ProveIt becomes unusable in Chinese Wikipedia
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	TimWu007
	Sep 4 2025, 4:16 PM

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Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

Edit pages in Chinese Wikipedia
Open ProveIt gadget

What happens?:

It appears that the localization file is not loading properly. While some buttons are displayed in English, the other field names remain blank.

Logs in Chrome console indicates that https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/gadgets/ProveIt/+/master/i18n/zh-cn.json?format=text is 404 not found.

What should have happened instead?:

Software version (on Special:Version page; skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia):

Other information (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.):

My display language and content language variant are both zh-Hans-CN. Using Timeless skin.

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TimWu007 created this task.Sep 4 2025, 4:16 PM

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TimWu007 updated the task description. (Show Details)Sep 4 2025, 4:21 PM

Bugreporter added a project: Chinese-Sites.Sep 5 2025, 1:19 AM

There was never zh-cn.json and should always use zh-hans.json instead.

There might be some language fallback logic error in ProveIt.

You could set the UI language preference option to zh-Hans instead at the moment.

I’ve tried zh-hans, but field names are still empty. :-(

Sophivorus claimed this task.Sep 5 2025, 11:05 AM

Sophivorus closed this task as Resolved.Sep 5 2025, 11:58 AM

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Sophivorus reopened this task as Open.Sep 5 2025, 11:59 AM

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The issue with the labels not showing should be fixed now.

As to the fallback logic of the user interface, Proveit currently checks for messages in the preferred user language variant, and if that fails, it fallbacks to English. Can this be improved? Should Proveit fallback to 'zh' if 'zh-cn' is not available? Or to 'zh-hans'? Or to the main content language of the wiki? Or is English ok? And how to know that programmatically? I looked into the data available at mw.config but I don't see an obvious way.

As to the fallback logic of the user interface, Proveit currently checks for messages in the preferred user language variant, and if that fails, it fallbacks to English. Can this be improved? Should Proveit fallback to 'zh' if 'zh-cn' is not available? Or to 'zh-hans'? Or to the main content language of the wiki? Or is English ok?

It should follow the language fallback chain defined in MessagesFoo_bar.php.

And how to know that programmatically? I looked into the data available at mw.config but I don't see an obvious way.

For JavaScript, the current available solution would be https://github.com/wikimedia/jquery.i18n/blob/f6a8fe7/src/jquery.i18n.fallbacks.js , which is included in the UniversalLanguageSelector extension. However, the array wouldn't load until either the language selector or the interlanguage link menu being clicked.

It appears that the labels are not displaying correctly.

That was an intermediate "fix" where I screwed up. The good fix is already deployed, but the old one must still be in your cache. Please hard-refresh or wait a few minutes to confirm it's fixed now. Cheers!

Hi, I've found the labels are showing up :-D. But there are still some issues that make the new version less user-friendly compared to the old one:

There are spaces between ref lists and left border (under Timeless skin);

Large fonts and wide spaces make the window appear to contain less content;

Deprecated parameters were not marked with strikethrough;

Dates generated by the "Today" button were not in yyyy-mm-dd format.

Should I create a new ticket to report them?

Issue 4 should be fixed now (diff). I'll look into the rest tomorrow.

Should I create a new ticket to report them?

No need for now, thanks!

Issue 4 should be fixed now (diff).

Unfortunately, it still isn’t in the yyyy-mm-dd format. I also encountered the same issue on English Wikipedia. It appears that this should be fixed in ProveIt, not local wikis?

Shizhao moved this task from Backlog to Apps/Tools/Libs/Services on the Chinese-Sites board.Sep 8 2025, 3:28 AM

All reported issues should be fixed now. Let me know otherwise!

Awesome, thanks for fixing it!

There is a small bug: After quitting 2017 Wikitext editor, the ProveIt window remain opened.

Shizhao moved this task from Apps/Tools/Libs/Services to Closed on the Chinese-Sites board.Sep 9 2025, 3:47 AM

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ProveIt becomes unusable in Chinese Wikipedia
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