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You mention that you may make the appeal translations available by links from the English Wikipedia. Whilst this may have a certain novelty value, personally I would prefer to read the (in many cases) original English appeals when navigating to them from the English Wikipedia. As far as I'm concerned the main value of translating the fundraiser is that the integrity of the Welsh Wikipedia as a Welsh language reference work is maintained, with as little language switching as possible. Nevertheless, others might have a different view on this. [[User:Lloffiwr|Lloffiwr]] 22:39, 4 November 2011 (UTC) | You mention that you may make the appeal translations available by links from the English Wikipedia. Whilst this may have a certain novelty value, personally I would prefer to read the (in many cases) original English appeals when navigating to them from the English Wikipedia. As far as I'm concerned the main value of translating the fundraiser is that the integrity of the Welsh Wikipedia as a Welsh language reference work is maintained, with as little language switching as possible. Nevertheless, others might have a different view on this. [[User:Lloffiwr|Lloffiwr]] 22:39, 4 November 2011 (UTC) | ||
:Hi Lloffiwr - what I have in mind is that if someone clicks on an banner on the English Wikipedia, they go to the English-language landing page. But on that landing page is a (small) link to a landing page in Welsh (or other languages available). So people using the English Wikipedia in the UK whose first or preferred language is different can at least access an appeal in another language, without changing Wikipedias. I am not sure it will result in an more donations but I hope it would be useful to at least some people. Does that make more sense...? [[User:The Land|The Land]] 11:02, 5 November 2011 (UTC) | :Hi Lloffiwr - what I have in mind is that if someone clicks on an banner on the English Wikipedia, they go to the English-language landing page. But on that landing page is a (small) link to a landing page in Welsh (or other languages available). So people using the English Wikipedia in the UK whose first or preferred language is different can at least access an appeal in another language, without changing Wikipedias. I am not sure it will result in an more donations but I hope it would be useful to at least some people. Does that make more sense...? [[User:The Land|The Land]] 11:02, 5 November 2011 (UTC) | ||
::Am looking forward to seeing how it turns out! [[User:Lloffiwr|Lloffiwr]] 11:34, 5 November 2011 (UTC) | |||
Revision as of 12:34, 5 November 2011
Thank you pages
Thank you for the careful explanation on the 2011 Fundraiser/translation page. There are 2 'thank you' pages posted for translation at meta; "Thank you mail" and "Thank you page". Can I check that both of these are not going to be available when donating in the UK? If so, these will be of very low priority for translation. Lloffiwr 22:39, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, this is the case - neither of those messages applied in the UK. If the processes we are using in the UK permit us to define thankyou pages or emails based on language (and they currentl do not) I'll post the material we are using for translation. The Land 11:05, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
- That's OK. Lloffiwr 11:28, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
Links from English appeals
You mention that you may make the appeal translations available by links from the English Wikipedia. Whilst this may have a certain novelty value, personally I would prefer to read the (in many cases) original English appeals when navigating to them from the English Wikipedia. As far as I'm concerned the main value of translating the fundraiser is that the integrity of the Welsh Wikipedia as a Welsh language reference work is maintained, with as little language switching as possible. Nevertheless, others might have a different view on this. Lloffiwr 22:39, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
- Hi Lloffiwr - what I have in mind is that if someone clicks on an banner on the English Wikipedia, they go to the English-language landing page. But on that landing page is a (small) link to a landing page in Welsh (or other languages available). So people using the English Wikipedia in the UK whose first or preferred language is different can at least access an appeal in another language, without changing Wikipedias. I am not sure it will result in an more donations but I hope it would be useful to at least some people. Does that make more sense...? The Land 11:02, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
- Am looking forward to seeing how it turns out! Lloffiwr 11:34, 5 November 2011 (UTC)