinking that possibly a namespace might
be helpful?
Something like:
Italiano:Milano%2Italia
Milan%2Italy
Italiano:India
India
Would this work? Would an Italian speaker who is looking at the /Italia page
and then creates a sub page called /Milano have it automatically go into the
Italiano namespace?
I am not even sure if I am making myself clear on this issue. If not let me
know.
Thanks,
Paul
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