Re: [Foundation-l] Meta main page

2011-09-30 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
M. Williamson, 29/09/2011 22:45: > ...and Nikerabbit removed it giving only the explanation: "not here, per > Nikerabbit (would have already fixed the real issues if only somebody had > told me)" > > It seems like he's saying that someone should've let him know about the > autoselection issue, but

Re: [Foundation-l] Meta main page

2011-09-29 Thread M. Williamson
...and Nikerabbit removed it giving only the explanation: "not here, per Nikerabbit (would have already fixed the real issues if only somebody had told me)" It seems like he's saying that someone should've let him know about the autoselection issue, but he doesn't seem to agree that _even with_ au

Re: [Foundation-l] Meta main page

2011-09-29 Thread とある白い猫
I already devised a good way which is very similar to the page you linked. :3 -- とある白い猫 (To Aru Shiroi Neko) On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 15:49, Robin Pepermans wrote: > And by the way, if you want to have a good translatable Meta Main Page > (which is absolutely necessary), you can take a look at

Re: [Foundation-l] Meta main page

2011-09-29 Thread Robin Pepermans
And by the way, if you want to have a good translatable Meta Main Page (which is absolutely necessary), you can take a look at Incubator's http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incubator:Main_Page and its system :-) 2011/9/29 Robin Pepermans : > You can go to http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Main_Page?

Re: [Foundation-l] Meta main page

2011-09-29 Thread Robin Pepermans
You can go to http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Main_Page?setlang=es but that's obviously not something everyone knows. I once added a language selector but it was removed at some point. I added it back now. 2011/9/29 M. Williamson : > Yes, when I went to commons I was pleased to get a notice that sai

Re: [Foundation-l] Meta main page

2011-09-29 Thread とある白い猫
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, 2

Re: [Foundation-l] Meta main page

2011-09-29 Thread M. Williamson
Yes, when I went to commons I was pleased to get a notice that said "Wikimedia Commons está disponible en español" at the top of the page. Doesn't obligate the user to change, and the language chooser bar offers the user a plethora of other choices in case the language guess was wrong. Would be nic

Re: [Foundation-l] Meta main page

2011-09-29 Thread M. Williamson
And of course this is a huge usability problem. Imagine I'm travelling in the Netherlands and use a public computer in an Internet cafe. I don't have an account on TranslateWiki, the auto language select is actually working (it doesn't appear to be working right now), and I don't speak a word of Du

Re: [Foundation-l] Meta main page

2011-09-29 Thread Strainu
2011/9/29 Béria Lima : > As a IP is impossible (at least for me) and before someone complain: Yes, > I'm sure my IP is identified as been Portuguese. Wikimedia Commons offers anonymous users the possibility to see the site in their (guessed) language AFAIK. I'm sure it's not rocket science to por

Re: [Foundation-l] Meta main page

2011-09-29 Thread Béria Lima
M. Williamson, the only way to see the Main Page in other language is log in, going to http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Preferences and change it to Spanish (which I'm guessing is your native language). As a IP is impossible (at least for me) and before someone complain: Yes, I'm sure my IP i

Re: [Foundation-l] Meta main page

2011-09-29 Thread M. Williamson
Yes, my browser language is Spanish and I got the page in English. Also, in response to Gerard's comment: "Obviously, you can select any language you like." - well, where? Where is the language selector? I don't see it anywhere. There doesn't appear to be a language list, a selector, a button or an

Re: [Foundation-l] Meta main page

2011-09-29 Thread Béria Lima
> > *Easy.. we recognise where someone is coming from ... check the browser > language and dependend on all this we serve what is likely a good match. > * No it doesn't. I live in Portugal and my Firefox and my Opera are in Portuguese and - If I don't log in - they only show me the English versio

Re: [Foundation-l] Meta main page

2011-09-29 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, The difficulty is in predicting what language to use when you do not have a cookie. Obviously, you can select any language you like. Thanks, Gerard 2011/9/28 M. Williamson > No reason not to allow users to select their own language easily, > especially > given that browser language pre

Re: [Foundation-l] Meta main page

2011-09-28 Thread M. Williamson
No reason not to allow users to select their own language easily, especially given that browser language preferences and location are anything but a surefire predictor of language preference. 2011/9/28 Gerard Meijssen > Hoi, > Easy.. we recognise where someone is coming from ... check the brows

Re: [Foundation-l] Meta main page

2011-09-28 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Easy.. we recognise where someone is coming from ... check the browser language and dependend on all this we serve what is likely a good match. Thanks, GerardM 2011/9/28 M. Williamson > Translatewiki.net doesn't seem to be much more usable to people who don't > speak English, coming

Re: [Foundation-l] Meta main page

2011-09-28 Thread M. Williamson
Translatewiki.net doesn't seem to be much more usable to people who don't speak English, coming at it from the front page. Imagine you don't speak English, how do you suppose you go from http://translatewiki.net/ to a page with instructions or content in your language? One needs at least rudimentar

Re: [Foundation-l] Meta main page

2011-09-28 Thread Gerard Meijssen
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 > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page/Te

Re: [Foundation-l] Meta main page

2011-09-27 Thread とある白い猫
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 unfort

Re: [Foundation-l] Meta main page

2011-09-27 Thread とある白い猫
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 difficu

Re: [Foundation-l] Meta main page

2011-09-26 Thread Mono mium
Might make sense. 2011/9/26 とある白い猫 > 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 templat

Re: [Foundation-l] Meta main page

2011-09-26 Thread K. Peachey
I wonder if the Page Translation[1] feature of the Translate extension[2] would make it easier to manage this, It appears to (but not written), that when the main translation (en for example) is "touched" that it will mark the other ones for needing updates. [1]. http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Tran

[Foundation-l] Meta main page

2011-09-26 Thread とある白い猫
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