Hi guys,
There is some more documentation for users[1] and developers[2] about this that
was made available together with the extension code[3].
Microsoft Research is currently in the process of setting up community support.
More on that hopefully later this week. One of the things to do will be to put
all documentation on mediawiki.org instead of in the PDFs.
Siebrand
[1]
http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/WikiBhasha/doc/WikiBhasha_Beta_Ext_User_Doc_1%200.pdf?view=co
[2]
http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/WikiBhasha/doc/WikiBhasha_Beta_Dev_Doc_1%200.pdf?view=co
[3] http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/WikiBhasha/
From: wikimediaindia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org
[mailto:wikimediaindia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of
BalaSundaraRaman
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 10:32 AM
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiBhasha Mediawiki extension
I looked into the architecture and the introduction. It seems to be the open
source equivalent of Google Translator tool.
It looks promising, because:
1. It's open source and hence bugs can be fixed directly instead of waiting for
the company to fix. I speak from my experience of having to do a special
cleanup of spurious red links generated by the Google tool (cf.
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detailatid=603140aid=3017517group_id=93107
atid=603140aid=3017517group_id=93107).
2. It seems to have a collaborative translation module unlike the single-user
Google alternative.
3. It's integrated into Mediawiki itself, which is a HUGE win.
That said, I'll have to actually see that on a Mediawiki site in order to
comment further.
- Sundar
That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for
the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted.
- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture
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From: Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.com
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Mon, October 18, 2010 11:57:59 AM
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiBhasha Mediawiki extension
Hi all,
Just read Microsoft India research team open sources WikiBhasha
-http://goo.gl/sKlA . From the README file, I understand WikiBhasha is a media
wiki extension aimed at enabling user communities in creating multilingual
content in Wikipedia. Can someone who know more explain about this extension.
Does any Indic wiki use this at the moment?
Regards
Srikanth.L
Google Profile http://j.mp/SrikanthL
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