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List:       kde-www
Subject:    localized wikis for techbase? (was: Re: techbase wiki question)
From:       Dominik Haumann <dhdev () gmx ! de>
Date:       2007-03-27 22:43:37
Message-ID: 200703280043.37981.dhdev () gmx ! de
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On Tuesday 27 March 2007, Stefan Monov wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 March 2007 12:21:46 am Dominik Haumann wrote:
[...]
> > I think managing several wikis for different languages will never work:
> > You would need a maintainer for every single wiki, from the admin side
> > and content wise.
>
> Remember, all we're discussing is the URL (well, that and per-subdomain
> i18n for the MediaWiki UI). Whether it's de.techbase.kde.org/blah or
> techbase.kde.org/blah_(de), content has to be maintained by someone
> nonetheless. With Volkert's scheme l10ned pages don't become any more
> manageable as it is still necessary for someone to understand them (their
> language) so as to edit them adequately.
> One who's up to maintaining de.techbase.kde.org/blah will naturally be up
> to maintaining techbase.kde.org/blah_(de), the only difference being the
> URL. Furthermore, I think a single person -- hi danimo -- can admin all
> languages, as described in
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Wiki_family

Now that's a cool link ;)

> Again, I'm only behind de.techbase.kde.org for reasons of consistency
> with other wikis.
>
> Quick afterthought: users would then need separate accounts for each
> language, unless we install the OpenID extension.

[...]
> > > > How will a user find a translations of a page?
> > >
> > > Just like in Wikipedia =)
> >
> > And how do they implement the additional sidebar where you get links to
> > other languages?
> > The above link adds a translation frame itself. Is there an easier way
>
> Interwiki links (see above link) that are recognized as ISO language
> codes get automagically thrown into the sidebar. :)

Maybe we really should think about using several wikis...

> Cheers,
> Stefan

Dominik
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