mike.lifeguard+bugs wrote:

Even worse, we're seeing localized entries in the log:

1. (show/hide) 23:28, 1 May 2009 Thogo (Talk | contribs | block) changed status for global account "User:something@global": Set gesperrt; Unset (keine) ‎ (crosswiki abuse)

mike.lifeguard+bugs wrote:

This really applies to everything sent to RecentChanges (which is then also sent do IRC, so it's not IRC-specific). These entries need to be presented in the language that the viewing user has set as their interface language -- not the user who performed the action. That's the whole point of having the ability to set your interface language.

Note this also affected log entries in revision deletion and/or checkuser -- I'll go try to find the bug(s) now...

If you want somthing machine-readable, the IRC feed is just going to be too limited; freeform vaguely formatted text with a strict line limit that's meant for humans to begin with? Ouch. :)

Recommend pursuing bug 17450 (extensible machine-readable XMPP feeds for RC data) instead if you want something future-proof.

mike.lifeguard+bugs wrote:

(In reply to comment #3)

If you want somthing machine-readable, the IRC feed is just going to be too
limited; freeform vaguely formatted text with a strict line limit that's meant
for humans to begin with? Ouch. :)

Recommend pursuing bug 17450 (extensible machine-readable XMPP feeds for RC
data) instead if you want something future-proof.

Actually, as noted this is worse than IRC not being machine-readable. It's also showing in the *on-wiki* [[Special:RecentChanges]] items in the language of the user who did them rather than the user who views them. This isn't (just) about IRC!

Treat that separately, as it's a separate issue. (Specific to the information that's included in the comment, not things that are already stored machine-readable such as log page targets which are discussed above in the specific context of the IRC feed.)