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MinT for Wiki Readers: check localization status for target languages
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As part of the experiment planned for MinT for Wiki Readers, we want to expose the feature to 4 (T390023) and 13 Wikipedias (T388402).
MinT for Wiki Readers is intended to help users to learn more from languages they don't speak. In this context, it is important for the UI of the tool to be available in the language of the user.

This ticket proposes to:

  • Check the translation status for the MinT for Wiki Readers UI messages.
  • Ping local translators when messages lack translations to the selected languages.

Based on the status of translations and timelines, we can determine whether the goal is to reach 100% localization for all messages, or focus on a sub-set of key messages.

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Pginer-WMF created this task.Mar 26 2025, 11:42 AM
Pginer-WMF triaged this task as Medium priority.
Pginer-WMF mentioned this in T381406: MinT for Wiki Readers MVP: Complete key issues before continuing with experimentation.Mar 26 2025, 11:50 AM
Pginer-WMF moved this task from Backlog to Product integration on the MinT board.Mar 26 2025, 12:00 PM
Nikerabbit subscribed.Mar 26 2025, 12:21 PM

For anyone checking, these two links should cover most of the messages (you need to add them together per language manually):

Nikerabbit edited projects, added LPL Essential (LPL Essential 2025 Feb-Mar); removed LPL Essential.Mar 26 2025, 12:22 PM
• PWaigi-WMF mentioned this in T390023: MinT for Wiki Readers MVP: Pre-Pilot enablement on 4 wikis.Mar 27 2025, 7:38 AM
• PWaigi-WMF mentioned this in T388402: MinT for Wiki Readers MVP: Enable 13 wikis to MinT for Wiki Readers MVP (revised 2025 A/B list) .
• PWaigi-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Mar 27 2025, 8:00 AM
• PWaigi-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Mar 27 2025, 10:49 AM
Nikerabbit updated the task description. (Show Details)Mar 27 2025, 12:30 PM
abi_ subscribed.Apr 9 2025, 7:58 AM

While we've gone ahead with the rollout, the localization status for target language is quite poor:

  1. Asturian - Almost 100%
  2. Lombard - 0%
  3. Venetian - 0%
  4. Tswana - 0%

Source:

  1. https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:MessageGroupStats?group=&messages=MediaWiki%3AMint-*&x=D
  2. https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:MessageGroupStats?group=&messages=MediaWiki%3AAx-*&x=D
Nikerabbit edited projects, added LPL Essential (LPL Essential 2025 Apr-Jun: CX); removed LPL Essential (LPL Essential 2025 Feb-Mar).Apr 14 2025, 12:31 PM
Nikerabbit changed the task status from Open to Stalled.Jun 3 2025, 10:37 AM
Pginer-WMF added a comment.Jun 4 2025, 10:10 AM

Based on the data, this is the status of localization for the UI in the languages of the 13 pilot wikis:

#WikiLocalization percentage
1Korean (ko)50%
2Thai (th)0%
3Greek (el)7%
4Icelandic (is)0%
5Sinhala (si)0%
6Khmer (km)0%
7South Azerbaijani (azb)0%
8Igbo (ig)0%
9Minangkabau (min)0%
10Central Bikol (bcl)0%
11Amharic (am)0%
12Fula (ff)0%
13Fon (fon)0%

@UOzurumba we may want to check with some of the multilingual users from these Wikipedias if they can help with the localization so that monolingual users in need for machine translation can get the UI in their language.

UOzurumba added a comment.Jun 4 2025, 7:51 PM
In T390043#10883124, @Pginer-WMF wrote:

Based on the data, this is the status of localization for the UI in the languages of the 13 pilot wikis:

#WikiLocalization percentage
1Korean (ko)50%
2Thai (th)0%
3Greek (el)7%
4Icelandic (is)0%
5Sinhala (si)0%
6Khmer (km)0%
7South Azerbaijani (azb)0%
8Igbo (ig)0%
9Minangkabau (min)0%
10Central Bikol (bcl)0%
11Amharic (am)0%
12Fula (ff)0%
13Fon (fon)0%

@UOzurumba we may want to check with some of the multilingual users from these Wikipedias if they can help with the localization so that monolingual users in need for machine translation can get the UI in their language.

Okay, will work on this.

• PWaigi-WMF changed the task status from Stalled to In Progress.Jun 5 2025, 1:14 PM
• PWaigi-WMF assigned this task to UOzurumba.
• PWaigi-WMF moved this task from Backlog to In Progress on the LPL Essential (LPL Essential 2025 Apr-Jun: CX) board.
Pginer-WMF added a comment.Jun 9 2025, 12:58 PM
In T390043#10885689, @UOzurumba wrote:

Okay, will work on this.

Thanks for helping with this. I already see some improvements in the percentages of localization based on the data. This is the current status of localization for the UI in the languages of the 13 pilot wikis:

#WikiLocalization percentage
1Korean (ko)100%
2Thai (th)85%
3Greek (el)100%
4Icelandic (is)0%
5Sinhala (si)100%
6Khmer (km)0%
7South Azerbaijani (azb)0%
8Igbo (ig)0%
9Minangkabau (min)0%
10Central Bikol (bcl)0%
11Amharic (am)0%
12Fula (ff)0%
13Fon (fon)0%
KCVelaga_WMF mentioned this in T391365: Analyze the Impact of MinT for Wiki Readers on Pre-pilot wikis .Jun 23 2025, 4:54 AM
Pginer-WMF added a comment.Jun 24 2025, 1:29 PM

Based on the data, this is the current status of localization for the UI in the languages of the 13 pilot wikis:

#WikiLocalization percentage
1Korean (ko)100%
2Thai (th)89%
3Greek (el)100%
4Icelandic (is)0%
5Sinhala (si)100%
6Khmer (km)0%
7South Azerbaijani (azb)0%
8Igbo (ig)100%
9Minangkabau (min)0%
10Central Bikol (bcl)0%
11Amharic (am)0%
12Fula (ff)0%
13Fon (fon)0%

The localization is complete for 4 languages, very advanced in one, and totally absent for 8 languages.

Pginer-WMF added a comment.EditedJun 24 2025, 1:38 PM

The recent report for the initial MinT for Wikipedia pre-pilot wikis (T391365) suggests that the localization completion can be a factor that affects the usage of the tool:

  • Overall, Asturian Wikipedia showed the most interaction with the feature, both in terms of overall events logged and views to machine translated and human created content.
    • It is also worth noting that, at the time of deployment, only Asturian Wikipedia had 100% localization of the feature (T390043#10724728), and the largest almost all the four pre-pilot wikis.

Machine translation can be particularly useful to those users not fluent in the languages with most Wikipedia content coverage, such as English. Thus, we could expect that exposing UI messages in English could be a barrier for those users to access the feature.

Based on that, we may want to continue checking with some of the multilingual users from these Wikipedias if they can help with the localization.

Nikerabbit edited projects, added LPL Essential (2025 Jul-Oct); removed LPL Essential (LPL Essential 2025 Apr-Jun: CX).Jul 14 2025, 8:21 AM
Nikerabbit moved this task from Backlog to In Progress on the LPL Essential (2025 Jul-Oct) board.
Nikerabbit added a project: LPL Projects (MinT for Wikireaders – FY26 WE 3.1.5).Jul 14 2025, 8:32 AM
UOzurumba added a comment.EditedJul 22 2025, 1:50 PM

Based on the data, this is the current status of localization for the UI in the languages of the 13 pilot wikis:

#WikiLocalization percentage
1Korean (ko)100%
2Thai (th)96%
3Greek (el)100%
4Icelandic (is)0%
5Sinhala (si)100%
6Khmer (km)0%
7South Azerbaijani (azb)0%
8Igbo (ig)100%
9Minangkabau (min)100%
10Central Bikol (bcl)0%
11Amharic (am)100%
12Fula (ff)0%
13Fon (fon)5%

The localization is complete for 6 languages, very advanced in one, and totally absent for 5 languages.

Nikerabbit set the point value for this task to 4.Jul 28 2025, 8:35 AM
Nikerabbit added a comment.Sep 22 2025, 6:55 AM

@UOzurumba we haven't had an update for this in progress task two months. What's the next step here? Check once more the current status?

UOzurumba added a comment.Sep 24 2025, 8:33 PM
In T390043#11200150, @Nikerabbit wrote:

@UOzurumba we haven't had an update for this in progress task two months. What's the next step here? Check once more the current status?

Nothing has changed since the last update.

#WikiLocalization percentage
1Korean (ko)100%
2Thai (th)96%
3Greek (el)100%
4Icelandic (is)0%
5Sinhala (si)100%
6Khmer (km)0%
7South Azerbaijani (azb)0%
8Igbo (ig)100%
9Minangkabau (min)100%
10Central Bikol (bcl)0%
11Amharic (am)100%
12Fula (ff)0%
13Fon (fon)5%

The localization is complete for 6 languages, very advanced in one, and totally absent for 5 languages.

I have sent another round of requests to translatewiki.net translators in Fula, Icelandic, Central Bikol, South Azerbaijani and Khmer. Hopefully, they will help with the translations. However, some of these Wikis don't have recent translation activities in translatewiki.net

UOzurumba added a comment.Sep 26 2025, 6:29 AM

Recent status

#WikiLocalization percentage
1Korean (ko)100%
2Thai (th)96%
3Greek (el)100%
4Icelandic (is)0%
5Sinhala (si)100%
6Khmer (km)0%
7South Azerbaijani (azb)0%
8Igbo (ig)100%
9Minangkabau (min)100%
10Central Bikol (bcl)100%
11Amharic (am)100%
12Fula (ff)0%
13Fon (fon)5%

The localization is complete for 7 languages, very advanced in one, and totally absent for 4 languages.

Nikerabbit added a comment.Sep 29 2025, 7:55 AM

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/ContentTranslation/+/1192001 added ff.

Nikerabbit edited projects, added LPL Essential (FY2025-26 Q2); removed LPL Projects (MinT for Wikireaders – FY26 WE 3.1.5), LPL Essential (2025 Jul-Oct).Oct 23 2025, 11:02 AM
Nikerabbit removed a project: LPL Essential (FY2025-26 Q2).Nov 6 2025, 7:37 AM
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