Hello Darren, Using uselang parameter in the URL should do the trick, if I get what you're up to correctly. e.g. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q666?uselang=ja
Best! Leszek On Fri, 25 Jan 2019 at 11:45, Darren Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > I wanted to send someone a URL to show them how a data item looks in > Japanese (so we could see which items have a translation). But am I > right in thinking there is nothing I can put in the URL to do this? > > I also tried changing my accept-language header to put "ja" first, but > it is ignored. Was this a feature that was discussed and rejected; or > just an itch that no-one has got around to scratching yet? > > Darren > > P.S. I realize I can login, change my UI to another language, and see > the data that way. But that is quite a long-winded process, especially > if the person has not created an account yet. > > It also changes the whole UI, not just the data, which is painful if I > just want to see what has been translated but cannot read the language. > I think for a project about data, you should be able to set the UI > language and the content language separately. > > E.g. I just put a page into Greek (I think), and now I can see the few > items that have been translated, but cannot read the property names! Let > alone navigate the site.) (The switch back to previous language link at > the top was a great idea, though - thank-you to whoever thought of that > shortcut.) > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata > -- Leszek Manicki Engineering Manager Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision! https://spenden.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland – Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
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