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Determine policy for non-English wiki pages #35

Closed m52go closed 4 years ago

m52go commented 4 years ago

@kemccall currently, the wiki style guide says:

Until there is a need for separate language wikis, create articles in the non English language with the English translation in comments. See Running Bisq in China as an example.

There is a chance we'll have more Spanish translations of existing materials in the next couple of months as part of a growth effort in Latin American markets.

How should these items be handled, if they become a reality?

Like I originally said way back when the article on running Bisq in China was written, that article is a one-off. It's not likely to be followed with any more Chinese items in the near future, and more importantly, it wasn't clear who would be reading the article to begin with. The target readership for that article seemed to prefer a mix of Chinese and English, and a few days later, someone from India found the article valuable. So English needed to be visible along with Chinese.

But, unlike that Chinese page, most non-English articles will probably be translations of existing articles, not one-offs, where the English will already be readily available elsewhere...so the policy on non-English pages should be created accordingly.

kemccall commented 4 years ago

@m52go I'm for simply deleting my original idea in the style guide.

m52go commented 4 years ago

Okay, but how should we handle this when it comes up in the future? Spanish, for example, where most items will probably be translations. I think a separate wiki instance would be overkill at first.

kemccall commented 4 years ago

@m52go As you said on this one, it's a one-off situation. So, this issue IMO should be Closed.

For translations in general, I would hope that they are simply a matter of translating an existing topic, as you say. How we deal with that? I'd look to how others have done it. Which requires research.