Language tools/Language Team Plan/Maven Handbook

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Language Maven - Help Document

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This page contains information that would can be used by the Language Maven to get started with their activities. This is the beginning of a bigger document that will be compiled into a Handbook. The Handbook will also be made available in a downloadable/printable format.

Communication

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Mailing List: mediawiki-i18n
IRC: #mediawiki-i18n ^connect
Meetings: Monthly

Things You Could Help With

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Give feedback about bugs for a language you understand
Test new input methods and fonts
File bugs about language issues that you find
Talk to other people to find any problems that they are facing while using language resources
Help them file bugs for problems
Assist them on how to use the tools
Participate in the Wikimedia Office hours and Bug days
Write guest blogs on the Wikimedia blog
Add input methods or fonts that you know would make for better support for languages
Help us by finding information about the License, source and other information about new input methods or fonts
Let us know of any changes in standards for your language that may affect the current tools
Help new participants in the Maven program
Suggest ways to make internationalization support for Mediawiki and Wikimedia even better

Inventory of Tools & Extensions

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Localisation#What can be localised
Input Methods:

Fonts and Text:

i18n rules

jQuery.i18n | Open Bugs/Issues

Language Configuration and Search

Universal Language Selector | Open Bugs/Issues
CLDR | Open Bugs/Issues

Translation

Translate UX (extension) | Open Bugs/Issues
translatewiki.net (translation portal) | Open Bugs/Issues