Language tools/status

Last monthly update on: 2011-08-01

2011-05-16
Alolita Sharma and Erik Möller are currently gathering requirements on this project with the help of possible customers, including the language committee.

2011-06-30
Alolita Sharma published two RfPs to assemble a dedicated team to tackle localization issues from a feature development and outreach perspective. She is currently reviewing applications and contracts.

2011-08-01
Alolita Sharma continued to assemble a team dedicated to localization, and to work on the project definition and priorities.

2011-08-31
Siebrand Mazeland, Niklas Laxström and Gerard Meijssen joined the project in August. Niklas focused on code review for MediaWiki 1.18 regarding internationalization issues; he also introduced more flexible language fallback sequences. Siebrand worked on the product roadmap for 2011-2012, and started to plan hackathons & localization sprints in India in November. The Kiwix offline app was added to translatewiki.net, where it can now be localized (read more).