[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T101086: Standardize invalid language codes for Babel extension

gerritbot added a comment. Change 330041 merged by jenkins-bot: [mediawiki/extensions/Babel@master] Map MediaWiki's fake language codes to real ones https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/330041TASK DETAILhttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T101086EMAIL

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T101086: Standardize invalid language codes for Babel extension

gerritbot added a comment. Change 330041 had a related patch set uploaded (by TTO): Map MediaWiki's fake language codes to real ones https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/330041TASK DETAILhttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T101086EMAIL

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T101086: Standardize invalid language codes for Babel extension

Nikki added a comment. My understanding of the problem is that when someone uses {{#babel:zh-classical}}, the extension puts the user into "Category:User zh-classical" instead of into "Category:User lzh" even though they mean the same thing. Instead, it should understand that zh-classical is a

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T101086: Standardize invalid language codes for Babel extension

Whatamidoing-WMF added a comment. In T101086#2226452, @Liuxinyu970226 wrote: Mnn, correct. For such "faux English" labels, the right way is to submit codes and names to CLDR, then let users on CLDR to localize them. Part of "the right way" to handle unknown codes is "leave it blank if you don't

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T101086: Standardize invalid language codes for Babel extension

Nemo_bis added a comment. So, let's go back to the main topic of this task Which is? Please update the task description so that it's understandable. The description currently links two Wikidata items, which however seem not to be the focus of the bug report. The report might be about the output

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T101086: Standardize invalid language codes for Babel extension

Glaisher added a comment. @Whatamidoing-WMF See https://translatewiki.net/wiki/FAQ#Language_names TASK DETAIL https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T101086 EMAIL PREFERENCES https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/settings/panel/emailpreferences/ To: Glaisher Cc: Nikerabbit, Whatamidoing-WMF,

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T101086: Standardize invalid language codes for Babel extension

Liuxinyu970226 added a comment. In https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T101086#2226073, @Whatamidoing-WMF wrote: > I'm not sure if this is the right place to add this, but https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Purodha has a list of languages that claim to be English. For example, the last

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T101086: Standardize invalid language codes for Babel extension

Nikki added a comment. That sounds like a different issue, wep is already a valid language code. TASK DETAIL https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T101086 EMAIL PREFERENCES https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/settings/panel/emailpreferences/ To: Nikki Cc: Whatamidoing-WMF, Glaisher,

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T101086: Standardize invalid language codes for Babel extension

Whatamidoing-WMF added a comment. I'm not sure if this is the right place to add this, but https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Purodha has a list of languages that claim to be English. For example, the last is "wep-1", and the text says that the user has a basic knowledge of English,

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T101086: Standardize invalid language codes for Babel extension

Liuxinyu970226 added a comment. BTW, can anyone please run a script to check all the incorrect babel templates and categories (i.e. Template:User als/Category:User als, Template:User zh-yue/Category:User zh-yue, etc. I'm afraid Wikidata missed some), and list them to a paste? TASK DETAIL