L10n Wiki pages

l10n
#1

Hi,
I've reordered the table at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Language_Teams, it's now sorted alphabetically by language name by default. While doing that, I've also fixed a few language codes that didn't match the actual ones or used an unusual (for us) form, e.g. oc_FR -> oc-FR, bg-BG -> bg, ca-xv -> ca-XV.

I also fixed a few (non-working) links to wiki pages to use language codes systematically (except Laotian, which already had a page at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Lo-LA/Main_Page).

After doing that, I've also noticed that there's an updated instruction about using different languages in wiki at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Multilingual_Wiki. Among other things, it suggests that the top-level locale pages should be called http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/LOCALE instead of http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/LOCALE/Main_Page. I suggest all teams to actually follow this advice and update their content/links appropriately.

Also, I'd like to suggest that Lao localizers change the langauge code they use for their wiki page, to be consistent with the language code used elsewhere (http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/LO).

Any comments?

Regards,
Rimas

#2

OMG! I just did the opposite for Asturian language a few days ago! For
me, it makes more sense the http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/LOCALE
schema, but I understood that, because wiki structure, it could be
easier to have interwiki links using the
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/PAGE/LOCALE schema... Just in case, I
left a redirection in the previous place :wink:

Now, I'm totally confused. Which schema should be used? We need to have
consensus on this before further translation of wiki contents.

More opinions?

Best regards,

#3

2010.12.12 17:06, Xuacu rašė:

[...]
After doing that, I've also noticed that there's an updated instruction
about using different languages in wiki at
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Multilingual_Wiki. Among other
things, it suggests that the top-level locale pages should be called
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/LOCALE instead of
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/LOCALE/Main_Page. I suggest all teams
to actually follow this advice and update their content/links appropriately.
[...]

OMG! I just did the opposite for Asturian language a few days ago! For
me, it makes more sense the http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/LOCALE
schema, but I understood that, because wiki structure, it could be
easier to have interwiki links using the
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/PAGE/LOCALE schema... Just in case, I
left a redirection in the previous place :wink:

Now, I'm totally confused. Which schema should be used? We need to have
consensus on this before further translation of wiki contents.

Both schemas should be used, but for different types of content. see the first link.

In short:
* http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/LOCALE and http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/LOCALE/PAGE is for content that is specific to that locale. Here first link is the wiki home page of that locale.
* http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/PAGE and http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/PAGE/LOCALE is for content that is relevant for all locales and is thus translated from the base language (English). Here first link is the article in English.

Hope this helps,
Rimas

#4

This would mean that the online help should be in the second schema.

Lp, m.

#5

2010.12.12 18:58, Martin Srebotnjak rašė:

Both schemas should be used, but for different types of content. see the
first link.

In short:
* http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/LOCALE and
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/LOCALE/PAGE is for content that is
specific to that locale. Here first link is the wiki home page of that
locale.
* http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/PAGE and
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/PAGE/LOCALE is for content that is
relevant for all locales and is thus translated from the base language
(English). Here first link is the article in English.

This would mean that the online help should be in the second schema.

I would guess so.

Rimas