Create possibility of retrieving the name of certain Wikimedia project in any language
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	Sep 18 2015, 9:13 PM

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If we wanted to refer (such as by link, or in search results, or any other way) to a certain Wikimedia project (such as German Wikipedia or Italian WikiNews) we need an ability to figure out what the name of the project is, automatically, and be able to translate it into user's content language for display.

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	Different approach to localizing wiki names	mediawiki/extensions/WikimediaMessages	master	+562 -562

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Smalyshev created this task.Sep 18 2015, 9:13 PM

Smalyshev raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.

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Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptSep 18 2015, 9:13 PM

We can base it on either interwiki prefix or wiki's dbname, not sure which one is the best primary key in this case.

Smalyshev added a project: Discovery-Search (Current work).Sep 18 2015, 9:15 PM

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Smalyshev added a subscriber: Amire80.Sep 18 2015, 9:23 PM

Current proposed solution, provided it turns out we do not have such list:

Create a set of messages in WikimediaMessages extension with pattern name like interwiki-name-enwiki, interwiki-name-itwikisource, etc.
Initialize these messages from Wikidata labels in English
Import other labels for the same projects in other languages into respective language translations
Incrementally work to improve the translations/coverage so every project has a proper name in every language

@Smalyshev Is this sufficient to unblock T112349? I thought we needed the entire "Showing results from X Wikipedia" string for that to match the mockup?

Smalyshev added projects: WikimediaMessages, I18n.Sep 18 2015, 10:45 PM

• Deskana moved this task from Needs triage to On Sprint Board on the Discovery-ARCHIVED board.Sep 22 2015, 5:28 PM

• ksmith added a project: OKR-Work.Sep 24 2015, 4:41 PM

Change 241126 had a related patch set uploaded (by Smalyshev):
Different approach to localizing wiki names

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/241126

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Sep 25 2015, 7:42 PM

We are going to move forward with the alternative approach, if/when the correct handling of these names is possible we can revisit.

EBernhardson moved this task from Incoming to Needs Reporting on the Discovery-Search (Current work) board.Oct 8 2015, 4:49 PM

Change 241126 abandoned by Deskana:
Different approach to localizing wiki names

Reason:
Abandoning since the associated task was declined. This may be restored at a later date for further work, but not for the foreseeable future.

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/241126

• Purodha subscribed.Oct 9 2015, 12:17 PM

• Deskana moved this task from Needs Reporting to Resolved on the Discovery-Search (Current work) board.Oct 20 2015, 2:46 PM

Nemo_bis mentioned this in T121936: Display human-readable wiki names for cross-wiki notifications.Jan 22 2016, 10:29 PM

Nemo_bis added a parent task: T121936: Display human-readable wiki names for cross-wiki notifications.

MGChecker subscribed.Jan 22 2016, 11:27 PM

Restricted Application added subscribers: StudiesWorld, Luke081515. · View Herald TranscriptJan 22 2016, 11:27 PM

@Nemo_bis: would you like to reopen this task? Blocking on closed declined task may not do much good.

In T113098#1958362, @Smalyshev wrote:

@Nemo_bis: would you like to reopen this task? Blocking on closed declined task may not do much good.

It's not my intention to reopen. This bug, if accepted, would be a blocker. Currently it's declined, not my decision.

MarcoAurelio removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Jul 31 2016, 9:35 PM

MarcoAurelio moved this task from Backlog to Closed on the WikimediaMessages board.Jul 31 2016, 9:36 PM

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