Hi Srikanth (too many Srikanths!). Right now, you can use only one language at a time. Would links to multiple language wikis be useful?
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < rsrikant...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yuvi, > Is this for one laguage at a time only, or any language, any time? > --Regards, > Srikanth R. > > On 14 April 2011 11:18, Vickram Crishna <vvcris...@radiophony.com> wrote: > >> I'm forwarding this to an acquaintance in Google, with a request to >> include multilingual results as a link in regular searches. >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik....@gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >>> Great!! What more, this comes on Tamil New year !! >>> >>> Agree with Sundar that Google must push this from server side. Instead of >>> spending huge money on translations etc, these efforts actually help Indic / >>> regional language Wikipedia's >>> >>> Regards >>> Srikanth.L >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:58, BalaSundaraRaman >>> <sundarbe...@yahoo.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Great, Yuvi. Let's all use this feature ourselves and hopefully Google >>>> will take not of it and promote the other language wiki pages in their >>>> search results themselves. >>>> >>>> - Sundar >>>> >>>> "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium >>>> for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted." >>>> - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture >>>> >>>> --- On *Thu, 4/14/11, Yuvi Panda <yuvipa...@gmail.com>* wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> From: Yuvi Panda <yuvipa...@gmail.com> >>>> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Language Wiki Results in Google >>>> (With a Chrome Extension) >>>> To: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." < >>>> wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> >>>> Date: Thursday, April 14, 2011, 12:31 AM >>>> >>>> >>>> Update: I've now added ability to change language. Just go to >>>> 'Options' (from the extensions page) and enter your language code (hi >>>> for hindi, etc). Needs a big UX liftup though. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:21 PM, Yuvi Panda >>>> <yuvipa...@gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=yuvipa...@gmail.com>> >>>> wrote: >>>> > I've been working for a few hours on a Chrome extension to add links >>>> > to Indic Language Wiki pages when searching in Google. It hooks into >>>> > Google's search results, and if it finds an enwiki article (to which a >>>> > tawiki interwiki link also exists), it'll display it side by side. >>>> > Screenshot here: http://min.us/mbmIeeUOb8y00p#1 >>>> > >>>> > You can test the extension by installing it from here: >>>> > >>>> https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gpoogepkjnjfmpijnpaocncdjbedaeeo/ >>>> > >>>> > It is open source, and the code is available here: >>>> > https://github.com/yuvipanda/yenWikipedia/. You can file issues here >>>> > https://github.com/yuvipanda/yenWikipedia/issues/. >>>> > >>>> > Known issues: >>>> > 1. Doesn't work when Google Instant is turned on (turn it off) >>>> > 2. Doesn't work for some country specific subdomains (which don't have >>>> > /search url part. Current solution: use google.com :P) >>>> > 3. Currently hardcoded to display links to tawiki only (Will have to >>>> > build an options dialog to support other languages) >>>> > 4. Needs a better logo (Help in this department would be highly >>>> appreciated :) ) >>>> > >>>> > I think this is one step forward in fixing the search issue - >>>> > discovering content in Indic Language wikis is now easier. >>>> > >>>> > Thanks to Srikanth Lakshmanan for alpha testing. >>>> > >>>> > Feedback welcome :) >>>> > >>>> > P.S. I'm also working on a Firefox version of this addon. Stay tuned >>>> :) >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > Yuvi Panda T >>>> > http://yuvi.in/blog >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Yuvi Panda T >>>> http://yuvi.in/blog >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>>> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org<http://mc/compose?to=Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>>> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Vickram >> Fool On The Hill <http://communicall.wordpress.com> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > > > -- > Regards, > ME. > Wear a Lungi, Support the Movement > My infrastructure invasion... plus other images > too.. on Wikimedia Commons. http://bit.ly/d50SIq > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog
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