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Language and Product Localization Technical Support/Status Updates/Q1 2024-25

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Q1 2024-25

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Language and Product localisation Technical Support workstream updates for Q1 2024-25 (July 2024- Sep 2024)

Summary

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By the end of Q2, implement and test two recommendations, both social and technical, to support languages onboarding for new  language communities, with an evaluation to analyze community feedback

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▶️T362368 Gather, implement and test recommendations for improving language incubation

  • ▶️T376772 Provide production access to 5 new languages
  • ▶️T352113 Move the addWiki.php maintenance script from WikimediaMaintenance into MediaWiki
  • ▶️T381374 Document language incubation journeys

Respond to x number of requests on internationalization and localisation support through timely interventions and engagements

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  • Languages Onboarding
    • 17 Languages were added to translatewiki.net, People who speak these Languages can now translate MediaWiki user interface messages as part of the new wiki creation process.
      • ✅T369095 Add Jakaltek language (jac) to translatewiki.net
      • ✅T368856 Add Chitonga (toi) and Chiluvale (lue) to translatewiki
      • ✅T369157 Add Kihunde (hke) to translatewiki.net
      • ✅T368046 Add Waali (wlx) to translatewiki.net
      • ✅T366171 Add Interslavic (isv) to translatewiki.net
      • ✅368857 Add Edo (bin) to translatewiki
      • ✅T365263 Add Ekpeye (ekp) to translatewiki.net
      • ✅T369464 Add Abron (abr) to translatewiki.net
      • ✅T369727 Add Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (aii) to translatewiki.net
      • ✅T369578 Add Torwali (trw) to translatewiki.net
      • ✅T370355 Add Sabah Malay (msi) to translatewiki.net
      • ✅T372173 Add Duala (dua) to translatewiki.net
      • ✅T372407 Add Rukai (dru) to translatewiki.net
      • ✅T371985 Add Ngiemboon (nnh) to translatewiki.net
      • ✅T373561 Add Haryanvi in Arabic script (bcg-arab) to translatewiki
      • ✅T373928 Add Jju (kaj) to translatewiki.net
      • ✅T373931 Add Negeri Sembilan Malay (zmi) to translatewiki.net
  • 10 Languages were added to Mediawiki, This means that people who speak these can now help translate the software and content on different Wikimedia websites into their language.
    • ✅T362041 Add Minnan (Traditional Han script) (nan-hant) to Names.php
    • ✅T367688 Add Interslavic (isv-latn) to Names.php
    • ✅T370987 Add Minnan (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) (nan-latn-pehoeji) to Names.php
    • ✅T364291 Add Musi (mui) to Names.php
    • ✅T367991 Add Iban (iba) to Names.php
    • ✅T371051 Add Saint Lucian Creole (acf) to Names.php
    • ✅T364737 Add Haryanvi (bgc) to Names.php
    • ✅T370123 Add Nupe (nup) to Names.php
    • ✅T369899 Add Minnan (Tâi-lô) (nan-latn-tailo) to Names.php
    • ✅T284043 Add Manchu (mnc) to Names.php
  • Configuration fixes (18 tickets resolved)
    • ✅T367377 Rename the Tai Nuea language (tdd) name in core MediaWiki
    • ✅T372213 Add full stop into blockedtext-reason-comment and remove it from composed messages that reuse it
    • ✅T354937 Split nan (Minnan) by writing systems and orthography/romanization system
    • ✅T372399 Create a wikidata.org message group on translatewiki.net
    • ✅T290657 Recognize apc language code in MediaWiki
    • ✅T373562 Remove IE <= 10, Firefox <= 38, Android <= 4 CSS hacks and workarounds in jquery.ime
    • ✅T363690 Translating – Support for PLURAL in Levantine Arabic (code 'apc')
    • ✅T373741 Update the autonym of the Tigre language (tig) in ULS and translatewiki
    • ✅T369787 Change date format for uzwiki
    • ✅T366271 Change Wikipedia: and Wikipedia_talk: namespaces for Mongolian (for Mongolian Wikipedia)
    • ✅T375081 Fix "Special" namespace translation in Iban (iba)
    • ✅T375947 Update Komering (kge) autonym
    • ✅T374785 Make sure that all the languages on translatewiki have an English name in the cldr extension
    • ✅T369452 Interslavic language portal at Translatewiki.net
    • ✅T372057 Add namespace translations for Xhosa and Swazi
    • ✅T372035 Add RTL support to InternetArchiveBot
    • ✅T45646MediaWiki:Copyright" message allows raw HTML
    • ✅T360497Remove "<a href" from licensing messages in WikimediaMessages
  • Keyboard support fixes (5 tickets resolved)
    • ✅T372652 Adding silesian alphabet to jquery.ime
    • ✅T372146 Make the Sarjom baha layout as default for santali Wikipedia.
    • ✅T373701 Improve Javanese keyboard
    • ✅T375535 Add Khoekhoe (naq) to translatewiki and add a keyboard for it
    • ✅T376100 Add a Pontic Greek keyboard

Explore meaningful collaboration and engagement opportunities for Wikimedia Language communities

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  • ✅ T369131 Wikimania 2024 Session: State of Languages and Onboarding at Wikimedia
  • ✅T371535 Wikimania Hackathon 2024: Remote Session on Using Translatewiki.net for Translating Wikimedia Interface Messages
  • ✅T368772 Language Support at Wikimania Hackathon 2024
  • ✅ T374978 Wikiconference Nigeria 2024: Engaging Language Communities
  • ✅T373187 Wikiconference Nigeria 2024 session; Language tools and Onboarding at Wikimedia
  • ✅T374895 Wikiconference Nigeria 2024 session: Language Meetup, Hands on with Translatewiki and Content/Section translation
  • ✅T374892 Wikiconference Nigeria 2024 session; Developing Indigenous/Local Nigeria Language Wikipedia; Community Insights
  • ✅T374925 Wikiconference Nigeria 2024: Conversations with Language Communities and Reflections
  • ✅T375917 Celtic Knot 2024: Future of Language Incubation (September 2024)
  • ✅T375553 Wikindaba 2024: Language Sessions at Wikindaba Hackathon 2024
  • ✅T377063 Wikiconference North America 2024: Conversations with Communities and Reflections
  • ✅T373496 Let's Connect Learning Clinic: Technology for Language Diversity in Wikimedia (September 2024)
  • ✅T362847 Published Quarterly "Language & Internationalization Newsletter" for August 2024
  • ✅T371493 Organize language community meeting (August 2024)
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