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* '''InterLanguages:''' unrelated pages
* '''InterLanguages:''' unrelated pages
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==<span class="mw-customtoggle-useLang">User language</span>==
==<span class="mw-customtoggle-useLang">User language support</span>==
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==<span class="mw-customtoggle-cats">Category system</span>==
==<span class="mw-customtoggle-cats">Category system</span>==
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<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">[[File:multilingual-categories.png|alt=Multilingual categories|center]]</div>
==<span class="mw-customtoggle-ideas">Further ideas</span>==
==<span class="mw-customtoggle-ideas">Further considerations</span>==
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* Ad-hoc on-page translation (DeepL) -> duplicate page to make translation permanent
* Improvements  to sidebar regarding language support
* MediaWiki translation extension
 
== Documentation ==
Helpdesk EN: [[Multilingual wiki]]
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Revision as of 09:53, 17 May 2022

Supporting a multilingual wiki

Mechanisms to support a multilingual wiki

"Smart" language switchers

Language support

options to define which languages are used in the wiki

Navigation

a mechanism to automatically switch between the language versions of a page

Tracking

a property that tracks the page language for each page (supported in BlueSpice pro)

fallback: categories track the page language (BlueSpice free)

Support for display title

needed for the subpage-technique

Switcher comparison

  • Languages: subpages
  • InterLanguages: unrelated pages

User language support

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Category system

Multilingual categories

Further considerations

  • Ad-hoc on-page translation (DeepL) -> duplicate page to make translation permanent
  • Improvements to sidebar regarding language support
  • MediaWiki translation extension

Documentation

Helpdesk EN: Multilingual wiki

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