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So is this ever going to happen? It sounds like a good idea. --[[User:Blooper4912|Blooper4912]] 00:10, 1 July 2008 (CEST)
So is this ever going to happen? It sounds like a good idea. --[[User:Blooper4912|Blooper4912]] 00:10, 1 July 2008 (CEST)
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+* No doubt you already noticed many recent changes in the way the Wiki handles languages. A summary of the improvements I noticed:
+** The Languages template has been superseded by a plugin to give the left-hand navigation "in other languages". The old Languages template had been trimmed down to reduce WantedPages cruft but it should now be removed from any [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Languages|remaining pages]]. (Don't do too many at once, and mark them minor changes, to avoid cluttering RecentChanges).
+** For newly translated pages create a subpage with the language code, like [[Current events/fr]]. Mediawiki has an [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Languages example list]. Any remaining pages in other namespaces like Fr:Page should be moved to the corresponding subpage to work with the new sidebar.
+** Continue to apply the [[:Template:Trans]] template to new partially translated pages. (This template might still benefit from Blooper's previous improvements to the old Languages template, I haven't checked recently).
+* I don't think we have enough pages yet to justify setting up separate namespaces/databases/interwikis but I agree that would be ideal as Wikipedia has it. Even MediaWiki itself has unresolved [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Language_policy discussion] about implementing this. It's safe to say most of the non-english speakers visiting here are bilingual contributors, and it's hard enough to keep the current pages up-to-date as it is, but we can see progress in translating new pages too! Let's see how these new changes work out before making such big steps.
+Thanks to Blooper who has done a lot of work wrt the languages, to whoever installed the plugin, and anyone else who moves pages and helps translate and host or maintain the Wiki. [[User:CarstenK|CarstenK]] 05:31, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
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