[Mediawiki-l] Tagalog localization

[Richard K Miller]

On Sep 19, 2007, at 3:48 PM, Rob Church wrote:

> On 19/09/2007, Richard K Miller <richardkmiller at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Wikipedia has a Tagalog localization (tl.wikipedia.org). However,
>> when I install Mediawiki on my own server, I can't find Tagalog in
>> the list. Likewise, if I choose "My Preferences" from English
>> Wikipedia is not in the list of languages. Where can I get this
>> special Tagalog localization?
>
> There doesn't appear to be a Tagalog messages file in the software at
> the moment, which means that it's not in use on that site - rather,
> there's a Tagalog language edition of Wikipedia, and the local sysops
> have customised all the UI messages; see
> http://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Allmessages.

On second thought, I don't think this explains one thing:

If you sign up for an account at tl.wikipedia.org and then choose  
"Preferences," you can find Tagalog in the list of languages. I don't  
suspect simply editing the messages would cause Tagalog to appear in  
this list, correct?