:-D Thanks for letting us know. You're the first to kick off this process after en.wikipedia, so please keep us updated on how it goes. That way everyone else will have a better idea of what to expect, and LiAnna and I can document the process better for others.
Cheers, Sage On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Dimce Grozdanoski < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Sage, ty for information. Translation status in Macedonian is 100%. I > think that this extension can help to our education program and I just > start process/discussion at mk.wikipedia. > > > On 27.04.2013 14:29, Sage Ross wrote: > > I'm happy to answer what I can about the extension. > > You can see the translation status for it here: > http://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:MessageGroupStats&language=en&group=ext-educationprogram > > (If your language isn't fully translated, you can translated it at > translatewiki.) > > The extension has some fundamental technical shortcomings related to the > way MediaWiki handles the content of course pages, and we're recommending > that other wikis not start using it until after those get fixed. For those > interested in the details, here is the tracking bug for that set of > problems: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43975 . All the > "Depends on" bugs are the issues that we're going to fix within the next > few months. > > The look of the extension will also be upgraded in the next few months. > You can see a rough partial roadmap for what we plan to work on here: > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Education_Program/Roadmap (If > you have ideas for it, please talk with me, post to this mailing list, or > add things to the ideas list at the bottom of the roadmap.) > > Even though we're suggesting the extension not be used for more > education programs until around August, you can--and probably should--start > the process soon if you think you'll want it on your home wikis. The basic > requirement before it can be deployed is to demonstrate consensus on your > wiki that it is wanted. I did that on English Wikipedia with this Request > for Comment: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Education_Program_extension(You > don't need to have an RfC as complicated as that one; a simple > "yes/no" discussion would suffice if you want the default configuration.) > If you begin this process, please let me or LiAnna know (or better yet, > post to this list) so we can keep an eye on it and document how it goes so > that others can learn from it. > > If you want to play around with the extension, you can do so on > test2.wikimedia.org: http://test2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CoursesEmail me > with your username if you would like any of the user rights on > test2 so that you can create course pages, etc. > > This page documents how we're using it on English Wikipedia, including > the "course page wizard" template I built to make it easier to create > decent course pages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Course_pages(The > "course page wizard" is sort of a hack; later on, I hope to build > something more user-friendly into the extension itself.) > > Cheers, > Sage > > > > > > > On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 6:12 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Vojtěch Dostál, 27/04/2013 11:44: >> >> As far as I know, the MediaWiki Extension is still under construction >>> (although it is possible to use it); someone (probably LiAnna) said in >>> Milano that the final version should be available in August 2013. >>> >> >> It's currently not internationalisable but they're working on it (I've >> not seen a plan yet though). >> >> Nemo >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Education mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing > [email protected]https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > >
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