https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23967
Summary: Cyrillic/Latin conversion on the Wikipedia in Serbian
Product: Wikimedia
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: major
Priority: Normal
Component: Language setup
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Hello,
I'm user from Wikipedia in Serbian. Serbian language has two different writing
systems — Cyrillic alphabet (ћирилица) and Latin alphabet (latinica). Wikipedia
in Serbian use both — clicking on tab "ћирилица" (sr-ec) or "latinica" (sr-el)
a reader can choose one or another. They are pretty much convertible, but in
some cases simple conversion isn't enough. For example an article Queen (албум)
has English word which should stay unconverted when you click on "ћирилица".
Simple conversion would give Qуеен (албум) which is unacceptable. On the other
hand, when you click on "latinica" it should change a word "албум" into "album"
— Queen (album). In that cases we use a certain template like this
-{T|sr-ec:Queen (албум);sr-el:Queen (album)}- which solves that problem. But
this template doesn't work anymore. I think that the bug occurred during the
recent global reprogramming of Wikipedia. Can you do something about it?
Regards,
Loshmi
P. S.
I don't know if you're working on the new Wikipedia vector skin, which sooner
or latter will become default for all Wikipedias. Current beta on Serbian
Wikipedia, doesn't show tabs "ћирилица" and "latinica" in visible way. You have
to click on hidden toolbar to switch from one writing system to another. All
Serbian sites which has this option put them in some visible place. It's very
important for those tabs to be seen by the default, as they are in the current
default skin. Otherwise, it would be confusing for the readers, because they
might not be aware of them.
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