[Foundation-l] Language pack for MediaWiki

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
We have been paying out to people who helped us all out by localising
MediaWiki. Many of the messages including Hindi are much better supported in
this language package as a result of the work done in the month and a half
since the release of MediaWiki 1.12.

Several other language that did not qualify started to update their
localisations in the same period, Manx and Sicilian to name only two.

What is important to realise about the "bounty" project is that we want to
have all our supported languages properly localised. The initial work takes
a lot of effort but once the localisation is done, it is not that hard to
keep up with the work. The best localisers are the people who care for their
Wikipedia; they understand what it is that they are doing.

With better support for MediaWiki through language packs (currently only
MediaWiki core), we make it more interesting for other organisations to
adopt MediaWiki. Because of our success in localising extensions, all
extensions, we aim to stimulate the cooperation on the development and
maintenance of extensions as well.
Thanks,
     GerardM

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 11:53 AM, effe iets anders <effeietsanders at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Gerard,
>
> good to hear this. Just as a matter of curiosity, what is the current
> status
> of the bounties you told about earlier on? Have any been given out yet?
> Did
> they help to get this pack as far as it is?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Lodewijk
>
> 2008/4/21, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com>:
> >
> > Hoi,
> > For the MediaWiki 1.12 stable release, Betawiki has issued a language
> > pack.
> > This language pack includes all the localisations that were added after
> > the
> > release of MediaWiki 1.12. Several languages have been substantially
> > improved in the month and a half since the original release of MediaWiki
> > 1.12. We now have 6.9% more messages ...
> >
> > The language pack is for the moment available
> > here<http://translatewiki.net/mediawiki/>.
> > We are looking how we can support your language better and make the best
> > MediaWiki localisation available in an optimal way.
> >
> > As always, you are welcome to help support your language by localising
> at
> > Betawiki.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >       GerardM
> > _______________________________________________
> > foundation-l mailing list
> > foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
> >
> _______________________________________________
> foundation-l mailing list
> foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
>