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Interwiki link errors in en.opensuse.org
by Marco Stella 12 Apr '06

12 Apr '06

I noticed that interwiki link to Italian wiki have been added on the left sidebar in the home page. But this one and the others are pointing to xx.openuse.org/.... The 's' is missing. Could you correct the mistake, please? Thanks, Marco Stella

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http://en.opensuse.org/Events dates
by houghi 12 Apr '06

12 Apr '06

The http://en.opensuse.org/Events can be confusing. Especially for people not from the EU. Is it not better to write out the month (at least in 3 letters) making it one of the following: 2006 Apr 10 10 Apr 2006 2006 10 Apr Apr 10, 2006 Or even make a chapter 2006 and just do Apr 10 or 10 Apr or the write it in full April 10th Yes, I understand the used dates are correct to international standard, yet people can and will become confused. If I see a date that says 4-12, I think December. When I see 2006-09-05 I think May. Am I wrong in that? Yes. The page is I hope not about right or wrong, but about getting people to those events, even if they see it wrong. houghi -- Nutze die Zeit. Sie ist das Kostbarste, was wir haben, denn es ist unwiederbringliche Lebenszeit. Leben ist aber mehr als Werk und Arbeit, und das Sein wichtiger als das Tun - Johannes Müller-Elmau

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wikibots (or alike)
by jdd 12 Apr '06

12 Apr '06

I was said on IRC than wikibots are prone to spam I don't really understand why -do the actual Novell login prevent this?- but anyway we need badly an interwiki link automatic process. I understood there are local scripts? but I understand also there will be a relooking, is this related (or is this relooking already in use and I didn't notice? could this be announced on this list? thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://dodin.org/galerie_photo_web/expo/index.html http://lucien.dodin.net http://fr.susewiki.org/index.php?title=Gérer_ses_photos

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SDB and wiki
by jdd 11 Apr '06

11 Apr '06

hello :-) do we need to keep a compatibility between the SDB and the wiki (that is are the wiki pages imported back in a database?) because if not, a part of the sdb template can be simplified (name of author, not very meaningfull on a wiki, keywords replaced by categories...) thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://dodin.org/galerie_photo_web/expo/index.html http://lucien.dodin.net http://fr.susewiki.org/index.php?title=Gérer_ses_photos

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howto/sdb
by Martin Lasarsch 04 Apr '06

04 Apr '06

Hi I still have this on my todo list ... I post it here to hear your opinions, and because we have only the SDB namespace atm. Did i miss something? To be honest i thought it would be much more, but i don't know what else to write :-) --- Howto/SDB/FAQ? There is some confusion about the definition of howtos, SDB articles and FAQs. This page tries to explain the main differences between the different styles to write documentation. Why a different namespace for them Working with namespaces makes searching much easier and you can see on the first look what it is. The different types howto From the wikipedia definition "A how-to is an informal, often short, description of how to accomplish some specific task. They are generally meant to help non-experts, and may leave out details that are only important to experts, and may be greatly simplified from an overall discussion of the topic." This describes perfectly an SDB article :-) Anyhow, most howtos are much more for experts and often more verbose. An example for an howto is SDB:Wireless_LANs_with_SuSE_Linux. So howtos in the openSUSE wiki are more verbose than SDB articles. If you just want to write a short article consider to put it into the SDB. Howtos have a separate namespace, so all Howtos should start with howto: SDB article SDB (Support Database) was a SUSE invention. The goal is to provide a short and easy to read article for the customer/user how to fix a problem. The focus was to make it easy and to use graphical tools where possible. A SDB article should be always problem related. Because there was only the SDB before the openSUSE wiki, you will find also some articles which are from the definition a howto. Check the SDB:Howto for more information about SDB articles. SDB have a separate namespace, so all SDB articles should start with SDB:. FAQ A FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) follow a different style. Example: Q: Is it possible to install SUSE Linux on a computer with a i486 CPU? A: No, SUSE Linux support CPUs from Pentium 1 (and compatible ones) on. FAQs are a good way to summarise topics. It could make sense even if a howto or SDB article already exist. Some howtos include a FAQ, usually at the end of the howto. FAQs have a separate namespace, so all FAQs should start with FAQ:. -- with kind regards, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin Lasarsch, Subsystems +49 911 74053 181 +49 179 206 74 74 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5 90409 Nuremberg martin.lasarsch(a)suse.de ---------------------------------------------------------------------- simply change to www.suse.de

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opensuse-wiki-uc.1143835846.gpofinkjfmdibbelndah- my.suselinux=gmail.com@opensuse.org
by susing 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

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How members in each localization team are communicating each ether?
by noniko 28 Mar '06

28 Mar '06

Good morning. I found Japanese translation pages has been wrong-coded again. Sad....but this fact is already in Bugzilla, so that's OK. By the way, I hava question to other localization teams waiting for the own Wiki. Do you have a mailing list or some method to communicate each other? We are Japanese team and would like to use Japanese and discuss on a very localized matter, so it would not be suitable to use this ML. At first the members were few so we could use CCs in each mail, but these days the members are increasing. It's my (and other starting members') first experience to organize a team on line and I would like to know what other teams are managing. noniko noniko(a)netbeans.jp JA translation team

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Italian Wiki Translation completed!
by Marco Stella 28 Mar '06

28 Mar '06

I and my colleagues have finished the translation of the main pages. What other have I to do to have Italian wiki (it.opensuse.org) published? I'm waiting for your response, as written in the openSUSE Translation Guide... Marco

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Translations done twice?
by houghi 25 Mar '06

25 Mar '06

On http://en.opensuse.org/Download all the languages are done twice, or so it seems. Look in the left lower part of the menu. houghi -- Nutze die Zeit. Sie ist das Kostbarste, was wir haben, denn es ist unwiederbringliche Lebenszeit. Leben ist aber mehr als Werk und Arbeit, und das Sein wichtiger als das Tun - Johannes Müller-Elmau

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Strict language codes and cn, tw, zh.
by Peter Flodin 22 Mar '06

22 Mar '06

In my editing of the language status page http://en.opensuse.org/Translation_Status, it has become obvious that the current language codes used by Chinese are not correct ISO 639 codes. They are more like TLD (top-level-domain) country codes. The correct code for Chinese is ZH with possibly ZH-CN for simplified and ZH-TW for traditional, and not just CN and TW. As it so happens CN is not the language code for any other language, so there is no clash. TW is actually the language Twi, which apparently is an african language with millions of speakers. Wikipedia with its vast larger number of articles combine Traditional and Simplified under the one zh.wikipedia.org. I see five solutions: 1. CN for Simplified, ZH for Traditional 2. ZH for simplified, ZH-TW for traditional 3. ZH-CN for simplified, ZH for traditional 4. ZH-CN for simplified and ZH-TW for traditional. 5. ZH for both simplified and traditional. I think it is unacceptable to use TW which belongs to another language. I would now like to say that I don't read or write either. Nor have any real understanding of the history behind why there are two, and I appologise beforehand if I have offended anybody through being ignorant of their culture and language, I just want things to be orderly. Peter 'Pflodo' Flodin

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