Hi Dick,
Dick Groskamp schrieb:
Regina,
I think I figured it out with respect to the links at the bottom of
the page and the use of OrigLang and Lang templates. >
It seems there are two approaches:
1 : with the templates OrigLang and Lang
2 : with a separate template that refers to a dedicated namespace (root
path)
like http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Template:Documentation/Languages
which is used at for instance
http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=NL/Documentation
Option 1 will place a bar on the topside of the page with boxes that
references to the subpages of the translated page, which will be
placed UNDER the referred page so: "Pootle user guide" will become
"Pootle user guide/nl/Pootle gebruikersgids" for Dutch. On the
translated page will be boxes that refer to other translations of
that page (with other words: it will build a "tree" of translated
below the original page)
Option 2 will place the references in the left column of the wiki
I think it will be necessary to first establish what is wanted.
+1
Option 1 will be a new approach whilst option 2 continues with the
old behaviour but will have probably no need for dedicated
namespaces, since the translated files are placed below the
original. This will however scatter the translations, not keeping
them by Language as is in the Documentation-project
I like to see all translated pages as subpages of their language code.
Wasn't it, that some time ago all structures Documentation/nl/ were
changed and redirected to NL/Documentation, for example? If yes, then we
should stick to the schema LangCode/translatedContent.
Another reasons, why I don't like the solution with OrigLang and Lang
templates:
* The row needs new space and takes it from the height. The other two
options use the already existing column. Current wide-screens have more
free place in the width than in the height.
* Users are used to have the language links in the left column, because
Wikipedia works this way.
Option 2 will probably require modification of
Template:Documentation/Languages to
establish a new template with a path for Pootle related items als well
as dedicated language spaces
That might be overkill for a handful pages. I looked at your examples
and from a technical point of view, I think it is doable.
And then, off course, there is option 3:
Simply putting the full name of the file, preceded by the ISO-code
between square brackets
at the bottom of the page will put it in the left column of the wiki.
Like [[de:DE/Documentation/BASIC_Guide]] for the page BASIC guide which is
in the namespace Documentation of the namespace DE
That will give links in the left column, similar to options 2. Each
translator would have to add such a link when translate the page. If I
add a comment at the bottom of the page, which explains what to do, it
should be possible.
For me it is a decision between option 2 or option 3.
Kind regards
Regina
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