Meta:Babel/Archives/2011-11

Why can't I edit this page?

As a registered user here, why can't I edit this page? I can edit most other pages here (but I am not yet autoconfirmed - if that applies here).

(Being redirected)

--Mortense 11:12, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Were you logged in at Meta when you tried, or only at Wikipedia? Guido den Broeder 11:28, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

I was logged in at Meta. --Mortense 09:44, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Because the page is semi-protected. Ruslik 12:29, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Where can the protect state of a page be seen? --Mortense 09:42, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

I just un-protected it. --MZMcBride 15:58, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I have now made the intended (WikiGnomish) edit. --Mortense 09:48, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Logos per language

Here on Meta, the logo displayed in the top-left (or top-right for certain languages) always seems to use English text under it. Is this just because no one has translated it yet? Is it because no one has thought of a technical way to do it? (:lang(es) #p-logo>a{background-image: //upload.wikimedia.org/... !important;} in common.css would probably work...) Or has just no one brought it up yet? --Yair rand 10:27, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

That's the only logo there is. Seb az86556 10:44, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

"Wikimedia"

"Meta-Wiki"

Which part exactly is English? Which part(s) would you translate? --MZMcBride 15:58, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Both. uselang=he would have ויקימדיה/מטא־ויקי, uselang=eo would have Vikimedio/Meta-Vikio, etc. --Yair rand 15:14, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Surely it'd be easier to just use a logo with no text (icon only).

I don't think there'd be any objection to using CSS or JS magic to load different logos based on ?uselang= or user preference. --MZMcBride 06:46, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Yes. "Wikimedia" shouldn't be changed according to the visual identity guidelines, but there's a thread about it on foundation-l right now and looks like we could do it. The issue is limited to very few languages, though. Nemo 09:08, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

The en-gb language

Hi, I noticed recently that few notices have "en-gb" translations, and if you go on a page which doesn't (e.g Stewards/elections_2011-2) and click on that language (or have it set by default in your preferences) then all translations will be shown. I think it would be more intuitive that if an en-gb translation is lacking, the software as a Plan B shows you just the en-language message; and only when this is missing too should it as a Plan C resort to showing all available languages. It Is Me Here ^{t / c} 12:10, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

This is exactly how MediaWiki works: en is the fallback language for en-GB. This is a problem with Meta:Language select, but I'm not sure it can be fixed. Nemo 21:46, 25 November 2011 (UTC)