[Bug] Sites table language code for be_x_oldwiki should be be-tarask
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	Nov 3 2012, 3:05 AM

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Author: p.selitskas

Description:
For be-x-old.wikipedia.org (lang. code: be-tarask), when a site-link is added for the Wikidata item, 'lang' attribute for site-link page title is set to 'be-x-old' which is wrong (it should be 'be-tarask').

As I see, it's either Repo not aware of the true wiki language, or it's a configuration concern and the language was set according to the domain (see Bug 9823).

To conclude, I think for now it's mostly a minor layout issue, but who knows... It's better to have real internal data.

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Reference: bz41723

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Status	Assigned	Task
Open	None	T124286 [Epic] Wikidata language support
Open	None	T145535 language code disparity (Wikidata tracking)
Open	None	T66649 'Add link' function in Wikipedia creates items with wrong language code
Resolved	Krenair	T11823 Rename "be-x-old" to "be-tarask"
Duplicate	None	T43723 [Bug] Sites table language code for be_x_oldwiki should be be-tarask
Open	None	T43103 initialization of the Language object is very heavy

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to High.Nov 22 2014, 1:08 AM

• bzimport added projects: MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseRepository, I18n.

• bzimport set Reference to bz41723.

• bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (MLST).

• bzimport created this task.Nov 3 2012, 3:05 AM

The "be-x-old" comes from the site id, and is not really a language code. I think people gets slightly confused because -wiki is stripped off and then it looks like a language code, which it is not, it is the initial part of the site id.

Note also that the site id can be for something completely else than Wikipedia, and as such the code will not reflect a language at all.

We could although change this somehow so it is clearer that this is part of the site id, and only by accident is similar to the language code.

Reopening - What the original reporter was talking about and what I want to report is the lang attribute of text (links). Now that you know site id is not essentially identical to its language code, you shouldn't put site id into lang="" directly and should fetch its language code instead.

This affects both Repo (on item pages) and Client (in sidebar).

Fetching the language code from the Language object for ~300 different languages will not work without changes to how the Language objects are handled.

p.selitskas wrote:

(In reply to comment #3)

Fetching the language code from the Language object for ~300 different
languages will not work without changes to how the Language objects are
handled.

Is sites table somehow used in Wikibase? It has a site_language field. Can we use it? (Although, now it has the wrong code for some wikis.)

Well if this can't be resolved easily and you don't dare to use globals, you may try to map your prefix part in site ID through $wgDummyLanguageCodes.

This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 57706 ***

Bug 57706 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

p.selitskas wrote:

(In reply to comment #3)

Fetching the language code from the Language object for ~300 different
languages will not work without changes to how the Language objects are
handled.

Adding bug 41103 as dependence here.

Lydia_Pintscher added a project: Wikidata.Dec 1 2014, 2:29 PM

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Liuxinyu970226 subscribed.Dec 15 2014, 3:41 AM

matej_suchanek merged a task: T92836: When items are created automatically, the label from nowiki (& co) should be set in language 'nb', not 'no'.Jun 15 2015, 12:39 PM

matej_suchanek added subscribers: hoo, jhsoby, Aklapper.

Fomafix mentioned this in T105430: [Task] Ensure that language tags generated in RDF output are standard language names .Jul 21 2015, 5:02 AM

thiemowmde renamed this task from Wikidata should distinguish site IDs and language codes to [Bug] Sites table language code for be_x_oldwiki should be be-tarask.Aug 13 2015, 2:35 PM

thiemowmde lowered the priority of this task from High to Low.

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thiemowmde edited projects, added MediaWiki-Site-system; removed Wikidata, MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseRepository.

thiemowmde set Security to None.

thiemowmde added a parent task: T11823: Rename "be-x-old" to "be-tarask".

thiemowmde removed subscribers: Wikidata-bugs, Denny, Lydia_Pintscher.

I retargeted and renamed this ticket and removed it from the Wikidata board because there is nothing the Wikidata team can and should do about this. We are getting the language code from the Sites table object. We should not hide such an issue by adding our own "wrong language code to correct language code" mapping.

Ricordisamoa subscribed.Aug 28 2015, 11:49 PM

Krenair mentioned this in T111822: [Bug] Adding sitelinks at be-tarask Wikipedia doesn't work.Sep 8 2015, 4:31 PM

Liuxinyu970226 unsubscribed.Oct 5 2015, 7:32 AM

adrianheine added a project: Wikidata.Jan 21 2016, 2:48 PM

adrianheine added a parent task: T124286: [Epic] Wikidata language support.

adrianheine closed this task as a duplicate of T111854: [Bug] site_language in sites table does not refer to the site's language.Jan 21 2016, 2:51 PM

adrianheine removed a parent task: T124286: [Epic] Wikidata language support.