Language and Product Localization Technical Support/Status Updates/Q1 2024-25

Language and Product localisation Technical Support workstream updates for Q1 2024-25 (July 2024- Sep 2024)

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.

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

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)
- ✅T372652 Adding silesian alphabet to jquery.ime
- ✅T372146 Make the Sarjom baha layout as default for santali Wikipedia.
- ✅T373701 Improve Javanese keyboard
- ✅T375535 Add Khoekhoe (naq) to translatewiki and add a keyboard for it
- ✅T376100 Add a Pontic Greek keyboard

✅ 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)