These may be advantages > Advantages of Global templates: > * all languages use the same template, with identical parameters * copy/past is easy amongst languages on Wikipedia * easier documentation maintenance: less obsolete documentation
they also come risks of being culturally inoperable for communities, or worse setting a one size fits all when we know term dont translate even across the english language, as prime example is the word Monuments which causes significant issues within the rules for WLM and causes some countries to be racially divided by them On Wed, 2 Sept 2026 at 17:18, Geert Van Pamel via Wikimedia-l < [email protected]> wrote: > About the clutter of local templates on Wikipedia. Since 2019 there was a > project for "Global templates". What is the status? I don't > see much strategy to implement this soon. As a volunteer, active on > multiple languages, this is a handicap; every Wikipedia is using > its own templates. > > I read on https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Global_templates: > "This is not a project that is being executed or planned to be executed by > anyone at any defined point in time, at least not yet. This > is just an idea, albeit a very detailed one." > > Personally, I believe templates should not be translated, nor localised > (except in rare cases). > > Advantages of Global templates: > * all languages use the same template, with identical parameters > * copy/past is easy amongst languages on Wikipedia > * easier documentation maintenance: less obsolete documentation > > -- Geertivp > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/36UXKFL2EUAAZNTV7ETCD5CTAMI7RKLW/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > -- Boodarwun Gnangarra 'ngany dabakarn koorliny arn boodjera dardon nlangan Nyungar koortabodjar'
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