[Translators-l] Help translating a Global Notice for Wikimedia hackathon

[Greg DeKoenigsberg]

The approved text was "Wikipedia".  I have reverted.  Let's please use that.

--g

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 7:22 AM, Yusuke Matsubara <whym at whym.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I noticed that some of the translations were done before the English
> version was changed, and others were done after that.
> The change was about replacing "Wikipedia" with "Wikimedia" [1]. Can
> you clarify which one we want to use?
>
> [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:WMF_Projects/Weekend_of_Code/Banner_Text
>
> Best,
> Yusuke
>
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Greg DeKoenigsberg
> <greg.dekoenigsberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thank all of you so much for your translations!  I'm always amazed at the work done by localizers.  The banner text has now been translated into 13 languages, including 7 of the top 10!
>> French, German and Italian are conspicuously absent, and would all be very welcome.  :)
>> --g
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 12:26 AM, Mayeenul Islam <wz.islam at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Here is the Bānglā translation:
>>> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WMF_Projects/Weekend_of_Code/Banner_Text/bn
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Rajesh Pandey <pandey.pandey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Translated banner for Nepali
>>>> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WMF_Projects/Weekend_of_Code/Banner_Text/ne
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> 2011/10/4 Minh Huy Trần Nguyễn <minhhuywiki at gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have translated
>>>>> (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WMF_Projects/Weekend_of_Code/Banner_Text/vi)
>>>>> Thank you. :)
>>>>>
>>>>> 2011/10/4, Greg DeKoenigsberg <greg.dekoenigsberg at gmail.com>:
>>>>> > On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Muhammad Yahia <shipmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Sorry about the new-ness of this idea: that's almost certainly my
>>>>> >>> fault for not being quite sure how to engage folks.  I've been working
>>>>> >>> with WMF folks directly on this project.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> The upcoming hackathons are mostly hackathons in particular places,
>>>>> >>> AIUI: New Orleans, India, etc.  The goal of this challenge is to
>>>>> >>> provide opportunities to basically anyone who can take a weekend or
>>>>> >>> two to hack some code.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> It's basically an experiment.  If we run banners for a week and
>>>>> >>> challenge the entire Wikipedia community to spend a couple of weekends
>>>>> >>> hacking, what results might we get?  Not sure how well it will work,
>>>>> >>> but we're certainly going to give it a try.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> This is off-topic of the translation request, But I would second the
>>>>> >> request
>>>>> >> for more information or discussion links. Would seem like a good topic for
>>>>> >> Wikitech-l ?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I will do it.  Thanks.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > --g
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