Following up on yesterday’s announcement encouraging people to try out internationalized maps on testwiki [1], I added more information today [2] about how the feature works.
In particular, in yesterday’s post we introduced the new map parameter and value, lang=“local”, which causes a map to display in the language of the territory mapped—essentially turning off internationalization and reverting to the current (soon to be former) map behavior, which displays maps only in the language(s) of the territory mapped. The new post dives into the OpenStreetMap data quirks that make such a feature necessary and explains when you might want to use it.
So if you’re interested in wiki maps, have a look. You can see the internationalization features in action on a sample page I put on testwiki [3]. And please remember to leave your feedback on the Map Improvements 2018 talk page [4]. We’re listening!
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Map_improvements_2018#April_25,_2018,_You_can...) https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Map_improvements_2018#April_25,_2018,_You_can_now_try_out_internationalization_(on_testwiki) [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Map_improvements_2018#April_26,_2018:_OSM_nam... https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Map_improvements_2018#April_26,_2018:_OSM_name_data_quirks_and_the_uses_of_lang=%E2%80%9Clocal%E2%80%9D [3] https://test2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_internationalization_examples https://test2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_internationalization_examples [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Map_improvements_2018 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Map_improvements_2018 _____________________
Joe Matazzoni Product Manager, Collaboration Wikimedia Foundation, San Francisco
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Joe Matazzoni, 27/04/2018 03:38:
Following up on yesterday’s announcement encouraging people to try out internationalized maps on testwiki [1], I added more information today [2] about how the feature works.
Thanks. Isn't it a bit of a paradox that such information on internationalization is not translatable? Have you considered putting it in a separate page to be made translatable? https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:Translate/Page_translation_example
Federico
Hello,
Please do take note that there is an ongoing discussion on the OSM talk mailing list on what is the best way to solve the local name problem explained on the Meta page: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2018-April/080560.html
~Eugene
On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 8:38 AM, Joe Matazzoni jmatazzoni@wikimedia.org wrote:
Following up on yesterday’s announcement encouraging people to try out internationalized maps on testwiki [1], I added more information today [2] about how the feature works.
In particular, in yesterday’s post we introduced the new map parameter and value, lang=“local”, which causes a map to display in the language of the territory mapped—essentially turning off internationalization and reverting to the current (soon to be former) map behavior, which displays maps only in the language(s) of the territory mapped. The new post dives into the OpenStreetMap data quirks that make such a feature necessary and explains when you might want to use it.
So if you’re interested in wiki maps, have a look. You can see the internationalization features in action on a sample page I put on testwiki [3]. And please remember to leave your feedback on the Map Improvements 2018 talk page [4]. We’re listening!
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Map_improvements_2018# April_25,_2018,_You_can_now_try_out_internationalization_(on_testwiki) [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Map_improvements_2018# April_26,_2018:_OSM_name_data_quirks_and_the_uses_of_lang=% E2%80%9Clocal%E2%80%9D [3] https://test2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_internationalization_examples [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Map_improvements_2018
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