[WikiIT-l] [Fwd: [Foundation-l] Upcoming default UI change of Wikipedia in nine languages]

-------- Messaggio Originale -------- Oggetto: [Foundation-l] Upcoming default UI change of Wikipedia in nine languages Data: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:04:22 -0700 Da: Naoko Komura <nkomura(a)wikimedia.org> Rispondi-a: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> A: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hello! As a part of global roll-out of the new user interface to Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects[1][2], the user experience team is working with translators and the user experience ambassadors to prepare for rolling out the new default user interface to nine languages of Wikipedia, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Russian, Polish, Portuguese, and Dutch. [3] As Cary mentioned in his email on June 2nd, translators and ambassadors are making great progress in translating and spreading the news via appropriate channel.[4] Argentina Chapter released the press release today. [5] Volunteers of graphic work have been contributing amazing work in localizing the new logo.[6] The new logo for the nine languages will be also released at the same time of the user interface updates. Thanks to the effort of everyone involved, we are confident that we can conduct the deployment later this week. The scheduled time and the date is: 5:30am UTC, Thursday, June 10 This is a targeted schedule and the deployment can take up two to three hours, so you won't see the change until a few hours later. Software release to high-traffic site like Wikipedia(s) require cautions and technical operations folks will monitor the site performance closely. So there is always a possibility that releases may be re-scheduled at the last minute. But so far the schedule looks attainable. We will keep you posted if the schedule is adjusted later in the week. Cheers, Naoko Komura Head of User Experience Programs, Wikimedia Foundation [1] http://blog.wikimedia.org/2010/wikimedia-gets-ready-for-some-big-changes/ [2] http://blog.wikimedia.org/2010/a-new-look-for-wikipedia/ [3] http://blog.wikimedia.org/2010/new-wikipedia-interface-to-nine-more-languag… [4] http://usability.wikimedia.org/wiki/Releases/Default_Switch [5] http://wikimedia.org.ar/wiki/Prensa/Wikipedia_renueva_su_apariencia [6] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia/2.0 -- Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l