Hoi, The result would be like it was before that an increasing number of projects are not supported with a language message file. There are two parts to this problem; MediaWiki is not only used by Wikipedia and MediaWiki is not only used by the Wikimedia Foundation. Creating a message file for a language is a job that does not take long. It needs doing.
Once a new project IS started, a message file HAS to be created. The difference is that the moment when the message file is created is moved forward. The difference is that a new language has to be supported like any other language. It is not acceptable that new languages are getting a substandard service.
Every language is to be treated equal; at this moment some languages are more equal then others.
Thanks, GerardM
On 3/27/07, Brianna Laugher brianna.laugher@gmail.com wrote:
On 27/03/07, GerardM gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi, What is required is that some localisation has to have happened. It does
not
say full localisation. At this moment it is not possible to localise in
the
first place. The notion that a policy should be changed because there is
a
current stumbling block is silly.
Get a friendly developer to create some message files. Be part of the solution.
Thanks, GerardM
That sounds remarkably like "it's not our fault; blame the developers". There is nothing technically that means a wiki couldn't start with a message file, is there? And the only thing keeping some projects from being approved is this lack of a message file? Wouldn't common sense say, let the project go ahead for now and the message file will happen when the devs get around to it?
regards Brianna
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