[Mediawiki-i18n] documentation of MediaWiki messages

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Zitat von helix84 <helix84 at centrum.sk>:

> On 12/6/06, Petr Kadlec <petr.kadlec at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > On 06/12/06, wiki at marcusbuck.org <wiki at marcusbuck.org> wrote:
> >
> > > I am wondering, whether it really is correct, that there is no
> > documentation of
> > > function or use of the single MediaWiki messages? If you try to translate
> > > messages without knowing anything about their context, this really is
> > hard. Is
> > > there anywhere in this big wiki world any page, where I at least can see,
> > which
> > > Special pages or whatever use these messages?
> > >
> >
> > I am afraid not, which is understandable if you consider how quickly the
> > messages evolve—the page would get obsolete very soon.
> >
> > I always look into the source code to see where a message is used, but that
> > requires at least a basic PHP (and probably also MediaWiki) knowledge.
> >
> > -- [[cs:User:Mormegil | Petr Kadlec]]
>
> Because of this problem, Siebrand suggested Use case descriptions
> http://nike.users.idler.fi/betawiki/Käyttäjä:Siebrand#Use_case_descriptions
> They're now available for many (though not all) messages on Betawiki.
>
> ~~helix84

Perhaps the developers, who introduce or change those messages, should document
their use. They should be in the position to do this accurately and
effectively. Those use case descriptions are nice, but most messages, which
need them, don't have them.

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