As far as I know, all monument categories on Commons are in English, at least that's true for all german categories as well.
On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Jane Darnell <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually, I just made the category for the Austrian monuments and called > it Denkmalgeschütztes Objekte with the article "Denkmalgeschütztes Objekt" > as the main article for the category. I wanted to link to the similar > category on Commons, but that is called Category:Cultural heritage monuments > in Austria. > Why is that in English and not in the native language? Is there a reason > for this (perhaps it's a Bot-related reason?) > Jane > > > 2011/7/31 Karl Gruber <[email protected]> > >> Hi there, >> Perhaps it would be better to use as abbreviaton the ISO-3166-1, like AT >> for Austria and so on and one common common english for each category like >> monument-AT , -NL, PT and so on >> >> K@rl >> >> >> Am 31.07.2011 20:41, schrieb AleXXw: >> >> Hi there, Redirect should not any the problem ;) Most of the templates >> will be placed by Bots or German natives, so i think the "Ö" shouldn't be a >> big issue. What name would you prefer, {{DOA}} isn't my favorite... >> Greets >> -- >> Alex >> On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 15:51, Jane Darnell <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hubert & Bas, >>> I was thinking of DOA for Denmalgeschutste Object of Austria, but that >>> also is short for "Dead on Arrival". Maybe abbreviations are not a good idea >>> after all. >>> >>> After your first reaction Bas, I found another template for this type >>> of information on the English Wikipedia: Template:Designation. This template >>> is used by the Historical Sites WIkiproject, and there is some discussion to >>> use it for the US NRHP wikiproject (National Register of Historic Places). I >>> think this template is what I was looking for, and so whatever the Bots can >>> live with on Commons is probably fine. The name may be long, but it >>> certainly is not ambiguous and everyone can see this is Austria and not >>> Germany or some other country that refers to monuments as "Denkmaler". >>> >>> Jane >>> >>> >>> 2011/7/31 Bas vb <[email protected]> >>> >>>> isn't a redirect possible? >>>> >>>> {{DOO}} or something, the most use of the name will be by bots. >>>> >>>> Another thing: >>>> >>>> I've set up >>>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2011/Commons_infrastructure#Status_per_country >>>> >>>> MVg, >>>> >>>> Bas >>>> >>>> > Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 15:42:47 +0200 >>>> > From: [email protected] >>>> >>>> > To: [email protected] >>>> > Subject: Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Identification structure on >>>> Commons, a must have before 1 september. >>>> > >>>> > we will rename our "reeeeeeally long Template-name"! Inbetween 24 >>>> Hours! >>>> > Thanks for advice! >>>> > >>>> > greetings >>>> > Hubertl >>>> > >>>> > Am 31.07.2011 10:30, schrieb Jane Darnell: >>>> > > Bas, >>>> > > Thanks so much for your mail - suddenly the whole template thing >>>> became >>>> > > much clearer for me! I need to gather all of these templates now, >>>> > > because I would like to set up a template structure on the english >>>> > > wikipedia like the one for Template:Rijksmonument. I added the text >>>> from >>>> > > your mail to the project page here: >>>> > > >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2011#How_to_contribute_to_this_WLM_initiative >>>> > > >>>> > > Hubert, I noticed your template has a reeeeeeally long name. Of >>>> course I >>>> > > hope that the user won't need to type that in by hand, but is there >>>> a >>>> > > way to shorten it up a bit? I want to make a similar template for >>>> the >>>> > > Austrian monuments on the English wikipedia, and I noticed many >>>> people >>>> > > use abbreviations for the numbers (in Romania, it's called an LMI >>>> number). >>>> > > >>>> > > Jane >>>> > > >>>> > > 2011/7/31 Hubert <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>> > > >>>> > > Austria will have this too until September! >>>> > > >>>> > > greetings Hubertl >>>> > > >>>> > > Am 30.07.2011 19:02, schrieb Bas vb: >>>> > > > Hello everybody, >>>> > > > >>>> > > > Last year we had very much benefits from a good and proper >>>> > > structure on >>>> > > > commons, important was that we could tag the pictures with the >>>> > > identifiers. >>>> > > > Currently there are 7 countries/areas which have this structure >>>> > > > (see >>>> > > >>>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cultural_heritage_monuments_with_known_IDs >>>> ) >>>> > > > - Andorra >>>> > > > - Flanders (Belgium) >>>> > > > - Estonia >>>> > > > - Netherlands >>>> > > > - Romania >>>> > > > - Spain >>>> > > > - Wallonia (Belgium) >>>> > > > >>>> > > > The idea is to set up a similar structure for all participating >>>> areas >>>> > > > and countries (whenever possible). >>>> > > > Together with structured tables on the local wiki (with the >>>> identifier >>>> > > > as a field) this will provide an easy way to add missing pictures. >>>> And >>>> > > > well it's one of the requirements that pictures have an >>>> identifier. >>>> > > > >>>> > > > I think it's the best idea when the other countries, which don't >>>> > > have a >>>> > > > similar structure yet contact me (I'm away from 4-13 august) or >>>> one of >>>> > > > the persons who has allready set up a similar structure. You can >>>> > > find me >>>> > > > on IRC (name "basvb" if I'm not in the Wikilovesmonumentschannel >>>> > > I'm in >>>> > > > #wikipedia-nl), on my commons or preferably my nlwiki talkpage or >>>> with >>>> > > > an e-mail. >>>> > > > >>>> > > > Mvg, >>>> > > > >>>> > > > Bas >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > _______________________________________________ >>>> > > > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >>>> > > > [email protected] >>>> > > <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >>>> > > > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu >>>> > > >>>> > > _______________________________________________ >>>> > > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >>>> > > [email protected] >>>> > > <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >>>> > > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > _______________________________________________ >>>> > > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >>>> > > [email protected] >>>> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >>>> > > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu >>>> > >>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>> > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >>>> > [email protected] >>>> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >>>> > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >>>> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >>> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing >> [email protected]https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonumentshttp://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu >
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