Sorry I couldn't actually throw together the multilingual page, but I was studying for exams and will be for the next couple of weeks. But once that's finished, I want to get back on track and complete putting together multilingual server error messages. I don't think it's acceptable on a site as multilingual as Wikipedia (and the other Wikimedia projects too) to only give English language error messages. I was hoping to get some help scripting a page with mechanics similar to the Wikipedia preferences page, whereby clicking a link changes the content, but where the content still displays correctly on older browsers. I started doing this about a month ago, but other things got in the way. We would have to decide which languages to include. In my semi-working prototype, I included only the top 5 languages, which I think were English, French, German, Swedish and Japanese. If we include too many languages, we run a risk of placing extra strain on the servers because the file size will inflate. Anyway, tell me what you think of my idea.
~Mark Ryan
On 6/8/05, Anthere anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
ultrablue@gmail.com a écrit:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't this mean you're shifting the servers across the street at 3AM? That's got to look suspicious :-)
If you're setting up a downtime page on the Paris squids, I recommend not including a link to Openfacts.berlios.de. Every time Wikipedia has even a mild downtime (i.e. about 3 minutes or less) that site gets overwhelmed and goes down itself. I don't think it's fair on whoever owns that site.
Well, your wishes were obeyed. The Paris squids showed to everyone accessing wikipedia, that we again had a crash, were trying to fix it, and would be back soon.
It was not a maintenance page which was shown, but a crash page. Not sure it is exactly good for our image.
Ant
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