Language and Product Localization Technical Support/Status Updates/Q1 2024-25
Q1 2024-25
[edit]Language and Product localisation Technical Support workstream updates for Q1 2024-25 (July 2024- Sep 2024)
Summary
[edit]- Resolved 50 tickets in total on Localisation and Internationalisation support ; 27 Languages onboarded, 18 tickets on language configuration fixes, 5 tickets on Keyboard support.
- 27 Languages were onboarded to Wikimedia projects. 17 languages were added to translatewiki, 10 were added to Mediawiki. Added Languages were from different continents; 11 Languages of Asia, 10 Languages of Africa, 2 Languages of Europe, 2 Languages of Middle east and 2 Languages of North America
- Responded to 46 incoming requests on Translatewiki support page in collaboration with fellow staff members and volunteers. (Reference July, August , September ). Engaged with language communities ,where they are, whether on Translatewiki Telegram channel, Wikindaba Hackathon Telegram group or Language community meetings etc.
- Engaged with language communities and wikimedia communities at 6 community events; Wikimania 2024, Wikiconference Nigeria 2024, Wikindaba 2024, Wikiconference North America 2024, Celtic Knot 2024, and Let's Connect Learning Clinic.
Respond to x number of requests on internationalization and localisation support through timely interventions and engagements
[edit]- Languages Onboarding
- 17 Languages were added to translatewiki.net, People who speak these Languages can now translate MediaWiki user interface messages as part of the new wiki creation process.
- ✅T369095 Add Jakaltek language (jac) to translatewiki.net
- ✅T368856 Add Chitonga (toi) and Chiluvale (lue) to translatewiki
- ✅T369157 Add Kihunde (hke) to translatewiki.net
- ✅T368046 Add Waali (wlx) to translatewiki.net
- ✅T366171 Add Interslavic (isv) to translatewiki.net
- ✅368857 Add Edo (bin) to translatewiki
- ✅T365263 Add Ekpeye (ekp) to translatewiki.net
- ✅T369464 Add Abron (abr) to translatewiki.net
- ✅T369727 Add Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (aii) to translatewiki.net
- ✅T369578 Add Torwali (trw) to translatewiki.net
- ✅T370355 Add Sabah Malay (msi) to translatewiki.net
- ✅T372173 Add Duala (dua) to translatewiki.net
- ✅T372407 Add Rukai (dru) to translatewiki.net
- ✅T371985 Add Ngiemboon (nnh) to translatewiki.net
- ✅T373561 Add Haryanvi in Arabic script (bcg-arab) to translatewiki
- ✅T373928 Add Jju (kaj) to translatewiki.net
- ✅T373931 Add Negeri Sembilan Malay (zmi) to translatewiki.net
- 17 Languages were added to translatewiki.net, People who speak these Languages can now translate MediaWiki user interface messages as part of the new wiki creation process.
- 10 Languages were added to Mediawiki, This means that people who speak these can now help translate the software and content on different Wikimedia websites into their language.
- ✅T362041 Add Minnan (Traditional Han script) (nan-hant) to Names.php
- ✅T367688 Add Interslavic (isv-latn) to Names.php
- ✅T370987 Add Minnan (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) (nan-latn-pehoeji) to Names.php
- ✅T364291 Add Musi (mui) to Names.php
- ✅T367991 Add Iban (iba) to Names.php
- ✅T371051 Add Saint Lucian Creole (acf) to Names.php
- ✅T364737 Add Haryanvi (bgc) to Names.php
- ✅T370123 Add Nupe (nup) to Names.php
- ✅T369899 Add Minnan (Tâi-lô) (nan-latn-tailo) to Names.php
- ✅T284043 Add Manchu (mnc) to Names.php
- Configuration fixes (18 tickets resolved)
- ✅T367377 Rename the Tai Nuea language (tdd) name in core MediaWiki
- ✅T372213 Add full stop into blockedtext-reason-comment and remove it from composed messages that reuse it
- ✅T354937 Split nan (Minnan) by writing systems and orthography/romanization system
- ✅T372399 Create a wikidata.org message group on translatewiki.net
- ✅T290657 Recognize apc language code in MediaWiki
- ✅T373562 Remove IE <= 10, Firefox <= 38, Android <= 4 CSS hacks and workarounds in jquery.ime
- ✅T363690 Translating – Support for PLURAL in Levantine Arabic (code 'apc')
- ✅T373741 Update the autonym of the Tigre language (tig) in ULS and translatewiki
- ✅T369787 Change date format for uzwiki
- ✅T366271 Change Wikipedia: and Wikipedia_talk: namespaces for Mongolian (for Mongolian Wikipedia)
- ✅T375081 Fix "Special" namespace translation in Iban (iba)
- ✅T375947 Update Komering (kge) autonym
- ✅T374785 Make sure that all the languages on translatewiki have an English name in the cldr extension
- ✅T369452 Interslavic language portal at Translatewiki.net
- ✅T372057 Add namespace translations for Xhosa and Swazi
- ✅T372035 Add RTL support to InternetArchiveBot
- ✅T45646MediaWiki:Copyright" message allows raw HTML
- ✅T360497Remove "<a href" from licensing messages in WikimediaMessages
- Keyboard support fixes (5 tickets resolved)
Explore meaningful collaboration and engagement opportunities for Wikimedia communities (language communities)
[edit]- ✅ T369131 Wikimania 2024 Session: State of Languages and Onboarding at Wikimedia
- ✅T371535 Wikimania Hackathon 2024: Remote Session on Using Translatewiki.net for Translating Wikimedia Interface Messages
- ✅T368772 Language Support at Wikimania Hackathon 2024
- ✅ T374978 Wikiconference Nigeria 2024: Engaging Language Communities
- ✅T373187 Wikiconference Nigeria 2024 session; Language tools and Onboarding at Wikimedia
- ✅T374895 Wikiconference Nigeria 2024 session: Language Meetup, Hands on with Translatewiki and Content/Section translation
- ✅T374892 Wikiconference Nigeria 2024 session; Developing Indigenous/Local Nigeria Language Wikipedia; Community Insights
- ✅T374925 Wikiconference Nigeria 2024: Conversations with Language Communities and Reflections
- ✅T375917 Celtic Knot 2024: Future of Language Incubation (September 2024)
- ✅T375553 Wikindaba 2024: Language Sessions at Wikindaba Hackathon 2024
- ✅T377063 Wikiconference North America 2024: Conversations with Communities and Reflections
- ✅T373496 Let's Connect Learning Clinic: Technology for Language Diversity in Wikimedia (September 2024)
- ✅T362847 Published Quarterly "Language & Internationalization Newsletter" for August 2024
- ✅T371493 Organize language community meeting (August 2024)