Incorrect language code handling in ContentTranslation (tracking)
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	Jul 11 2015, 9:00 AM

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There are some issues with handling language codes in ContentTranslation. This mostly happens because of inconsistencies between the way codes are used in ULS, in Wikimedia domain names, in Names.php, in Apertium, etc. (a.k.a. "the xkcd 927 problem").

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Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
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Declined		None	T105577 use geolocation to show the gray interlanguage link in ContentTranslation
Invalid		None	T105578 Incorrect language code handling in ContentTranslation (tracking)
Invalid		None	T85903 Resolve the issues with Norwegian macro language code in ContentTranslation (tracking)
Resolved		Amire80	T113945 Dialects without Wikipedias are still prompted for translation in sidebar
Resolved		Arrbee	T113026 ContentTranslation shows invalid target language codes as gray links, for example "en-us" and "qqx"
Resolved		Nikerabbit	T106723 create a robust way in which ContentTranslation could know the language code in edge cases
Invalid		None	T116466 Simple English Wikipedia issues with ContentTranslation (tracking)
Declined		None	T103983 Special:ContentTranslationStats at Simple English Wikipedia shows data for English
Open	BUG REPORT	None	T105072 English doesn't appear as a target gray interlanguage link in simple.wikipedia.org, but Simple English does
Resolved		• Petar.petkovic	T125519 Special:CXStats doesn't show top stats boxes in kbd.wikipedia.org
Resolved		• Petar.petkovic	T138494 Languages that have variants are shown as a gray interlanguage link in the Wikipedia in the same language
Open	BUG REPORT	None	T388400 Minerva's language selector suggests translating an article into Norwegian Bokmål even though an article already exists
Open		None	T122497 Both 'no' and 'nb' are stored in translation_target_language in the cx shared database
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Amire80 created this task.Jul 11 2015, 9:00 AM

Amire80 raised the priority of this task from to Medium.

Amire80 updated the task description. (Show Details)

Amire80 added projects: ContentTranslation, ContentTranslation-Release6.

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Amire80 moved this task from Needs Triage to Epic and Trackers on the ContentTranslation board.Jul 11 2015, 9:01 AM

Amire80 moved this task from Backlog to Bugs on the ContentTranslation-Release6 board.

Amire80 added a subtask: T85903: Resolve the issues with Norwegian macro language code in ContentTranslation (tracking).

Amire80 added subtasks: T105072: English doesn't appear as a target gray interlanguage link in simple.wikipedia.org, but Simple English does, T103983: Special:ContentTranslationStats at Simple English Wikipedia shows data for English.

Amire80 added a parent task: T105577: use geolocation to show the gray interlanguage link in ContentTranslation.Jul 11 2015, 9:38 AM

Amire80 added a subtask: T113026: ContentTranslation shows invalid target language codes as gray links, for example "en-us" and "qqx".Sep 20 2015, 9:38 AM

Arrbee closed subtask T113026: ContentTranslation shows invalid target language codes as gray links, for example "en-us" and "qqx" as Resolved.Sep 22 2015, 7:42 AM

Amire80 added a subtask: T106723: create a robust way in which ContentTranslation could know the language code in edge cases.Oct 14 2015, 8:04 AM

Amire80 edited projects, added Essential-Work; removed ContentTranslation-Release6.Oct 14 2015, 8:47 AM

Amire80 set Security to None.

Amire80 added a subtask: T116466: Simple English Wikipedia issues with ContentTranslation (tracking).Oct 24 2015, 12:37 PM

Nemo_bis renamed this task from [Tracker] incorrect language code handling in ContentTranslation to Incorrect language code handling in ContentTranslation (tracking).Dec 4 2015, 7:59 AM

Aklapper added a project: Tracking-Neverending.Dec 4 2015, 4:47 PM

Liuxinyu970226 subscribed.Dec 11 2015, 1:03 PM

Amire80 added subtasks: T113945: Dialects without Wikipedias are still prompted for translation in sidebar, T125519: Special:CXStats doesn't show top stats boxes in kbd.wikipedia.org.Feb 2 2016, 7:52 PM

Amire80 closed subtask T113945: Dialects without Wikipedias are still prompted for translation in sidebar as Resolved.Mar 3 2016, 9:34 PM

Liuxinyu970226 added a subtask: T138494: Languages that have variants are shown as a gray interlanguage link in the Wikipedia in the same language.Feb 20 2017, 12:42 AM

Etonkovidova closed subtask T138494: Languages that have variants are shown as a gray interlanguage link in the Wikipedia in the same language as Resolved.Feb 16 2018, 11:49 PM

• Petar.petkovic closed subtask T125519: Special:CXStats doesn't show top stats boxes in kbd.wikipedia.org as Resolved.Mar 3 2018, 1:01 AM

Nikerabbit closed subtask T103983: Special:ContentTranslationStats at Simple English Wikipedia shows data for English as Declined.Jul 31 2025, 11:28 AM

Nikerabbit closed subtask T106723: create a robust way in which ContentTranslation could know the language code in edge cases as Resolved.Aug 11 2025, 2:41 PM

Nikerabbit closed subtask T85903: Resolve the issues with Norwegian macro language code in ContentTranslation (tracking) as Invalid.Aug 14 2025, 11:18 AM

Nikerabbit added a subtask: T388400: Minerva's language selector suggests translating an article into Norwegian Bokmål even though an article already exists.

Nikerabbit added a subtask: T122497: Both 'no' and 'nb' are stored in translation_target_language in the cx shared database.Aug 14 2025, 11:20 AM