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Identify key recommendations for improving language onboarding
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Description

This task is part of a high-level objective to obtain a clear understanding of the state of languages and the process of supporting both existing and new languages within the Wikimedia movement, as outlined in the Wikimedia Foundation’s Annual Plan 2023-24.

This task is about identifying three key recommendations for enhancing the social and technical infrastructure to support existing and new languages by Q4.

These recommendations will be identified through a series of conversations involving language committee members, software engineers, linguists, wiki community leaders, researchers, analysts, and Incubator advocates.

The goal of these discussions is to propose recommendations based on existing research and resources. These suggestions will then be prioritized for implementation in the Wikimedia Foundation's upcoming 2024-25 annual plan.

Event Timeline

In December 2023, the Language team initiated discussions on improving the Incubator. Various stakeholders shared their inputs through one-on-one and asynchronous discussions on key guiding questions. Here is a compiled list of potential recommendations: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Language_engineering/Incubator_conversations. Final recommendations will be documented soon.