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Some namespaces are not translated in LanguageTa.php (Tamil)
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Author: sundarbecse

Description:
Hi,

I'm an admin in the Tamil wikipedia. Even though the mediawiki messages corresponding to
namespaces like "Template" etc are translated, {{foo}} points only to Template:Foo and not the
Tamil equivalent. Also, the drop down list showing namespaces shows the problematic ones in
English itself. Please read the related discussion at http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%
BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE:%E0%
AE%86%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%
BF#translation_of_name_spaces and do the needful.

Regards,
Sundar


Version: unspecified
Severity: normal
URL: http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE:%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF#translation_of_name_spaces

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Event Timeline

bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 21 2014, 8:39 PM
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zigger wrote:

LanguageTa.php in MediaWiki 1.5, 1.4 and 1.3 is missing these namespace
translations: Template, Template_talk, Help, Help_talk, Category, Category_talk.
This affects all Tamil language MediaWiki sites.

Can someone supply the six missing namespace translations?

sundarbecse wrote:

Following are the translations:
Template - வார்ப்புரு
Template_talk - வார்ப்புரு பேச்சு
Help - உதவி
Help_talk - உதவி பேச்சு
Category - பகுப்பு
Category_talk - பகுப்பு பேச்சு

Thanks,
Sundar

zigger wrote:

REL1_4 patch for LanguageTa.php

See comment 5 below.

Attached:

zigger wrote:

HEAD patch for LanguageTa.php

See comment 5 below.

Attached:

zigger wrote:

Sundar, please check the translations in these patches as I lack a compatible
font and any knowledge of Tamil.
The patches also:

  • use the namespace symbolic names instead of numbers
  • use $wgMetaNamespace/$wgSitename for the PROJECT namespace
  • add a missing auto-documentation header for the REL1_4 version

sundarbecse wrote:

I'm sorry. But, it still seems to have not taken effect. :-( The dropdown at http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%
AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%81:Allpages shows the English version only.

Sundar

zigger wrote:

(In reply to comment #6)

I'm sorry. But, it still seems to have not taken effect. :-( The dropdown at

http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%

AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%81:Allpages shows the

English version only.

The changes are not live yet. Please download and check the two patches
attached to this bug report, in case I have broken the translations. They are
in UTF-8 format.

sundarbecse wrote:

I checked the patches. They are correct. When will the changes become live?

Sundar

sundarbecse wrote:

The changes haven't still gone live. Please apply the above patches.

Sundar

Commited to HEAD and REL1_5, will go live someday.

sundarbecse wrote:

Thanks Niklas.

Sundar

sundarbecse wrote:

Hi, I notice that the requested changes have gone live and hence the templates appear in Tamil.
However, the change has turned two other namespaces from Tamil to English. They're Wikipedia and
Wikipedia talk. Is this by design? If this can be changed, please make the changes as follows.
Wikipedia - விக்கிபீடியா
Wikipedia talk - விக்கிபீடியா பேச்சு

Thanks,
Sundar

sundarbecse wrote:

Also, the "Image talk" namespace should read as "படிமப் பேச்சு" Please correct it along with the
above. Please note that the translation for "Image" namespace is correct, only the talk page has a
different translation.

Thanks,
Sundar

sundarbecse wrote:

Thanks. But, Wikipedia and Wikipedia talk still show up in English.

Sundar

sundarbecse wrote:

There is consensus in our wiki that "Wikipedia" should be "விக்கிப்பீடியா" and "Wikipedia talk" should be "விக்கிப்பீடியா பேச்சு". Please make the changes and also run a find and replace to fix any broken links.

Thanks,
Sundar

sundarbecse wrote:

Please not that these replacements are different from the initial request.

It appears that the Tamil localisation is almost unmaintained in MediaWiki. Please create a user at Betawiki (http://translatewiki.net) and work on the issues above and beyond. Bring a few friends ;)

Also: new issues should not be taken up in a re-opened bug. A new bug should be created for it.

sundarbecse wrote:

Sure, let me open a new bug.
I'll also try to restart my past work at BetaWiki. Will pool in more contributors from our wiki.

Thanks,
Sundar