Last modified: 2010-05-15 14:35:56 UTC
There have been numerous requests with regards to minority languages of the Russian Federation, that somebody add require_once( "LanguageRu.php" ); for each of their Wikipedias. The justification for this is that most people who speak these languages with internet access have poor English skills. People who are watching these Wikipedias are of the opinion that they are more likely to become active if the default interface is in Russian rather than English, as this will likely make it more accessable to the core population of people who speak the appropriate language. ab:, av:, ba:, ce:, and kv: are the main ones which need it. There are also a few other languages in the same sitaution around the world: require_once( "LanguageEs.php" ); -- for qu:, gn:, and ay: require_once( "LanguageZh.php" ); -- for ii: and za: require_once( "LanguageFr.php" ); -- for ty: Possibly others as well, but not sure at this moment.
It's actually not as simple are require_once $lang;, you have to create a dummy language file, furthermore, if this is done we'll have to clear out the MediaWiki namespace for each one of them, which would overwrite any local modifications they have to the English interface.
(In reply to comment #1) > It's actually not as simple are require_once $lang;, you have to create a dummy > language file, furthermore, if this is done we'll have to clear out the > MediaWiki namespace for each one of them, which would overwrite any local > modifications they have to the English interface. The second part isn't a problem for any of them except ba: and qu:. And ba.wiki only has one modification, Mediawiki:Mainpage is changed.
(In reply to comment #0) > require_once( "LanguageEs.php" ); -- for qu:, gn:, and ay: > require_once( "LanguageZh.php" ); -- for ii: and za: > require_once( "LanguageFr.php" ); -- for ty: Installed a language file for those but didn't purge any old messages.
Thanks! Russian ones still need doing though -- require_once( "LanguageRu.php" ); -- for ab:, av:, ba:, ce:, and kv:
Ahh, also, ii: and za: have "Chinese Conversion". This is unnessecary and (potentially) confusing as the people who use these WPs almost exclusively use Simplified Chinese (Zh-cn).
ab: av: ba: ce: & kv: now inherit from LanguageRu.php ii: & za: now inherit from LanguageZn_cn.php
