[Wikipedia-l] About creating a new language on Wikipedia

Antonio Galindo Castro funkymonster at gmail.com
Thu Jul 19 05:50:58 UTC 2007


>> Hoi,
>> Two days is a reasonable amount of time for someone who knows what he is
>> doing to do a complete MediaWiki localisation. Experience suggests that when
>> the terminology is not readily available, it can take a week. A week as in
>> amount of time spend on the job not as in within a week it is ready.

   What I need to read for begin?

> The problem is that even once localised, we have a confusing and
> complex interface program and markup language to teach them!

   The markup language is as complex as TeX?

> It's not simply a matter of getting all the labels right -

   Where can I find a reference of these labels?

> the user interface
> is a pretty sharp learning curve to the uninitiated or the
> technologically inexperienced.
>
>Language localisation is a necessary precondition, but it's not the
>magic bulled.

   Finally, where can I find a How-to for this (not localisation, but
the other issue)?

   Regards.
   Antonio.



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