Parsoid/Parser Unification/Cite CSS/Technical details

Pretty much any wiki that uses localized numbering schemes is impacted.

There are three sources that impact Cite localization:


 * 1) Language-specific counters in MediaWiki core
 * 2) Language-specific localization messages in the Cite extension repository
 * 3) Message overrides defined in the   namespace on the wiki.

Any wiki that uses localized numbers on wiki might be impacted. Additionally, any wiki using a language that provides a localized message for one of these Cite extension messages may need CSS rules for Parsoid HTML


 * cite_reference_link
 * cite_references_link_many_format
 * cite_references_link_many_format_backlink_labels
 * cite_references_link_one
 * cite_references_link_many
 * cite_references_link_many_sep
 * cite_references_link_many_and
 * messages with "Cite_link_label_group-" prefix.

Example: For language  and message    in order to determine if your language is affected, you should check to see if   has non-default content; this should include both wiki-specific overrides as well as any defaults set in   in the   extension repository.

Localized language counters in MediaWiki core
The Content Transform Team has addressed this via T156350 and these rules will be available for all these language wikis on all projects. We have defined language-specific counters that had localized counters defined in MediaWki and deployed them (E.g. arabic, bengali).

Localized Cite messages on a wiki
Some wikis further localize citation formatting by using message overrides in the  namespace on that wiki.

Here is the list of 157 wikis that have some site message defined for Cite.