Mind your language wikipedia
MIND YOUR LANGUAGE WIKIPEDIA INSTALL
Then ask a developer to install the file (it is perhaps wise to check first with a developer on details of requirements).Īs far as this file is incomplete, and also if it is not installed at all, the default values are those for English. Keep this in mind when putting links in messages, and use generic namespace names in these links by using piped links these namespace names are not displayed. After release of a new MediaWiki version all this applies also to other MediaWiki sites. The translations of system messages are also used on Wikimedia sites in other languages where the user has specified the new language in the preferences. The translations are also used by other Wikimedia sites with the same site language. To translate the interface you must prepare a file languages/messages/Messages languagecode.php (such as, , ) with system messages, namespace names, and a few other things. Typically, when a new Wikipedia is created there is no interface yet in the language concerned people interested in a language tend to give creating a new Wikipedia for that language (if it does not exist yet) a higher priority than to provide an interface in that language on existing MediaWiki installations. After you have added it to one or more Wikipedias, users of other languages will add it to theirs. Such lists exist in several languages, so you can go to Wikimedia Embassy for people who will help you.
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MIND YOUR LANGUAGE WIKIPEDIA HOW TO
You need to translate How to edit a page into your language.Īnother helpful link: Help:Starting a new page.Īdd a link to lists of language Wikipedias availableĪdd your language to List of Wikipedias. You may also go to the Main Page of another Wikipedia and translate it into your language. Start on the pages themselves Set Main Page Here are some people on meta willing to help: Node, Elian (en, de, fr), Angela (en), Danny (en, he). For example, you can contact people with the mailing lists or on the channel #wikimedia on IRC. For answers regarding your questions, you may contact other Wikipedians. If you do not already use another Wikipedia, you might have many questions when you begin. Please be patient it can take up to four months or longer. If your language is not on the list, then contact wikipedia-l to ask for its creation. Go to your language's Wikipedia on List of Wikipedias. It is also good to be experienced in editing a larger Wikipedia in another language. You need to know your language well and it is strongly recommended to team up with other speakers of that language. It will take some time to become ready to "go live".
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