Help:Howto/Move a page to translation system - Revision history

Goraf: fix message template; remove link to deleted {{Resolve Language}}

2018-06-20T13:13:57Z

fix message template; remove link to deleted {{Resolve Language}}

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	Steps that need to be repeated for every page to switch it to new system		Steps that need to be repeated for every page to switch it to new system

	{{Important\|Migration of translations is currently broken in <tt>mediawiki 1.30.0</tt> because of bugs [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T179182 T179182] [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139456 T139456]}}		{{TNT\|Important\|Migration of translations is currently broken in <tt>mediawiki 1.30.0</tt> because of bugs [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T179182 T179182] [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139456 T139456]}}

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	# Migrate old subpages		# Migrate old subpages
	# Remove old langbar from English page		# Remove old langbar from English page
	# Add lang-based redirection from page with {{~~Tl\|~~Resolve Language}} (if it exists) to pages in system - backward compatibility for links leading to wiki outside of it		# Add lang-based redirection from page with <nowiki>{{Resolve Language}}</nowiki> (if it exists) to pages in system - backward compatibility for links leading to wiki outside of it


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Goraf: +info about broken migration tool

2017-12-17T18:20:15Z

+info about broken migration tool

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			{{Important\|Migration of translations is currently broken in <tt>mediawiki 1.30.0</tt> because of bugs [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T179182 T179182] [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139456 T139456]}}

	; For pages in Plugin namespace:		; For pages in Plugin namespace:

Goraf: reformatted copy taken from git ticket

2017-12-17T18:08:37Z

reformatted copy taken from git ticket

New page

Steps that need to be repeated for every page to switch it to new system

; For pages in Plugin namespace:
# Make sure that English subpage has the most recent info from all of other languages. If not, update it and clean it.
# [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Translatable Prepare structure of English subpage for translation]
# [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:Translate/Page_translation_administration#Migrating_to_page_translation Adjust subpages in other languages to the same structure for easy migration of their content]
#* Delete outdated parts of content or keep them in separate blocks (could be discarded during migration)
# Copy content of English subpage to BasePage
# Add new langbar to BasePage
# Create good tagging of BasePage content - recursive '''(the most complex)'''
#* Keep markup out of translation as much as possible by using variables and multiple translate tags
#* Restructure page if needed but update subpages after that to follow new structure
# Mark BasePage for translation
# Migrate old subpages
# Remove old langbar

; For pages in Main namespace:
# Make sure that English page has the most recent info from all of other languages. If not, update it and clean it.
#* Add new langbar to it.
#* Add custom solution for changing displayed title for translations
#* Adjust categories to handle changed titles properly and automatically (by Extension:DisplaTitle)
# [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Translatable Prepare structure of English page for translation]
# Copy pages in other languages to lang-code-based subpages of English page
# [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:Translate/Page_translation_administration#Migrating_to_page_translation Adjust those subpages to the same structure for easy migration of their content]
#* Delete outdated parts of content
#* Delete old langbar
# Create good tagging of English page - recursive '''(the most complex)'''
#* Keep markup out of translation as much as possible by using variables and multiple translate tags
#* Restructure page if needed but update subpages after that to follow new structure
# Mark English page for translation
# Migrate old subpages
# Remove old langbar from English page
# Add lang-based redirection from page with {{Tl|Resolve Language}} (if it exists) to pages in system - backward compatibility for links leading to wiki outside of it

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