Topic on Talk:Citoid/Creating Zotero translators

Hello @Mvolz (WMF), I trust you're doing great. So, there are some links to some newspaper websites that I know of that do not generate the {{Cite news}} template on Visual Editor on Wikipedia when using the automatic citation powered by Citoid, they instead generate the {{Cite web}}. After finding out, it appears some sort of Zotero translators needs to be created for each of these websites and deployed on GitHub, and stuff like that. Please, can you assist me and giving me context on how to go about it? Can you help me create for one so that I can do the remaining by myself if possible, please?

Some of the links include;

1. https://www.channelstv.com/2024/07/21/mike-ejeaghas-classic-ka-esi-le-onye-isi-oche/

2. https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/07/after-41-years-mike-ejeagahas-classic-gwo-gwo-gwo-ngwo-sparks-viral-dance-challenge/

3. https://www.prime9ja.com.ng/2024/07/highlife-revival-vintage-track-ka-esi.html

4. https://nannews.ng/2024/07/21/igbo-highlife-song-gwo-gwo-gwo-ngwo-enjoys-viral-resurgence/

5. https://lifestyle.thecable.ng/brain-jotter-to-gift-mike-ejeagha-n2m/

I have read some of the documentations, but I must say that I really need practical examples from you before I can clearly grasp the technicality of creating the translators to doing anything else. I will greatly appreciate your response. Thank you.

There's a pretty detailed example here:

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Citoid/Creating_Zotero_translators#Working_example_of_a_translator

That could be a good jumping off point.

@Mvolz (WMF) Okay, thanks. I will give it a try, but please in a situation where I have questions, I'd reach out to you here. Thanks again.

Hello there today. I trust you're doing great. So I have managed to create the translation JS file for some of the publications, would love to see them in action. How do I deploy it to the Zotero Github? or what is the next step after I create the translators, please?

Courtesy ping @Mvolz (WMF), please pardon me if it is disturbing.

That's great! If you want to submit it upstream, you would fork the repositories and submit a pull request on github here: https://github.com/zotero/translators

Github directions here: https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/proposing-changes-to-your-work-with-pull-requests/creating-a-pull-request-from-a-fork