Localization checks/header

This page lists quality problems from translations detected by script. Translators are encouraged to fix these problems (small amount of them are false). See also Localisation statistics and translatewiki.net, where this list is updated on a daily basis.

Explanation of checks:

obsolete 

These messages do not exists or are on the ignore list. Should be removed

variables 

These messages are not using all the variables compared to English original. Compare your translation to English.

empty 

These messages are empty or contain dash. This kind of translations should not exist. Should be removed.

plural 

For these messages the plural is not implemented in the message for the language.

whitespace 

These messages contain trailing whitespace, which confuses message updater. Remove trailing whitespace.

xhtml 

These messages contain common invalid xhtml. This check does not do full xhtml validation. Check for mistyped or missing opening or closing tag pairs.

chars 

These messages contain invisible characters that should not be needed or should be entities.

links 

These messages contain direct links to project namespace. Directs links to it should not be used. Compare your translation to English or remove the link.

unbalanced 

These messages have unequal number of [] and {}. Check that there is correct amount of them.