GRASS-Wiki:Language policy

This page describes the current multi-lingual policy on GRASS-Wiki.

The naming convention

The English version of our front page is located at GRASS-Wiki. Translated versions are located at GRASS-Wiki/code, where code is the language code (e.g. GRASS-Wiki/cs).

Importantly, the rules about language codes (see below) should be followed here as well. When you start translating a new page, its name must follow this convention

Original name/code

for example, a page with the Czech translation of GRASS Community will be called "GRASS Community/cs".

Category Languages/code

Translated pages are collected based on category "Languages/code", see e.g. list of pages translated to Czech.

The rule is: non-English pages must contain

[[Category:Languages/code]]

i.e. for Czech it is Category:Languages/cs, German Category:Languages/de, etc.

Language codes

Throughout GRASS-Wiki you should use the language codes specified by the MediaWiki software when creating language-specific content (see Names.php for the full and up-to-date list).

Please also bear the following in mind:

• If the language code is not found in Names.php then we should not host help pages in that language.

• If you want to add a language that is not present, first get it added to the software (by making a request at Bugzilla) and only add pages here once the changes have been accepted.

• If MediaWiki uses the 'incorrect' code for a language then you should also (for consistency) use that incorrect code here. If you think a code is incorrect you should discuss it on Bugzilla, and if this results in it being changed we will move the pages to match.

• Note that some language codes in Names.php are now deprecated (e.g. zh-yue has been replaced with yue). In these cases only the most recent code should be used.