OK, so something amazing just happened: A Hebrew Wikipedia editor told me that he uses the translated API Sandbox.
This probably sounds cryptic, so let me explain why is this significant. The "API Sandbox" is a technical part of the MediaWiki software that shows all the actions that are available for developers of extensions, bots, scripts, etc. There are hundreds of such actions, and there are thousands of English strings that document each action. You can see the API Sandbox in English here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox In the past these documentation strings could only be written in English, but in 2014 it became possible to translate them. So now it's possible to see the API Sandbox in French, for example: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox I do my best to keep the translation of MediaWiki into Hebrew at 100%, so I translated them all for the sake of completeness, but I was sure that nobody will ever use it, because programmers usually know English. So now I have proof that it's _usually_, but not _always_. A developer of gadgets in the Hebrew Wikipedia found it more comfortable to use the API Sandbox in Hebrew than in English. And he's probably not alone. There are probably a lot of people who would be good programmers if they had more documentation in their language. And this makes me happy because: 1. This translation actually enables more people to develop more useful technical tools for Wikimedia projects. 2. More philosophically, this makes the gap between people who know English and people who don't a little bit smaller. This gap is huge, but hard to notice for people who know English (even for me). 3. More personally, now I know that the time I invested in translating these strings was not wasted :) Moral of the story: Localization is awesome, nobody should assume that everyone knows English, and everything should be translatable. Thanks to Brad Jorsch (User:Anomie) for making the API documentation translatable! -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore 2017-05-08 9:06 GMT+03:00 Pine W <[email protected]>: > I was happy to see the final WMF list of GSoC 2017 and Outreachy Round 14 > projects. > > What's making you happy this week? > > Pine > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > Hello, > > Please join me in welcoming Wikimedia's accepted candidates for Google > Summer of Code 2017 and Outreachy Round 14! > > Google Summer of Code 2017 > > 1. > > Alexander Jones, Texas, United States, Implement Thanks support in > Pywikibot <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T161426> - John Mark > Vandenberg > 2. > > Amrit Sreekumar, Kerela, India, Improvements to ProofreadPage Extension > and Wikisource <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T161111> - Yann > Forget, Tpt > 3. > > Feroz Ahmad, New Delhi, India, Add a "hierarchy" type to the Cargo > extension <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T161609> - Yaron Koren, > Nischayn22 > 4. > > Harjot Singh Bhatia, New Delhi, India, Adding Data storage feature and > upgrading Quiz extension <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T160257> - > Marielle Volz, Sam Reed > 5. > > Harsh Shah, India, Build a similar to @NYPLEmoji bot for Commons images > - Dereckson, Ariel > 6. > > Keerthana S, India, Automatic editing suggestions and feedbacks for > articles in Wiki Ed Dashboard <https://phabricator. > wikimedia.org/T160840> > - Sage Ross, Jonathan Morgan > 7. > > Sejal Khatri, India, Provide enhanced usability for Wikimedia Programs & > Events Dashboard managed by Wiki Education foundation < > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T161929> - Sage Ross, Jonathan Morgan > 8. > > Siddhartha Sarkar, India, Single Image Batch Upload < > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T161670> - Basvb > > Outreachy Round 14 > > 1. > > Ela Opper, Tel Aviv, Israel, "Remind me of this article in X days" > MediaWiki notification <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T161823> - > Matthew Flaschen and Moriel Schottlender > 2. > > Medha Bansal, New Delhi, India, WikiEduDashboard: Allow Programs & > Events Dashboard to make automatic edits on connected wikis < > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T161568>- Jonathan Morgan, Sage Ross > 3. > > Sonali Gupta, Rajasthan, India, Document process for creating new Zotero > translator and getting it live in production < > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T161191> - Marielle Volz > > > We would like to encourage accepted candidates to introduce themselves on > this thread, share with us where they are coming from and give a brief > overview of the project they will be working on. > > We’re so proud of the contributions they have made so far to our community, > and we look forward to having a wonderful time working with them over the > summer! Also, a huge shout-out to the project mentors for their enthusiasm > and commitment! > > Thank you to Sumit and Anna for coordinating this round along with me! > Best, > Srishti > > -- > Srishti Sethi > Developer Advocate > Technical Collaboration team > Wikimedia Foundation > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:SSethi_(WMF) <javascript:void(0)> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
