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== Problem == The process for updating users about technical changes is far more complex than it should be. If I have a technical newsletter (Tech News, specific newsletters for teams or products) and want to reach out in several languages, this is the process to send it out: *) Generate the text on Meta using a Lua module that combines all languages and adds a switch. [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tech/News/Sandbox&oldid=16250936 | See example ]]. *) Realize you had too many languages, the module can't handle more than 20. *) Generate the first 20. *) Generate the next batch. *) Carefully insert the new languages. *) Find the duplication of the source text (typically English) and remove one of them. *) Test it. *) Find a mistake. *) Fix it on Meta. *) Redo the entire process. *) Finally send it out. == Who would benefit == Anyone keeping users updated about technical changes: upcoming, things they can give feedback on, or new changes. == Proposed solution == At least make sure we can send out messages to more than 20 languages without inviting mistakes by manual insertion prior to MassMessaging all the wikis.

== Problem == The process for updating users about technical changes is far more complex than it should be. If I have a technical newsletter (Tech News, specific newsletters for teams or products) and want to reach out in several languages, this is the process to send it out: *) Generate the text on Meta using a Lua module that combines all languages and adds a switch. [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tech/News/Sandbox&oldid=16250936 | See example ]]. *) Realize you had too many languages, the module can't handle more than 20. *) Generate the first 20. *) Generate the next batch. *) Carefully insert the new languages. *) Find the duplication of the source text (typically English) and remove one of them. *) Test it. *) Find a mistake. *) Fix it on Meta. *) Redo the entire process. *) Finally send it out. == Who would benefit == Anyone keeping users updated about technical changes: upcoming, things they can give feedback on, or new changes. == Proposed solution == At least make sure we can send out messages to more than 20 languages without inviting mistakes by manual insertion prior to MassMessaging all the wikis. [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Module:Assemble_multilingual_message | Module:Assemble multilingual message ]]

== Problem == The process for updating users about technical changes is far more complex than it should be. If I have a technical newsletter (Tech News, specific newsletters for teams or products) and want to reach out in several languages, this is the process to send it out: *) Generate the text on Meta using a Lua module that combines all languages and adds a switch. [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tech/News/Sandbox&oldid=16250936 | See example ]]. *) Realize you had too many languages, the module can't handle more than 20. *) Generate the first 20. *) Generate the next batch. *) Carefully insert the new languages. *) Find the duplication of the source text (typically English) and remove one of them. *) Test it. *) Find a mistake. *) Fix it on Meta. *) Redo the entire process. *) Finally send it out. == Who would benefit == Anyone keeping users updated about technical changes: upcoming, things they can give feedback on, or new changes. == Proposed solution == At least make sure we can send out messages to more than 20 languages without inviting mistakes by manual insertion prior to MassMessaging all the wikis. [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Module:Assemble_multilingual_message | Module:Assemble multilingual message ]]