Re: [Mediawiki-l] Newbie Question on internationalization

Thanks very much, this is exactly what we need.

Best,

Greg

-----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l- bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Emufarmers Sangly Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 8:41 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Newbie Question on internationalization

On 9/18/07, Gregory L. Smith glsmith7@telus.net wrote:

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1.   We'd like a way to use templates between wikis without having
   

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laborious cut n' paste hundreds of files.

You can use interwiki transclusion ( http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings#Interwiki) for transcluding templates.

2.   Ditto graphics
   
   

You can use the shared uploads settings ( http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings#Shared_uploads ) to create an image commons. (But see below.)

3.   Because of the nature of the material we provide, we want users
   

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be able to read anonymously, and to have each language default to that language for interface-this makes using one big wiki in, say, English problematic because users would have to become editors to change the interface language, and we don't want "just anyone" editing the wiki pages, a la wikipedia.

Set up a wiki farm. (Sample setup: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Wiki_family)

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