2006/9/4, Rob Church robchur@gmail.com:
On 04/09/06, Guillaume Paumier guillom.pom@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
Some French-language Wikipedians would like to translate the text of the two images at the bottom of each page: "A Wikimedia project" and "Powered by MediaWiki". To answer them I would like to know:
- if it is technically possible;
It is not technically possible to translate the "powered by MediaWiki" logo at present.
- what people from the Foundation think about it.
I'm not from the Foundation, but I think that translating the "powered by MediaWiki" logo will lead to inconsistencies with other uses of the software; that button brands all MediaWiki wikis, and should be kept as such.
In some countries there are some laws which **requires** all texts to be available in the language of the users, especially in countries with several national languages (Swiss, Spanish, etc.). So having such a strict rule may forbid the use of Wikimedia in some of their administration, at least.
Personnaly, I do think that everyone should be free to localize the tools used.
Yann