https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71664
Bug ID: 71664
Summary: Language selection for labels = any valid code as per
the IANA language subtag registry
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: [other]
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
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When entering labels in WikiData, any language of the world should be allowed,
not only the current selection of about 250. There is no reason any more for
that limitation.
Language/script/variety marking for internet ressources is currently defined in
the IANA language subtag registry.
Thus the above suggestion boils down to mark each language selection for labels
by a valid code as per the IANA language subtag registry, and allow any of
these tags to be used (i.e. referred to) by editors when entering labels.
See also:
*
[http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry/language-subtag-registry
IANA language subtag registry]
** [http://rishida.net/utils/subtags/ Interactive query of the IANA language
subtag registry]
* [http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt BCP 47] Best Current Practice -
Tags for Identifying Languages
* [http://www.w3.org/International/articles/language-tags/ Language tags in
HTML and XML] by the [http://w3.org/ W3C]
P.S.
I am uncertain to which WikiData component this belongs. Feel free to assign it
to one.
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