We at Wiki Med definitely support global templates. Especially for stuff like citation templates. It is one of the things we struggle with, with respect to our health translation efforts. And are looking to support Amir and Brooke to work in this area. Hopefully we can convince the WMF to accept our work in this area.
James On Wed, Sep 2, 2026 at 4:02 AM Amir E. Aharoni via Wikimedia-l < [email protected]> wrote: > בתאריך יום ד׳, 2 בספט׳ 2026 ב-5:18 מאת Geert Van Pamel via Wikimedia-l > <[email protected]>: > >> About the clutter of local templates on Wikipedia. Since 2019 there was a >> project for "Global templates". > > > It never was a project. > > >> 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. >> > > This is not just your intuition. It was also confirmed by several research > project, e.g. > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/File:Connecting_Wikifunctions_to_Wikipedia_Opportunities_and_Challenges.pdf > (page 13) > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Languages_Onboarding_Experiment_2024_-_Executive_Summary > (not immediately obvious, but if you read the fineprint, a lot will be > about 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." >> > > Exactly, that's what it always has been. > > >> 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 > > > If by "translated" you mean that they shouldn't be forked in every wiki, > then I agree. > > The strings that are shown to users must be translatable. > > Most of the other code should be shareable and not forked. > > Or do you mean something else? > _______________________________________________ > 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/SU7ZHRBHKMNRXDI35FWJDDWVG7HK4D3F/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
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