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Wikia:International

Wikia - creating communities

Yeah, whatever.
Wikia is a multi-lingual company and we're hosting wikis in more than 180 languages. While it's true that most of our visitors come from the US or other English speaking countries, there is still a huge amount of people who aren't able to understand English well or even at all and also people who just prefer to read and use their mother language.

But our resources are not infinite - so we need your help to localize and enable our new features in your language. You are able to unlock new feature for your wiki and help other people who speak your language. Join us and help by adding translations!

Check how complete the translations are in your language on the chart. Can you help to turn a column green?

Contents

[edit] News

Latest 5 announcements:

...all news

[edit] Language contacts

German: Avatar             Portuguese: …
Spanish: Cizagna and Bola Persian: BlueDevil
French: Cywil Hungarian: Unicorn83
Italian: Gifh Hebrew: …
Polish: Tech team Swedish: Kozley
Chinese: Zeyi Norwegian: Ose
Japanese: Tommy6 Korean: Grace C. Infinity
Dutch: Tedjuh10
Russian: Strizh Your language: …

[edit] Problem reports

Please only add any bug/problem which is related somehow to localization issues or bad translations!

  • The Norwegian written language has two different forms, nb and nn. However no is usually used as nb (for example on Wikipedia). Thus, all no translations should be duplicated to nb as well. Ose Talk • Contribs 17:49, October 13, 2009 (UTC)
    • Would it make sense to switch all nb wikis to no? Angela@Wikia (talk) 23:41, November 23, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] How to translate/activate new features

  1. Choose a feature from the list below which is not yet translated
  2. Click on the xx messages link
  3. On the following page you will see a list of all messages needed by this feature
  4. Enter your language shortcut into the box on the top of the page and click the button
  5. A new page will be created. Inside the table translate the English messages from the left column to your language and enter the translated message into the empty column on the right side.
  6. If there are a lot of messages, don't forget to save your current work from time to time!
  7. If the feature also has a help page, consider translating this too if there is a help wiki in your language.
  8. If you're done, change the translation status indicator for this feature from red to green (or leave Avatar a short note).

[edit] Features

[edit] Add images

The Add Images feature allows you to add images directly from the edit page to articles from three sources:

  • Images already uploaded to the wiki.
  • Free images on Flickr.
  • Images sitting on your PC.

[edit] Messages

This feature uses 52 messages and a help page.

[edit] Status

German Spanish French Italian Polish zh ja nl ru pt fa hu he sv ko
translated yes yes partial yes yes no

[edit] Automated wiki creation

Wiki creation screen
Wikia has always been a place for people to document the topics which they are passionate about. Until now, the wiki request process has involved Wikia staff members evaluating each wiki request and accepting those which they believed would attract and sustain a healthy community. The new wiki creation system puts the power back in your hands and allows almost all requested wikis to be created.

All requested wikis will be automatically created and ready to edit within minutes. Users will be given a link to begin work on the new wiki before leaving the wiki request page. Wikis which might have been turned down in the past because they were of a personal nature, about a small group, or about a topic which we believed might not have enough of a broad appeal to warrant a full wiki, will now be given an opportunity to shine.

[edit] Messages

The Automated wiki creation feature uses 78 messages.

[edit] Status

German Spanish French Italian Polish zh ja nl ru pt fa hu he sv ko
translated yes yes partial yes yes partial

[edit] Blog article

Typical blog article
Wikia blog articles are articles written and attributed to one person that can be voted, commented on, and organized into a listing like a typical blog. They are different than a typical wiki article in that they are not intended to be a collaboratively written pieces of content, but instead a single user's composition. The idea is to create more of a community feel for a wiki, and give users more outlets for their endless creativity.

[edit] Messages

The Blog article feature uses 70 messages and a help page.

[edit] Status

German Spanish French Italian Polish zh ja nl ru pt fa hu he sv ko
translated yes yes yes yes yes no yes

[edit] Email for new wiki founders

An email is sent to people that have recently created a new wiki.

There are 3 messages:

[edit] Status

German Spanish French Italian Polish zh ja nl ru pt fa hu he sv ko
translated yes yes no no yes no

[edit] Image placeholder

The image placeholder feature allows you to create a placeholder which enables others to upload a file easily without editing the page.

[edit] Messages

This feature uses 4 messages and a help page.

[edit] Status

German Spanish French Italian Polish zh ja nl ru pt fa hu he sv ko
translated yes yes no yes yes no

[edit] Login redesign

The redesigned login page allows you to create an account or login on a single page: Special:Signup.

[edit] Messages

This feature uses 25 messages. Some of these messages were used in the old login form.

The new page is already active everywhere.

[edit] Status

German Spanish French Italian Polish zh ja nl ru pt fa hu he sv ko
translated yes yes yes yes yes no

[edit] My Home

Special:MyHome

The My Home feature helps you stay up to date with what's happening on the wiki. It also gives new contributors a way to get to know the community on the wiki, and it gives experienced contributors some new information that they haven't had access to before.

[edit] Messages

This feature uses 47 messages and a help page.

[edit] Status

German Spanish French Italian Polish zh ja nl ru pt fa hu he sv ko
translated yes yes yes yes yes no

[edit] New editor

Wikia's rich text editor allows easy editing of pages via a WYSIWYG interface. Almost all formatting can be done via the editor, including images and templates.

[edit] Upgrade

The editor upgrade in December 2009 has led to new messages and renamed messages. Please see Wikia:International/New editor messages.

See also the help page.

[edit] Status

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translated partial yes partial partial partial no partial partial partial partial partial

[edit] New wiki builder

The new wiki builder helps new users to start their wiki more easily.

[edit] Messages

This feature uses 52 messages.

[edit] Status

German Spanish French Italian Polish zh ja nl ru pt fa hu he sv ko
translated yes yes no no yes no

[edit] Page specific links

The page specific links are the new links in the sidebar, which change dynamically according to the namespace.

[edit] Messages

The page specific links feature uses 4 messages.

[edit] Status

German Spanish French Italian Polish zh ja nl ru pt fa hu he sv ko
translated yes yes partial yes yes

[edit] Video embed tool

The video embed tool makes it possible to embed videos in articles from a variety of internet video providers.

[edit] Messages

The VET article feature uses 79 messages and a help page.

[edit] Status

German Spanish French Italian Polish zh ja nl ru pt fa hu he sv ko
translated yes yes yes no yes no

[edit] Welcome tool

Welcome message
Welcoming all the new users on a wiki is very important to community building. The Wikia Welcome tool is an automatic process that helps wiki admins to welcome new editors. The goal is to show new contributors that there's a community on the wiki - and to help connect them to admins, so they know where to go if they have questions.

[edit] Messages

The Welcome tool feature uses 7 messages and a help page.

[edit] Status

German Spanish French Italian Polish zh ja nl ru pt fa hu he sv ko
translated yes yes yes yes yes

[edit] Widgets

Special:Widgets

Widgets are boxes that can be dragged-and-dropped onto the Monaco sidebar, containing a set of links or functions that are useful for your wiki.

[edit] Messages

The Widgets feature uses 75 messages and some help pages.

[edit] Status

German Spanish French Italian Polish zh ja nl ru pt fa hu he sv ko
translated yes yes no no yes no


[edit] Wikianswers edit points

The 4 messages

Wikianswers edit points displays on answered question pages at Wikianswers.

Needed only for languages that Wikianswers is in: German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Ukrainian, and Arabic.

[edit] Messages

This feature uses 4 messages:

[edit] Status

German Spanish French Italian Dutch Norwegian Ukrainian Arabic
Edit points yes yes yes yes yes yes no no


[edit] WikiStickies

WikiStickies will appear on MyHome.

The feature is still under development. So far, 19 messages are required.

If you have access to the Messaging Wiki, please add translations there. If not, please place them on the talk page or add them on a wiki where you are an admin and then email Angela to have them transferred to the Messaging Wiki.

WikiStickies in English refers to sticky yellow notes such as Post-it notes. You may want to change the name to something that means the same in your own language.

messagetext
w:c:messaging:MediaWiki:wikistickiesWikiStickies
w:c:messaging:MediaWiki:wikistickies-newpages-hdCan you add to these short pages?
w:c:messaging:MediaWiki:wikistickies-withoutimages-hdCan you add images to these pages?
w:c:messaging:MediaWiki:wikistickies-wantedpages-hdCan you start these pages?
w:c:messaging:MediaWiki:wikistickies-moresee more
w:c:messaging:MediaWiki:wikistickies-admins-hdAdmins only
w:c:messaging:MediaWiki:wikistickies-admins-msgThese aren't your typical WikiStickies. These are things that can only be done by administrators of the wiki that influence how everyone sees the wiki.
w:c:messaging:MediaWiki:wikistickies-logo-hdUpload a logo
w:c:messaging:MediaWiki:wikistickies-withoutimages-stCan you add a picture to the page about
w:c:messaging:MediaWiki:wikistickies-withoutimages-st-shortCan you add a picture to
w:c:messaging:MediaWiki:wikistickies-newpages-stCan you add information to the page about
w:c:messaging:MediaWiki:wikistickies-newpages-st-shortCan you add information to
w:c:messaging:MediaWiki:wikistickies-wantedpages-stCan you start an article about
w:c:messaging:MediaWiki:wikistickies-wantedpages-st-shortCan you start an article about
w:c:messaging:MediaWiki:wikistickies-nextNext →
w:c:messaging:MediaWiki:wikistickies-see-moreSee more pages that need help
w:c:messaging:MediaWiki:wikistickies-save-changesSave Changes
w:c:messaging:MediaWiki:wikistickies-hidehide
w:c:messaging:MediaWiki:wikistickies-theme-hdChoose a theme


[edit] Status

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translated yes yes no yes no no no yes no no no no no no no

[edit] See also

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