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This page describes the current '''multi-lingual policy on the Global Anabaptist Wiki'''. | This page describes the current '''multi-lingual policy on the Global Anabaptist Wiki'''. | ||
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Within the Global Anabaptist Wiki we are building a set of encyclopedic pages about the global Anabaptist church in four languages (English, French, German, and Spanish). Articles in the Global Anabaptist Wiki should be translated into these four languages. | Within the Global Anabaptist Wiki we are building a set of encyclopedic pages about the global Anabaptist church in four languages (English, French, German, and Spanish). Articles in the Global Anabaptist Wiki should be translated into these four languages. | ||
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* Other languages should be placed in an appropriately named language page by adding the appropriate [[#Language Codes|language code]] to the root page title. E.g. the Spanish version of [[Anabaptistwiki:About]] should be at [[Anabaptistwiki:About/es]] (not Anabaptistwiki:Sobre or Anabaptistwiki:Sobre/es). Use the following abbreviations to create pages in French, German, or Spanish. | * Other languages should be placed in an appropriately named language page by adding the appropriate [[#Language Codes|language code]] to the root page title. E.g. the Spanish version of [[Anabaptistwiki:About]] should be at [[Anabaptistwiki:About/es]] (not Anabaptistwiki:Sobre or Anabaptistwiki:Sobre/es). Use the following abbreviations to create pages in French, German, or Spanish. | ||
* Language pages should be named using the appropriate language code for that language (see [[#Language Codes|below]]). | * Language pages should be named using the appropriate language code for that language (see [[#Language Codes|below]]). | ||
| − | * | + | * Language codes should ''only'' be used for translations into other languages besides English. (e.g. The English [[Anabaptistwiki:About]] page has no language code while the Spanish version, [[Anabaptistwiki:About/es]], has the Spanish language code (es) added to the page name). |
* 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. | * 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. | ||
| − | * | + | * Please note - when translating pages you need to change any categories to include the appropriate language code. For example, if you translate a page from English to French (fr) and the page contains the tag <code><nowiki>[[Category:Policy|Language policy]]</nowiki></code>, you need to replace it with <code><nowiki>[[Category:Policy/fr|Language policy]]</nowiki></code>. If this results in a red link, you will probably want to follow the link and translate the category page as well (which should be quick - most are blank except for containing a parent category). |
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| + | * '''The root page name will be in local church or congregation's native language, not English, while content of the page will be written in English (e.g. While the root page for the Guatemalan Evangelical Mennonite Church page will be written in English it will be titled [[Iglesia Evangélica Menonita de Guatemala]], not Guatemalan Evangelical Mennonite Church).''' | ||
== The main page == | == The main page == | ||
Revision as of 15:46, 27 July 2009
This page describes the current multi-lingual policy on the Global Anabaptist Wiki.
Pages in Multiple Languages
Within the Global Anabaptist Wiki we are building a set of encyclopedic pages about the global Anabaptist church in four languages (English, French, German, and Spanish). Articles in the Global Anabaptist Wiki should be translated into these four languages.
- English is the root language for pages in the Global Anabaptist Wiki. All root pages should be named and written in English.
- Other languages should be placed in an appropriately named language page by adding the appropriate language code to the root page title. E.g. the Spanish version of Anabaptistwiki:About should be at Anabaptistwiki:About/es (not Anabaptistwiki:Sobre or Anabaptistwiki:Sobre/es). Use the following abbreviations to create pages in French, German, or Spanish.
- Language pages should be named using the appropriate language code for that language (see below).
- Language codes should only be used for translations into other languages besides English. (e.g. The English Anabaptistwiki:About page has no language code while the Spanish version, Anabaptistwiki:About/es, has the Spanish language code (es) added to the page name).
- 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.
- Please note - when translating pages you need to change any categories to include the appropriate language code. For example, if you translate a page from English to French (fr) and the page contains the tag
[[Category:Policy|Language policy]], you need to replace it with[[Category:Policy/fr|Language policy]]. If this results in a red link, you will probably want to follow the link and translate the category page as well (which should be quick - most are blank except for containing a parent category).
- The root page name will be in local church or congregation's native language, not English, while content of the page will be written in English (e.g. While the root page for the Guatemalan Evangelical Mennonite Church page will be written in English it will be titled Iglesia Evangélica Menonita de Guatemala, not Guatemalan Evangelical Mennonite Church).
The main page
The English version of our front page is located at MediaWiki. Translated versions are located at MediaWiki/code, where code is the language code (e.g. MediaWiki/fr). Please see Project:Main page templates for more details about creating or editing this content.
Importantly, the rules about language codes (see below) 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.
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.
Language Codes
Throughout MediaWiki.org you should use the language codes specified by the MediaWiki software when creating language-specific content (see 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) 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, 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.
