Language Technical Support/Status Updates/Q2 2023-24

Q2 2023-24

Language Team Technical Support updates for Q2 2023-24 (Oct 2023- Dec 2023)

• Resolved 4 tickets in total on Localisation and Internationalisation support ; 4 Languages onboarded to Wikimedia projects. 1 language from Africa, 1 from Asia, 1 from Europe and 1 from North America.
• Engaged with wikimedia language communities at 2 community events; Wikiwomencamp 2023 and Wikindaba 2023

Respond to x number of requests on internationalization and localisation support through timely interventions and engagements

• Language onboarding
  • 4 Languages onboarded to Mediawiki. This means that people who speak these can now help translate the software and content on different Wikimedia websites into their languages.
    • ✅ T351992 Add Efik (efi) to Names.php
    • ✅ T352954 Add Rutul to Names.php
    • ✅ T353058Add Arbëresh (aae) to Names.php
    • ✅ T353307 Add Guadeloupean Creole (gcf) to Names.php

Foster a Language technical community network & promote awareness & adoption of language related tools

• ✅T347923Organize the first language community meeting (November 2023)
• ✅T347529 Publish Quarterly "Language & Internationalization Newsletter" for October 2023
• ✅T379458 Wikindaba 2023; Language Onboarding & Incubator Meetup
• ✅T379461Wikiwomencamp 2023; Organizing Translation workshops