Theo, last time I checked, Indic languages are no longer listed in the side of the English Main Page. A limited number of languages is there with a link to More Languages.
On 12/19/11, Theo10011 de10011@gmail.com wrote:
Also, we already have that in the left side of every page, the sidebar on every article lists the version of that article available in different languages.
Regards Theo
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 6:45 PM, Theo10011 de10011@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Ravishankar ravidreams@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
Today, I went to download WordPress and it told me it is also available in Tamil. Very neatly done as it somehow detected that I am from Tamilnadu.
See the screenshot at: http://ravidreams.com/ta-wordpress.png
A similar announcement in English Wiki projects is sure to double or triple traffic to Indic Wiki projects.
We have been requesting this feature for years.
Curious when it will be implemented.
Ravi
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I tried that. twice.
Back in 2010, we had banners pointing to Indic wikis, with messages like, there is a wiki in your language you can edit. Then it lead to landing pages with lists of indic language wikis.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2010/IN/Welcome
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_language_projects
This banner ran for close to 2 months in late 2010 and early 2011. I think WMF staff might have tried it again during the year.
Conclusion, it did not make a dent. Most people dismissed the banners, and never clicked, those that did, never followed to edit. It made little to no difference in the visitor or editor stats for the period.
Regards Theo