If a non-English language is selected to display the list of books, English label of the authors are somehow fetched for a brief period of time, after that, they are displayed in native languages. Author names in native languages should be cached.
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| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | LGoto | T403210 Projects and mentors for Wikimedia Outreachy Round 31 | |||
| Resolved | Muguro | T405593 Outreachy 31: Improve the Wikisource Reader App | |||
| Resolved | Muguro | T406831 Cache author names in native language |
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Hello @Bodhisattwa I have completed my previous issue awaiting your review. I would like to work on this one too. Could you assign it to me?
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@Muguro: Hi, see also https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/New_Developers#Communication_tips - if there is no assignee yet and no patches, you yourself could assign a task to yourself.
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@Bodhisattwa I have opened a PR to resolve this issue.
Kindly check it out.
https://github.com/cis-india/Wikisource-Reader/pull/35
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Thank you @Muguro for the pull request. Primary mentor @Saiphani02 will review it in his due time. In the meantime, kindly record your contribution at this URL on Outreachy website: https://www.outreachy.org/outreachy-december-2025-internship-cohort/communities/wikimedia/improve-the-wikisource-reader-app/contributions/
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The ticket is reopened as the PR is reverted by @Saiphani02. The PR caused slow loading of the list of books in the home screen.
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Hi @Saiphani02 @Bodhisattwa, I've taken another look at this issue and created a new pull request. Please review it here:
https://github.com/cis-india/Wikisource-Reader/pull/49