[Mediawiki-l] multilanguage in single project

[Umidjon Rahmonberdiev]

Thanks Rob for you comprehensive answer.

If I decide to use multiple media wiki engines (like en.mysite.org,
ru.mysite.org) for different languages, is it possible to use a single user
authentication some how?

Best regards,

 

Umidjon B. Rahmonberdiev

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mediawiki-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-
> bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Rob Church
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 12:05 PM
> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] multilanguage in single project
> 
> On 04/04/07, Umidjon Rahmonberdiev <u.rahmonberdiev at cgiar.org> wrote:
> > Is that possible to use Multilanguage feature in single wiki project, or
> it
> > is a "must" to have a multiple wiki projects installed for every
> language
> > used?
> 
> MediaWiki "out of the box" contains no special support for storing
> content in multiple languages in the same wiki; it assumes that all
> content is in the same language, although the user interface language
> can be set according to users' preferences.
> 
> There are various schemes in use to provide varied content languages,
> ranging from subpages (e.g. "Subject/en", "Subject/fr", etc.) and
> different namespaces per language ("English:Subject",
> "French:Subject") to the more usual choice, which is to establish
> different logical wikis (separate databases, or different table
> prefixes in the same database - the code itself can be shared to
> reduce maintenance hassle), often on separate subdomains or in
> different directories.
> 
> One example of using the "subpage" method can be found on our own web
> site, MediaWiki.org, e.g. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
> contains the main page in English; a navigation template (which uses
> some parser function cleverness to determine which translations exist,
> and so which links to show) at the bottom provides links to the same
> page in other languages, e.g.
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki/fr for the French version.
> 
> A classic example of the multiple databases, multiple subdomains
> approach, of course, is the Wikimedia setup; the English Wikipedia,
> for instance, is available at http://en.wikipedia.org, whereas the
> French Wikipedia is at http://fr.wikipedia.org.
> 
> At this time, there are several variants of a "Multilang" extension
> available, some of which work, some of which are experimental and
> might not work at present. You could investigate these as a further
> option, although I would discourage it as being a more complex route
> from the point of view of editors. There are also some new extensions
> regarding the language issue in Subversion, which might be worth
> examining for useful functionality.
> 
> Overall, the exact method you choose really depends on what's best for
> you (in terms of technical ability or availability, e.g. of a flexible
> configuration for databases and subdomains, which typical
> shared/commercial hosting packages often limit, not to mention
> maintenance), as well as what you consider easiest to understand and
> use for your editors and, of course, readers.
> 
> 
> Rob Church
> 
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