Help:i18n - ParabolaWiki

# Help:i18n

"I18n" is a dubious "spelling" of the proper word "Internationalization". This article serves as a comprehensive guideline for Wiki internationalization and localization.

See also: International Communities

## Guidelines

Note: The following guidelines apply to articles included on the English Parbola Wiki.These guidelines are based upon ArchWiki ones which are discussed on International Wikis (2010 edition). They may change if the Parabola GNU/Linux community decides to do so.

### Article titles

Non-English article titles should be of the form Title in English (Language) where "Language" is the localized spelling of said language. For example: Beginners' Guide (Français). English titles should not include a language tag. See #Languages for a list of languages and expected localized spellings.

Rationale:

- English titles facilitate administration; all admins understand English, but may not be multilingual. When browsing Special:RecentChanges and other special pages, admins need to know what is being edited without resorting to external translation programs.
- Standardized article titles simplify inter-language linking and allow for the creation of internationalization templates such as Template:i18n.

### Localized redirects

Localized titles can and should be created, but must redirect to the English-named article as described above. Redirect titles need not include language tags. For example: Manuel du débutant redirets to Beginners' Guide (Français).

Rationale:

- Localized titles improve navigability for international readers. Both the internal search feature and external search engines can utilize such redirects.
- Useful redirects facilitate internal linking.

### Inter-language links

Template:i18n should be included in every article to display a list of available translations by including the following wiki text at the beginning of the article:

    {{i18n|Title in English}}

See Template:i18n for detailed usage instructions.

Rationale:

- Maintaining separate inter-language links for each translation is unrealistic and error-prone. Template:i18n makes use of standardized article titles described above to generate a complete and consistent list across translations.
- Including inter-language links at the beginning of an article allows international readers to promptly determine whether content is available in their language, and similarly allows translators to ascertain whether an article requires translation.

## Languages

The following table lists all languages encountered on the wiki along with related links.

For information regarding the subtag, please see:

- http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry
- http://tools.ietf.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt
- http://rishida.net/utils/subtags/

Language table
English | Localized | Subtag | Category
--- | --- | --- | ---
Bulgarian | Български | bg | Category:Български
Chinese (Simplified) | 简体中文 | zh-CN | Category:简体中文
Chinese (Traditional) | 正體中文 | zh-TW | Category:正體中文
Czech | Česky | cs | Category:Česky
Danish | Dansk | da | Category:Dansk
Dutch | Nederlands | nl | Category:Nederlands
English | English | en | Category:English
Euskera | Euskera | ek | Category:Euskera
Finnish | Suomi | fi | Category:Suomi
French | Français | fr | Category:Français
Galician | Galego | gl | Category:Galego
German | Deutsch | de | Category:Deutsch
Greek | Ελληνικά | el | Category:Ελληνικά
Hebrew | עברית | he | Category:עברית
Hungarian | Magyar | hu | Category:Magyar
Indonesian | Indonesia (Bahasa Indonesia) | id | Category:Indonesia
Italian | Italiano | it | Category:Italiano
Japanese | 日本語 | ja | Category:日本語
Korean | 한국어 | ko | Category:한국어
Lithuanian | Lietuviškai | lt | Category:Lietuviškai
Polish | Polski | pl | Category:Polski
Portuguese | Português | pt | Category:Português
Romanian | Română | ro | Category:Română
Russian | Русский | ru | Category:Русский
Serbian | Српски (Srpski) | sr | Category:Српски
Slovak | Slovenský | sk | Category:Slovenský
Spanish | Español | es | Category:Español
Swedish | Svenska | sv | Category:Svenska
Thai | ไทย | th | Category:ไทย
Turkish | Türkçe | tr | Category:Türkçe
Ukrainian | Українська | uk | Category:Українська

Categories:

- English
- Wiki
- Non-English