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FY 25-26 Annual Summary -Language Onboarding (i18n & L10 Support)
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This task summarises the technical output analysis for the year FY 25-26 for Language Onboarding & Development on efforts on entail enabling newly introduced or smaller languages to be usable on Wikimedia environments through i8n setup; onboarding new languages, Plural support, Keyboard support, Fall back, Namespaces, Unicode among other areas.

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LPL Onboarding and Development
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T292750: Change language fallback chain for Asturian
T328207: Change Namespace Aliases on diq.wikipedia
T375979: Namespace aliases for scn.wikipedia
T378014: Date/Time formats for Serbian language are incorrect
T380964: Add Tsou (tsu) to Wikidata (lexemes + monolingual text)
T380975: Add Kanakanavu (xnb) to Wikidata (lexemes + monolingual text)
T381060: Add Saaroa (sxr) to Wikidata (lexemes + monolingual text)
T381061: Add Kavalan (ckv) to Wikidata (lexemes + monolingual text)
T381137: Add Yami (tao) to Wikidata (lexemes + monolingual text)
T382781: Change Levantine Arabic's interface to Western Arabic numerals
T384155: Maltese (mt) plural rules are outdated
T392749: Add Hokkien Hàn-lô writing systems to translatewiki.net
T393068: Publish Quarterly "Language & Internationalization Newsletter" for July 2025
T393746: Fix ULS language data search index for Javanese
T395396: Add Dolgan (dlg) to translatewiki.net
T396889: Split untranslatable messages to a separate file
T397355: Add Hadhrami (ayh) to translatewiki.net
T397356: Add Antiguan and Barbudan Creole (aig) to translatewiki.net
T397435: Add Dolgan (dlg) to Names.php
T398790: Add Antigua and Barbuda Creole (aig) to Names.php
T400177: Language Sessions & Conversations at Wikimania 2025
T400184: Language Technical Contributions at Wikimania 2025 Hackathon
T400186: Language Tools Session at Wikimania 2025 Hackathon
T400662: Organize language community meeting (August 2025)
T401206: Split Mediawiki core aggregates
T401531: Wikimania 2025: New and Smaller language support conversations
T401766: Publish Quarterly "Language & Internationalization Newsletter" for October 2025
T402159: Add Sasak (sas) to Names.php
T404285: Split Language converter messages to a separate file
T404638: Split interwiki messages to a separate file
T405473: Add Hyam (jab) to translatewiki.net
T406198: Add Bono (abr) to Names.php
T407951: WikiConfNA 2025 Session: Fast-Tracking Languages from the Incubator What We Tried, What We Learned
T408150: Add Jju (kaj) to Names.php
T408858: Split messages relating to user rights in MediaWiki core into a separate file
T408944: Organize language community meeting (November 2025)
T409013: Change date format for Karakalpak (kaa)
T409393: Add Javanese variant jv-java to Names.php
T409708: Add Bole (bol) to Names.php
T409846: Add Shughni (sgh) to translatewiki.net
T411884: Add Nawat (ppl) to Names.php
T415094: Add Jambi Malay (jax) to translatewiki.net
T416618: Add Saho (ssy) to translatewiki.net
T417024: Add Western Pwo (pwo) to translatewiki.net
T417126: Publish Quarterly "Language & Internationalization Newsletter" for January 2026
T418150: Add Wapan (juk) to translatewiki.net
T418311: Add namespace translations for Tibetan wiki

Event Timeline

Includes Summary of Q1 , Q2 and Q3 Output

T395396 Add Dolgan (dlg) to translatewiki.net
T397356 Add Antiguan and Barbudan Creole (aig) to translatewiki.net
T397355 Add Hadhrami (ayh) to translatewiki.net
T405473 Add Hyam (jab) to translatewiki.net
T409846 Add Shughni (sgh) to translatewiki.net
T392749 Add Hokkien Hàn-lô writing systems to translatewiki.net
T418150 Add Wapan (juk) to translatewiki.net
T417024 Add Western Pwo (pwo) to translatewiki.net
T416618 Add Saho (ssy) to translatewiki.net
T415094 Add Jambi Malay (jax) to translatewiki.net
T397435 Add Dolgan (dlg) to Names.php
T398790 Add Antigua and Barbuda Creole (aig) to Names.php
T406198 Add Bono (abr) to Names.php
T409708 Add Bole (bol) to Names.php
T408150 Add Jju (kaj) to Names.php
T409393 Add Javanese variant jv-java to Names.php
T411884 Add Nawat (ppl) to Names.php
T402159 Add Sasak (sas) to Names.php
T381061 Add Kavalan (ckv) to Wikidata (lexemes + monolingual text)
T381137 Add Yami (tao) to Wikidata (lexemes + monolingual text)
T380975 Add Kanakanavu (xnb) to Wikidata (lexemes + monolingual text)
T381060 Add Saaroa (sxr) to Wikidata (lexemes + monolingual text)
T380964 Add Tsou (tsu) to Wikidata (lexemes + monolingual text)
T375979 Namespace aliases for scn.wikipedia
T418311 Add namespace translations for Tibetan wiki
T409013 Change date format for Karakalpak (kaa)
T328207 Change Namespace Aliases on diq.wikipedia
T292750 Change language fallback chain for Asturian
T393746 Fix ULS language data search index for Javanese
T384155 Maltese (mt) plural rules are outdated
T378014 Date/Time formats for Serbian language are incorrect
T382781 Change Levantine Arabic's interface to Western Arabic numerals
T404638 Split interwiki messages to a separate file
T404285 Split Language converter messages to a separate file
T396889 Split nontranslatable messages to a separate file
T401206 Split Mediawiki core aggregates
T408858 Split messages relating to user rights in MediaWiki core into a separate file
T393068 Publish Quarterly "Language & Internationalization Newsletter" for July 2025
T401766 Publish Quarterly "Language & Internationalization Newsletter" for October 2025
T400177 Language Sessions & Conversations at Wikimania 2025
T400186 Language Tools Session at Wikimania 2025 Hackathon
T400184 Language Technical Contributions at Wikimania 2025 Hackathon
T401531 Wikimania 2025: New and Smaller language support conversations
T400662 Organize language community meeting (August 2025)
T408944 Organize language community meeting (November 2025)
T407951 WikiConfNA 2025 Session: Fast-Tracking Languages from the Incubator What We Tried, What We Learned
T417126 Publish Quarterly "Language & Internationalization Newsletter" for January 2026

MaryMunyoki renamed this task from FY 25-26 Annual Summary -Language Usabilty & Support to FY 25-26 Annual Summary -Language Onboarding(i8n & L10 Support).Apr 4 2026, 3:19 PM
MaryMunyoki renamed this task from FY 25-26 Annual Summary -Language Onboarding(i8n & L10 Support) to FY 25-26 Annual Summary -Language Onboarding(i18n & L10 Support).Apr 7 2026, 11:36 AM
MaryMunyoki renamed this task from FY 25-26 Annual Summary -Language Onboarding(i18n & L10 Support) to FY 25-26 Annual Summary -Language Onboarding (i18n & L10 Support).Apr 7 2026, 5:45 PM