With all due respect the state of meta main page is at a dismal state. Some translations are over a year old in content. The goal of this endeavour is to offer up to date info in many languages. Feel free to hop in to assist with the effort. :)
-- とある白い猫 (To Aru Shiroi Neko) On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 03:12, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hoi, > The main page at translatewiki.net is not less complicated imho. However, > it > has been localised and we know quite precisely what the state of the > translations is. We can pinpoint precisely what needs doing. > Thanks, > GerardM > > 2011/9/27 とある白い猫 <to.aru.shiroi.n...@gmail.com> > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page/Template/de > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page/Template/en > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page/Template/es > > > > Few examples of the new meta main page in its templated form which allows > > easier translation. Most translations are greatly outdated unfortunately > > making them essentially useless. A divide and conquer strategy was > applied. > > > > -- とある白い猫 (To Aru Shiroi Neko) > > > > > > 2011/9/27 とある白い猫 <to.aru.shiroi.n...@gmail.com> > > > > > Oh, I was proposing something simpler than what I had on my commons > > > userpage. Consider something like > > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:White_Cat/Gen v > > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:White_Cat/de > > > Translators only /care/ about the text rather than the style issues and > > > etc. It is difficult enough finding people who can translate but > > expecting > > > them to understand complex use of html, templates and etc is just too > > much. > > > > > > The feature you mentioned would indeed be a positive thing to keep > these > > > pages up to date. We could also have generic translations. For example > we > > > expect steward elections frequently, likewise we expect a wikimania > each > > > year. It would only make sense if these "current events" are templated > on > > > their own. > > > > > > -- とある白い猫 (To Aru Shiroi Neko) > > > > > > > > > 2011/9/27 Mono mium <monom...@gmail.com> > > > > > >> Might make sense. > > >> > > >> 2011/9/26 とある白い猫 <to.aru.shiroi.n...@gmail.com> > > >> > > >> > Meta main page seems to be not very multi-lingual because it appears > > to > > >> be > > >> > difficult to update. Each translation is more or less outdated and > > often > > >> > with an outdated/older style. I propose a template structure where > > style > > >> > info is "removed" into a template and translations only deal with > > words. > > >> > > > >> > Feel free to comment at: > > >> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page#Templates > > >> > > > >> > -- とある白い猫 (To Aru Shiroi Neko) > > >> > _______________________________________________ > > >> > foundation-l mailing list > > >> > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > >> > Unsubscribe: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> foundation-l mailing list > > >> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > >> Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
