> > *Easy.. we recognise where someone is coming from ... check the browser > language and dependend on all this we serve what is likely a good match. > *
No it doesn't. I live in Portugal and my Firefox and my Opera are in Portuguese and - If I don't log in - they only show me the English version of Main Page. If I do log in, I see the Portuguese one because my language - In Special:Preferences - is Portuguese. _____ *Béria Lima* <http://wikimedia.pt/>(351) 925 171 484 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a fazer <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Nossos_projetos>.* On 29 September 2011 05:23, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hoi, > Easy.. we recognise where someone is coming from ... check the browser > language and dependend on all this we serve what is likely a good match. > Thanks, > GerardM > > 2011/9/28 M. Williamson <node...@gmail.com> > > > Translatewiki.net doesn't seem to be much more usable to people who don't > > speak English, coming at it from the front page. Imagine you don't speak > > English, how do you suppose you go from http://translatewiki.net/ to a > > page > > with instructions or content in your language? One needs at least > > rudimentary English skills to be able to figure it out, which is an > > unsatisfactory solution for what is supposed to be an international > > project. > > > > > > 2011/9/28 Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> > > > > > Hoi, > > > The main page at translatewiki.net is not less complicated imho. > > However, > > > it > > > has been localised and we know quite precisely what the state of the > > > translations is. We can pinpoint precisely what needs doing. > > > Thanks, > > > GerardM > > > > > > 2011/9/27 とある白い猫 <to.aru.shiroi.n...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page/Template/de > > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page/Template/en > > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page/Template/es > > > > > > > > Few examples of the new meta main page in its templated form which > > allows > > > > easier translation. Most translations are greatly outdated > > unfortunately > > > > making them essentially useless. A divide and conquer strategy was > > > applied. > > > > > > > > -- とある白い猫 (To Aru Shiroi Neko) > > > > > > > > > > > > 2011/9/27 とある白い猫 <to.aru.shiroi.n...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > > Oh, I was proposing something simpler than what I had on my commons > > > > > userpage. Consider something like > > > > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:White_Cat/Gen v > > > > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:White_Cat/de > > > > > Translators only /care/ about the text rather than the style issues > > and > > > > > etc. It is difficult enough finding people who can translate but > > > > expecting > > > > > them to understand complex use of html, templates and etc is just > too > > > > much. > > > > > > > > > > The feature you mentioned would indeed be a positive thing to keep > > > these > > > > > pages up to date. We could also have generic translations. For > > example > > > we > > > > > expect steward elections frequently, likewise we expect a > wikimania > > > each > > > > > year. It would only make sense if these "current events" are > > templated > > > on > > > > > their own. > > > > > > > > > > -- とある白い猫 (To Aru Shiroi Neko) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2011/9/27 Mono mium <monom...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > > >> Might make sense. > > > > >> > > > > >> 2011/9/26 とある白い猫 <to.aru.shiroi.n...@gmail.com> > > > > >> > > > > >> > Meta main page seems to be not very multi-lingual because it > > appears > > > > to > > > > >> be > > > > >> > difficult to update. Each translation is more or less outdated > and > > > > often > > > > >> > with an outdated/older style. I propose a template structure > where > > > > style > > > > >> > info is "removed" into a template and translations only deal > with > > > > words. > > > > >> > > > > > >> > Feel free to comment at: > > > > >> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page#Templates > > > > >> > > > > > >> > -- とある白い猫 (To Aru Shiroi Neko) > > > > >> > _______________________________________________ > > > > >> > foundation-l mailing list > > > > >> > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > >> > Unsubscribe: > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > >> > > > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > > >> foundation-l mailing list > > > > >> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > >> Unsubscribe: > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > foundation-l mailing list > > > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > foundation-l mailing list > > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l