https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69285
Bug ID: 69285
Summary: Expose language fallback chain for user language in JS
Product: MediaWiki
Version: 1.24-git
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Keywords: i18n
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: JavaScript
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
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Currently, there is only wgUserLanguage in the JS for the user language. Many
user scripts use it to show the proper localization, but many don't use the
correct fallback if localization is missing for that language (in most cases
they just fall back to English). Just one example:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-Merge.js has many localizations,
but none for de-at or pfl. The script tries hard to provide good fallbacks, and
will use German for de-at, but for pfl it will fall back to English. If the
fallback chain (e.g. ['de-at', 'de', 'en'] or ['pfl', 'de', 'en']) would be
exposed as JS variable, this would make localization of gadgets and user
scripts much easier.
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