Thanks Gerard On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hoi, > We do use the CLDR data and we REALLY, REALLY want people to assess the > data that is in the CLDR both for correctness and completeness. Many of the > languages we support in MediaWIki are not yet supported in the CLDR. We are > seeking this support actively. We would also be REALLY happy when any and > all languages are supported in the CLDR. > > And yes, the CLDR extension is still very much in use. Regularly we did > override the CLDR data because of problems with its data.. Recently an > override was put in place on the Incubator to change Aurocana to > Mapundungun. > Thanks, > Gerard > > PS you CAN change CLDR data at this moment ... > http://cldr.unicode.org/index/survey-tool > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 9:22 PM, Shervin Afshar > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Two weeks ago Amir submitted a request to the mailing list asking folks >> to review the list of language names available in Names.php: >> >> >> https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/core.git;a=blob;f=languages/Names.php;hb=HEAD >> >> The request was followed up by few issues noticed for Czech, Slovak, and >> some other languages. It's obvious that by relying only on available input >> from the community, one can not make sure that the rest of the data is >> correct. Given this I recommended doing a minimal implementation of CLDR >> data. Here's what I wrote to Amir: >> >> I skimmed through the list and haven't seen anything incorrect. I have a >>> question though; considering the fact that some of this data is available >>> in CLDR, have you ever considered integrating their data and then do a >>> fallback? The fallback would definitely be necessary in some cases because >>> your list is *way* more extensive than what CLDR currently supports. >>> >>> Of course, CLDR specs lets adding new locales easily. So the ideal >>> would be to have a seed (with minimal information) for the locales which >>> doesn't exists there and are present in MW list. As CLDR is peer >>> reviewed through surveys targeted in-country scholars and standard body >>> representatives, normally the quality of the data and metadata is very good. >>> >>> In the past, there was at least this one extension I know off which was >>> facilitating the use of CLDR data on MW: http://www.mediawiki >>> .org/wiki/Extension:CLDR >>> >>> Let me know what you think. I'd be happy to help. >>> >> >> I haven't received any feedback from Amir up to now and as I'm not a MW >> developer, I'm writing here to ask for your opinion on the matter. The >> bottom line is that I can script out something that cross-checks Names.php >> values with CLDR entries, but I think it'd better to think about a >> long-term solution. >> >> Cheers, >> Shervin >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mediawiki-i18n mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-i18n >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mediawiki-i18n mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-i18n > >
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