On 10/4/14, 4:33 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote:
Are there are Wikipedia projects that do this?
No, only German projects.
The list of projects which make special use of import is at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Importer
I just did some spot-checking, and there are edits of mine from en th
this is cool, I can easily see that at least some of my articles are being
translated to German!
> Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 16:33:52 +0200
> From: nemow...@gmail.com
> To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] translation by importing articles
>
> Amir E. A
Amir E. Aharoni, 04/10/2014 15:09:
Is it a usual practice in the German Wikipedia?
Yes.
What is the reason for it?
GFDL
Is there a policy page about it?
Probably in the neighbourhood of
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Importw%C3%BCnsche
Are there are Wikipedia projects that
I understand that importing shows edits with the same username as if they
were done in the target wiki.
My question is different:
1. Is it the usual practice for the German Wikipedia to do an import when
translation is done? If yes, why?
2. Are there other wikis that do an import when translation
> Is it a usual practice in the German Wikipedia? What is the reason for it?
> Is there a policy page about it?
> Are there are Wikipedia projects that do this?
This is because the import function works this way. I think it would be
better if imported revisions are marked as with origin from anoth
Hi,
I looked at my contribution in the German Wikipedia[1] and noticed some
unusual things:
* I have many more contributions there than I thought I do.
* I did some very strange edits, such as adding a category with an
*English* name[2]
"Why would I do such a thing?", I thought.
Then I realized
