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bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.Nov 22 2014, 2:32 AM
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I think this bug depends on bug 55710 (cleaning up the standard English user interface first). Once there's clearer default interface text, localization and internationalization should become much easier.

Change 94425 had a related patch set uploaded by CSteipp:
Update i18n from TWN comments

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/94425

Copying in the actual requests to we can track these.

(In reply to comment #0)

https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Thread:Support/About_MediaWiki:Mwoauth-grant-
editmycssjs/en

Using JavaScript instead of JS is preferred here.

https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Thread:Support/About_MediaWiki:
Mwoauthconsumerregistration-list/en

My consumer list. Should be "Your consumer list"?

https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Thread:Support/About_MediaWiki:
Mwoauthconsumerregistration-propose/en

What does this do/mean? "Used as subtitle link text" doesn't tell me much.

https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Thread:Support/About_MediaWiki:
Mwoauthmanageconsumers-viewing/en

User "$1" is currently viewing this consumer
Could use explicit GENDER support for $1.

(In reply to comment #3)

Copying in the actual requests to we can track these.

(In reply to comment #0)

https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Thread:Support/About_MediaWiki:Mwoauth-grant-
editmycssjs/en

Using JavaScript instead of JS is preferred here.

Done

https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Thread:Support/About_MediaWiki:
Mwoauthconsumerregistration-list/en

My consumer list. Should be "Your consumer list"?

I don't think so.

https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Thread:Support/About_MediaWiki:
Mwoauthconsumerregistration-propose/en

What does this do/mean? "Used as subtitle link text" doesn't tell me much.

Done

https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Thread:Support/About_MediaWiki:
Mwoauthmanageconsumers-viewing/en

User "$1" is currently viewing this consumer
Could use explicit GENDER support for $1.

Siebrand, can you elaborate what you're looking for here? There is no variation in English, and we tell the translators that $1 is a username. Did you want something else?

(In reply to comment #4)

User "$1" is currently viewing this consumer
Could use explicit GENDER support for $1.

Siebrand, can you elaborate what you're looking for here? There is no
variation
in English, and we tell the translators that $1 is a username. Did you want
something else?

[[mw:Localisation#…on user names via GENDER]]: «If it is likely that GENDER will be used in translations for languages with gender inflections, add it explicitly in the English language source message». Otherwise the translator can't know whether it works.

Change 94458 had a related patch set uploaded by CSteipp:
Update Gender

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/94458

Change 94425 merged by jenkins-bot:
Update i18n from TWN comments

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/94425