If wikibasha is used in your respective wiki's and keeps adding this It all depends on how active the respective wiki community is. If the language wikis have an active community and strong policies then corportaes like Google or Microsoft can not overrule that. On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Bala Jeyaraman &lt;sodabottle(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Microsoft's translation tool Wikibasha creates a code snippet like this - > <!-- WikiBhasha v=1 time=2011-2-6:11:20:20:309--> at the bottom of the > article everytime it is used to edit wikipedia pages. I found this out when > the MS representative made sample edits to Tamil wikipedia. He claims that > they need this to track the edits made using wikibasha. > > I believe this practice is highly disruptive because, adding such a > signature to the bottom of the article is > a)tantamount to claiming that the entire article is the work of wikibasha > b) If we allow this practice, then all automated tools will start adding > their code snippets, bloating the page with useless code signatures. > > wikipedians who took part in yesterday's carte blanche wiki workshop at > chennai have conveyed this to the representative and have recommended using > the tag in edit summaries instead. But i have no idea if Microsoft will > actually listen to us. > > I thought i would inform the wider indic wiki communities regarding this. > If wikibasha is used in your respective wiki's and keeps adding this > regards > Bala > > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Anoop &lt;anoop.ind(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > >> Almost similar issue with Tulu language also. >> >> http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/tcy >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Bala Jeyaraman &lt;sodabottle(a)gmail.com&gt;wrote;wrote: >> >>> which script is being used now? devanagari or kannada? >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:35 AM, CherianTinu Abraham < >>> tinucherian(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >>> >>>> The Hindu : Konkani Wikipedia bogged down by multiple scripts >>>> >>>> http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article114158… >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Tinu Cherian >>>> http://wikimedia.in/wiki/In_the_news >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>>> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Beauty lies in the eyes of the beer holder >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> With Regards, >> Anoop P >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > > > -- > Beauty lies in the eyes of the beer holder > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >

On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Siebrand Mazeland &lt;s.mazeland(a)xs4all.nl&gt; wrote: Is there a way to file a request/enhancement against tool in question and then cross link the two trackers ? From what little I read of the thread it would include comments on both parties rather than limiting it to Wikipedia/Wikimedia. -- sankarshan mukhopadhyay <http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog>

Siebrand, Thank you for the prompt reply . I will file a CR in bugzilla. But under what topic should i file one? (I don't find Wikibasha listed seperately in the "pick a product to enter a bug" page). And regarding the "highly disruptive" comment, imagine if everyone (bots and editors) start doing this. We have had a lot of automated tools before and none do this signing. If a human editor did the same thing, it will be considered spamming at worst and insensitive at best. If a bot did it, its botflag will be removed immediately. I was irritated because the MS representative Ta wiki people spoke to at the workshop claimed this was a "minor" thing. Tinu, Thanks for the tip. I did share the concerns directly (with the microsoft representative) and indirectly (through an edit summary reverting the code addition in the articles). I will ask Arun for wikibasha contact. On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Siebrand Mazeland &lt;s.mazeland(a)xs4all.nl&gt;wrote;wrote: -- Beauty lies in the eyes of the beer holder

Wikibhasha should have an entry in the mediawiki extensions category. Siebrand Mazeland M: +31 6 50 69 1239 Skype: siebrand On 7 feb. 2011, at 11:27, Bala Jeyaraman &lt;sodabottle(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: