[Campaigns-l] Languages

[Chad Lupkes]

The details of the Chinese language diversity I didn't know, so this is good
information.

Would the Hong Kong site be in a different language than Chinese, or are you
asking for a regional specific version?  My understanding is that we're
trying not to create regional sites, only language based.  Hong Kong
elections are welcome in English on the main site, and if we need a Chinese
language Campaigns site then let's get one started.  But I'd rather not see
regions break off from the main site.  This needs to be a global movement,
and I'm almost as interested in Hong Kong elections as I am in Seattle
races, which is where I live.  We're all in this together.

Chad


On 8/2/06, YYK H <y2keynes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I believe wikipedia default the Chinese version to which ever one was
> used on first edit and then give option to convert to all simplified
> or all traditional.  At the beginning I thought they are all default
> to simplified (just because there are a lot of simplified pages and
> Chinese wikipedia main page is defaulted to simplified chinese) but I
> did find a few articles that are default to traditional.
>
> I think those tabs are useful if a localized campaigns have multiple
> official languages, however, those tabs may get pretty messy if the
> page are on concepts that are more "global"... say if the mission
> statement is translated into 50 languages then you may have problem
> with too many tabs.
>
> Who can add tabs there anyway?  admin?  which reminds me... I have
> requested a new wikia for the the Hong Kong-localized version
> (hk.campaigns.wikia.com) of Campaigns Wikia a week ago.  How long does
> this process take usually?  Is the request queue getting really long
> because of Wikimania?
>
> Kenny
>
> On 8/2/06, Angela <beesley at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > It's a Chinese wikia for left wing information, but what caught my
> attention
> > > was the navigation links along the top.
> > >
> > > zh
> > > cn
> > > tw
> > > sg
> > > hk
> >
> > These are automatic links that perform an automated translation into
> > different versions of Chinese. All simplified Chinese wikis have these
> > options by default.
> >
> > Angela.
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