https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55109
--- Comment #1 from Kunal Mehta (Legoktm) legoktm.wikipedia@gmail.com --- Logged In: YES user_id=880694 Originator: NO
Your approach works for static strings like wikipedia.input(u'Please enter the new text: '), but it doesn't work for dynamic ones like output(u'Page %s moved to %s' % (self.title(), newtitle)).
Instead, we could use gettext: http://docs.python.org/lib/module-gettext.html
What do you think?