Translating:WikimediaMobile
Wikipedia Mobile consists of Android and iOS apps that are used for reading and editing Wikipedia.
This page needs some major documentation updates as of July 2014 -- User:Brion will try to get it into shape shortly.
Translators may add WikipediaMobile to their babel box or include {{User WikipediaMobile}} to add themselves to Category:WikipediaMobile translators.
- Support contact: User:Brion
- Source: https://github.com/wikimedia/WikipediaMobile
- Bug tracker: enter new bug
- License: GPL2
Other apps translated here:
- With own project pages: WiktionaryMobile, WLMMobile.
Translation flow
- updates available in git source within ~24 hours
- updates should be available in nightly builds of Android app within ~24-48 hours
- updates should reach release to Android Market
We may devise a localization update distribution mechanism that will bring message updates without forcing an update of the entire app (which can be prohibitively difficult eg on iOS where Apple forces every update to be delayed for review.)
Translating notes
MediaWiki and Wikipedia jargon may appear; see Translating:MediaWiki#Translation notes for more general references.
The application uses the same localization framework as MediaWiki's JavaScript-based code. Message parameter format is the same as MediaWiki: $1, $2 etc.
However, functions such as {{PLURAL:}} are not currently available as they are in other parts of MediaWiki.
Some UI terminology may need to stay consistent with other translations on particular platforms; for details see /Terms
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Community
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