I propose that we add 100 or so MediaWiki core messages to the "most used messages" list, so that we can give a single link to that list and translators will know that it's enough to get their first export to the MediaWiki core repository.
(After the first export, addition to Names.php etc. is "automatic" because Raymond is paying attention and multiple people are watching https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:MediaWiki/New_languages .)
| Subject | Repo | Branch | Lines +/- | |
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| Add around 200 more MediaWiki core messages to the list of most used | translatewiki | master | +199 -0 |
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
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| Open | None | T165585 Make creating a new Language project easier | |||
| Resolved | Nemo_bis | T166132 Slightly expand the "most used messages" group |
I'll state the perhaps obvious, that the other option is to lower the export threshold for core even further. Like, if we really want to go to the way of encouraging translators, we could lower the export threshold to much smaller, and guard their visibility with $wgShowLanguagesWithMinimalLocalisation, disabled by default, but could be enabled for Incubator and so on.
It is not trivial, but I am not so sure it wouldn't actually be helpful and better in the long run.
Change 355258 had a related patch set uploaded (by Nemo bis; owner: Federico Leva):
[translatewiki@master] Add around 200 more MediaWiki core messages to the list of most used
I think this is a good idea. As currently the export threshold and the requirement for approving a new wiki (the most-used messages) are so near together, it may very well happen that editors are active on Incubator for months without ever using the localised interface before they get their own wiki.
Change 355258 merged by jenkins-bot:
[translatewiki@master] Add around 200 more MediaWiki core messages to the list of most used
This specific issue is solved, the general conversation continues in the parent task for additional changes.