[lg policy] Mediawiki Language Policy
Harold Schiffman
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Sun Aug 19 21:07:26 UTC 2012
Project:Language policy
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*Language:* *English* •
Deutsch<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Language_policy/de> •
Zazaki <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Language_policy/diq> •
español<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Language_policy/es> •
français <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Language_policy/fr> • Bahasa
Indonesia <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Language_policy/id> •
日本語<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Language_policy/ja> •
한국어 <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Language_policy/ko> •
polski<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Language_policy/pl> •
português <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Language_policy/pt> •
português
do Brasil <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Language_policy/pt-br> •
Türkçe <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Language_policy/tr> •
українська <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Language_policy/uk> • Tiếng
Việt <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Language_policy/vi> •
中文<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Language_policy/zh> •
中文（简体） <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Language_policy/zh-hans> •
中文（繁體） <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Language_policy/zh-hant>
This page describes the current *multi-lingual policy on MediaWiki.org*.
[image: Languages] <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/File:Geographylogo.svg>
Contents
- 1 Help: namespace<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project%3ALanguage_policy#Help:_namespace>
- 2 The main
page<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project%3ALanguage_policy#The_main_page>
- 3 Other namespaces<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project%3ALanguage_policy#Other_namespaces>
- 4 Translate
extension<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project%3ALanguage_policy#Translate_extension>
- 5 Language
codes<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project%3ALanguage_policy#Language_codes>
- 6 See also<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project%3ALanguage_policy#See_also>
Help: namespace
Within the Help: namespace we are building a set of public domain help
pages<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:PD_help>.
The aim is to provide a basic set of help pages that may be imported into
new wikis covering the basic editing and usage instructions. These should
be translated into as many languages as possible.
- English is the main reference language, and all root pages should be
named and written in English.
- Other languages should be placed in an appropriately named sub-page of
the English version. E.g. the French version of
Help:Contents<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents>should be at
Help:Contents/fr <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents/fr> (not
Help:Sommaire, Aide:Sommaire or Help:Sommaire/fr).
- Language sub-pages should be named using the appropriate language code
for that language (see
below<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project%3ALanguage_policy#Language_codes>
).
- Sub-pages should *only* be used for translations into other languages,
not for English content (e.g. you shouldn't use Table editing/example -
use Table editing example or Example of table editing instead).
- If an international version of a page exists but an English version
does not, then please create a stub article for the English version as this
aids navigation.
- All pages in the help namespace should be tagged with the
{{Languages<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Languages>
}} template, which automatically creates links to all available
translations.
This system will be compatible with the planned automated import/export of
Help pages <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Automating_help_page_export>, but
may need a bit of working around to export/import non-English pages in the
interim.
The main page
The English version of our front page is located at
MediaWiki<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki>.
Translated versions are located at MediaWiki/code, where code is the
language code (e.g. MediaWiki/fr<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki/fr>).
Please see Project:Main page
templates<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Main_page_templates>for
more details about creating or editing this content.
Importantly, the rules about language codes (see
below<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project%3ALanguage_policy#Language_codes>)
should be followed here as well.
Other namespaces
Apart from the Main Page, no policy has yet been decided about other
namespaces. For the time being, if you would like to create translations
for pages in other namespaces then please do so as described for the Help:
namespace, however content may be moved or deleted depending on the policy
that is eventually adopted.
Discussion is ongoing at Project:Current
issues<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Current_issues#Localisation_outside_the_Help:_namespace>
.
*Note that the rule that English content should not be placed in sub-pages
does not apply to other namespaces. This is one of the issues that needs
resolving.*
Translate extension
We're currently using the Translate
extension<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Translate>for some
pages, which uses the subpage convention. The system is probably
advisable at least for all new help and manual pages, but no policy has
been established on this yet.
- To translate: just go
Special:LanguageStats<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats>and
start translating.
- To administer translations:
Special:PageTranslation<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:PageTranslation>,
Special:AggregateGroups<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:AggregateGroups>
.
You can request a page to be added to translation by preparing it for
translation, then a translation administrator will have to enable it (see
the tutorial How to prepare a page for
translation<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate/Page_translation_example>);
otherwise, ask directly to one of the translation
administrators<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ListUsers/translationadmin>to
do it.
Language codes
Throughout MediaWiki.org you should use the language codes specified by the
MediaWiki software when creating language-specific content (see
Names.php<http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/languages/Names.php>for
the full and up-to-date list).
Please also bear the following in mind:
- If the language code is not found in Names.php then we should not host
help pages in that language.
- If you want to add a language that is not present, first get it added
to the software (by making a request at
Bugzilla<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Bugzilla>)
and only add pages here once the changes have been accepted.
- If MediaWiki uses the 'incorrect' code for a language then you should
also (for consistency) use that incorrect code here. If you think a code is
incorrect you should discuss it on
Bugzilla<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Bugzilla>,
and if this results in it being changed we will move the pages to match.
- Note that some language codes in Names.php are now deprecated (e.g.
zh-yue has been replaced with yue). In these cases only the most recent
code should be used.
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project%3ALanguage_policy
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