Mayankmadan
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Thanks! Nemo 15:52, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
Reply to IRC question
edit16.27 < Nemo_bis> mayankmadan__: that's the page for a system message
16.28 < Nemo_bis> you can check it on translatewiki.net at the same title + /en to see if it's still active on any repository
16.28 < Nemo_bis> looks like it is https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=MediaWiki:Viewprevnext/en&action=edit
16.28 < Nemo_bis> if you have the message content but not the name, use https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:SearchTranslations
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Re: [Insertables] Variable names containing hyphen are truncated
editmayankmadan_> which english text is being talked about here http://www.google-melange.com/gci/task/view/google/gci2013/5311429154439168
The English text is the text to translate, shown on the left: in this case, m:Translations:Tech/News/2013/51/25/en. --Nemo 01:01, 26 December 2013 (UTC)