Re: [Wikimedia-l] Turn the extension for ContentTranslation off?

2017-05-03 Thread John Erling Blad
I don't think it is useful to discuss projects and people, discuss processes and fixes. On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 12:15 AM, Lodewijk wrote: > Hi John, > > Could you provide a bit more context? From which language are you drawing > these experiences? Did you consider

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Turn the extension for ContentTranslation off?

2017-05-02 Thread Nick Wilson (Quiddity)
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Turn the extension for ContentTranslation off?

2017-05-02 Thread Lodewijk
Hi John, Could you provide a bit more context? From which language are you drawing these experiences? Did you consider filing a phabricator request for the technical component that can be improved (if so, could you link to it)? Could you also provide some links to these discussions that are

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Turn the extension for ContentTranslation off?

2017-05-02 Thread James Heilman
Many of the volunteers I work with really like the "Content Translation" tool. Machine translation only exists in some languages. For many it is not an option at all. Yes peer review processes are needed, and yes doing follow up and inviting new people to our movement is a lot of work (I do a

[Wikimedia-l] Turn the extension for ContentTranslation off?

2017-05-02 Thread John Erling Blad
Yes, I wonder if the extension for content translation should be turned off. Not because it is really bad, but because it allows creating translations that isn't quite good enough, and those translations creates fierce internal fighting between contributors. Some people use CT, and makes fairly