https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42497
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Bug #: 42497
Summary: newmessageslinkplural and newmessagesdifflinkplural
shouldn't use fake values for the number of changes
Product: MediaWiki
Version: 1.21-git
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Keywords: i18n
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Internationalization
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
CC: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
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newmessageslinkplural and newmessagesdifflinkplural (introduced in I8870111802
to fix bug 12701) both have a single parameter, that one could expect to be the
number of or (respectively) messages or changes. However, this parameter can
only take values of '1' (when there's one message/change) or '2' (when there
are more). While this behavior is documented, it's obviously confusing, and I
just had to fix translations of these messages to Polish[1][2].
As I assume obtaining correct values is impossible (too database-intensive?),
both messages should be split into two – one for singular and one for plural
form. If this is considered such a very bad practice, then at least we should
usea different value than '2' to make errors in translations more obvious –
'999' would do.
[1]
http://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=MediaWiki:Newmessageslinkplural/pl&diff=prev&oldid=4351303
[2]
http://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=MediaWiki:Newmessagesdifflinkplural/pl&diff=prev&oldid=4351311
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