User:Margit.link-rodrigue/Lunch talk - multilingual wiki

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==<span class="mw-customtoggle-graphic">Supporting a multilingual wiki</span>==

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==<span class="mw-customtoggle-LanguageSwitcher">"Smart" language switchers</span>==

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=== Language support===

options to define which languages are used in the wiki

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===Switching pages===

a mechanism to automatically switch between the language versions of a page

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===Tracking ===

a property that tracks the page language for each page (supported in BlueSpice pro)

fallback: categories track the page language (BlueSpice free)

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===Support for display title===

needed for the subpage-technique

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=== Switcher comparison ===

* '''Languages:''' subpages

* '''InterLanguages:''' unrelated pages

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==<span class="mw-customtoggle-useLang">User language support</span>==

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===Based on system messages===

*imported with language switcher template

*needs to be checked for <nowiki> {{CONTENTLANGUAGE}} </nowiki>

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===<code><nowiki>{{int:</nowiki>''message name''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>===

*Translates the '''int'''erface message into the user language

*<nowiki>{{int:lang}}</nowiki>

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===Add or switch content===

*Switch the entire page content

*Show additional content

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===Support templates/forms===

Switch labels

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==<span class="mw-customtoggle-cats">Category system</span>==

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==<span class="mw-customtoggle-ideas">Further considerations</span>==

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*Ad-hoc on-page translation (DeepL) -> duplicate page to make translation permanent

*Improvements to sidebar regarding language support

*MediaWiki translation extension

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==<span class="mw-customtoggle-docu">Documentation</span>==

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Helpdesk EN: [[Multilingual wiki]]

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