[Foundation-l] Language Prevention Committee created

[GerardM]

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 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 27/03/07, GerardM <gerard.meijssen at 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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