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<div>To be clear, vote was started.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It is not RFC, like I initially assumed based on the email title.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I am also submitting it to tagging mailing list - as people involved in<br></div><div dir="auto">tagging discussions are likely caring how documentation is setup.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Link is <br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Add_Translate_extension_to_Wiki">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Add_Translate_extension_to_Wiki</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Add_Translate_extension_to_Wiki#Comments">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Add_Translate_extension_to_Wiki#Comments</a> is section usually titled "Voting"<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Jun 1, 2022, 02:31 by jayandseth@gmail.com:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="ltr"><div>The commenting (a.k.a voting) period for the <i><b>heavily revised</b></i> proposal to <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Add_Translate_extension_to_Wiki" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Add the Translate Extension to the OSM Wiki</a> is now open.<br></div><div><h2><span id="gmail-Changes_and_clarifications_since_the_previous_proposal" class="">Description</span><br></h2></div><div><p>The <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Translate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Translate extension</a> provides a translation user interface,
semi-automatic translation, translation progress, and other features
that significantly improve the process of translating pages compared to the
current translation system.<br></p><p>It is a stable and popular extension used on multi-language wikis like <a title="mw:Special:MyLanguage/translatewiki" class="" href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/translatewiki" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">translatewiki.net</a>, <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org" class="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">meta.wikimedia.org</a>, <a href="https://mediawiki.org" class="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">mediawiki.org</a>, and <a href="https://wikidata.org" class="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wikidata.org</a>.<br></p><p>Usage of this extension for page translation will not be
mandatory over the current system, but rather act as an additional
option for translators to use. <br></p><p><br></p><h2><span id="gmail-Changes_and_clarifications_since_the_previous_proposal" class="">Changes and clarifications since the previous proposal</span><br></h2><ul><li>The Visual Editor <a href="https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/05/12/mediawiki-1-38-brings-support-for-editing-translatable-pages-with-the-visual-editor/" class="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">can now be used</a> to edit translatable pages<br></li><li>Pages translated using the Translated extension <a title="Proposed features/Add Translate extension to Wiki" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Add_Translate_extension_to_Wiki#Translating" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">do not have to be 1:1 translations</a>. In fact, translations can add different content if they want to.<br></li><li>There is a new user group that called <a title="Proposed features/Add Translate extension to Wiki" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Add_Translate_extension_to_Wiki#Translation_administrators" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Translation administrators</a> that will have the exclusive right of enabling and marking a page for translation<br></li><li>Users can make a page translatable without requiring inserting<code><translate></translate></code> tags by using <a title="Special:PagePreparation (page does not exist)" class="" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Special:PagePreparation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Special:PagePreparation</a> which inserts them automatically<br></li><li><a title="Proposed features/Add Translate extension to Wiki" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Add_Translate_extension_to_Wiki#Community_approval" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Addition</a> of the extension will not be determined by 75% approval or greater and instead consensus<br></li></ul><div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" class="" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><a target="_blank" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Lectrician1" rel="noopener noreferrer">lectrician1</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div> </body>
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