Thanks to {T64702} the Translate extension can now display language links in the sidebar.
The extensions comes with four configuration options:
* tag-only: Only display languages with the <languages /> tag.
* sidebar-only: Display languages as interlanguage links only and ignore the tag even if present on the page.
* sidebar-fallback: Display languages as interlanguage links if no tag is on the page.
* sidebar-always: Display languages as interlanguage links and also in tag if it is present on the page.
The extension default option is currently tag-only, to preserve current behavior. Let's use this task to discuss whether we want to use one of the other options on Wikimedia sites, and when/how to do it if so.
`sidebar-fallback`:
* is good for testing this on specific pages
* can support pages with both interlanguage links and page translation links
* Currently unavailable due to {T204914}
`sidebar-only`:
* can be used if we want to consistently have the language links in the sidebar
* will mix interlanguage and page translation links together, and compact language links feature will be confused by duplicate language codes
== Q&A
# What happens to pages with regular interlanguage links
#* We think the links will show up mixed together, compact language links feature is likely to not work well with "duplicate" language codes
# What happens to the admin actions
#* They will stay in their current place at the top of the page
# What happens on mobile views
#* There should be no difference (pending confirmation via testing)
# How was this designed/come up with
#* [[ https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/Translate/+/437062 | commit message ]] has some information. It was implemented as an experiment to address a frequently asked feature. There is/was also a competing unreviewed patch to address "the issue" in other way.
== Preview in the Timeless skin
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