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Using Arabic numerals for Arabic language (ar)
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Issue and explanation
Hello, I am Ayoub from the Arabic Wikipedia. I also contribute (but to a lesser extent) on Commons. I thank everyone for what you are doing here, and I hope I can find someone to help me modify fonction of numbers in the Arabic interface. This is because I noticed that in Commons for example leads to the appearance of the Indo-Arabic numerals (١٢٣) when using the Arabic interface, but it is more correct if the Arabic numerals (123) are used, because a large part of the Arabs find it difficult to understand the current numbers, especially since most North African countries (Arabic countries) They use Arabic numerals in teaching and official services, and most individuals do not have any knowledge, even simple, of Indo-Arabic numerals, even among people who have studied at the university or have an academic education, with the exception of specialty students, of course. It was also pointed out that we in the Arabic Wikipedia use Arabic numerals (123), and a consensus was reached some short time ago, that we have to keep the matter as it is in the Arabic Wikipedia, because there are those who find it difficult to distinguish between the numbers “٢” and “٣” and “٦” or “٧” and “٨” or “٠” and “٥”. Best wishes.

Issue example

To reproduce this issue I will use parser function #time with date "june 22, 2024"

For example, parser function {{#time: d F Y | 2024-06-22| ar}} returns:

٢٢ يونيو ٢٠٢٤

while it should have been:

Screenshot 2024-06-22 at 12-06-35 Template talk ISOdate - Wikimedia Commons.png (27×94 px, 727 B)

the same thing for time (٢٣:٥٩:٥٩) for example should be (23:59:59)

Event Timeline

Ayoub_ renamed this task from Using Arabic numerals for Arabic language to Using Arabic numerals for Arabic language (ar).Sat, Jun 22, 11:17 AM

@Aklapper, I think it is better to change the value of digitTransformTable to null in MessagesAr.

@Aklapper You can find the consensus here. However nd after i talk to some wikipedians, i find thats is better to open a new expanded talk on Meta about this changes.