[Foundation-l] Meta main page

とある白い猫 to.aru.shiroi.neko at gmail.com
Wed Sep 28 01:15:33 UTC 2011


http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page/Template/de
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page/Template/en
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page/Template/es

Few examples of the new meta main page in its templated form which allows
easier translation. Most translations are greatly outdated unfortunately
making them essentially useless. A divide and conquer strategy was applied.

  -- とある白い猫  (To Aru Shiroi Neko)


2011/9/27 とある白い猫 <to.aru.shiroi.neko at gmail.com>

> Oh, I was proposing something simpler than what I had on my commons
> userpage. Consider something like
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:White_Cat/Gen v
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:White_Cat/de
> Translators only /care/ about the text rather than the style issues and
> etc. It is difficult enough finding people who can translate but expecting
> them to understand complex use of html, templates and etc is just too much.
>
> The feature you mentioned would indeed be a positive thing to keep these
> pages up to date. We could also have generic translations. For example we
> expect steward elections frequently, likewise we expect a  wikimania each
> year. It would only make sense if these "current events" are templated on
> their own.
>
>   -- とある白い猫  (To Aru Shiroi Neko)
>
>
> 2011/9/27 Mono mium <monomium at gmail.com>
>
>> Might make sense.
>>
>> 2011/9/26 とある白い猫 <to.aru.shiroi.neko at gmail.com>
>>
>> > Meta main page seems to be not very multi-lingual because it appears to
>> be
>> > difficult to update. Each translation is more or less outdated and often
>> > with an outdated/older style. I propose a template structure where style
>> > info is "removed" into a template and translations only deal with words.
>> >
>> > Feel free to comment at:
>> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page#Templates
>> >
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