Hi,

I'd like to start a discussion about the merits and challenges of
enabling the Translate and UniversalLanguageSelector extensions on
Commons.

The UniversalLanguageSelector extension (
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector )
allows users to easily switch the interface language; it also embeds
an interface to enter text in non-Latin languages even if your
keyboard doesn't allow it.

My feeling is that both these tools would dramatically improve the
user experience on Commons for people who don't use English. As a
multilingual wiki, Commons even seems like the perfect audience for
these tools.

FYI, I quick drafted
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Requests_for_comment/UniversalLanguageSelector>

in order to discuss the possible issues, then gain community consensus and hopefully get ULS enabled on Wikimedia Commons

(I thought it was better to leave the question of the Translate extension to another discussion, as there seems to be more hurdles with the transition).

Thanks,

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Jean-Frédéric