Support/Archive/2025/04

This is an archive page for the Support page. Do not post new threads here, they will likely not be read. If you wish to continue an archived discussion, start a new thread on the Support page and include a link to the archived discussion.

Request to Enable Kihavu (hav) for Translation

Hello everyone,

I would like to request the addition of Kihavu (language code: hav) to the list of languages available for translation in Wikipedia’s software. Kihavu is spoken by the Havu people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, primarily in South Kivu, around Lake Kivu and Idjwi Island.

Enabling this language will allow native speakers to contribute effectively to Wikipedia in their mother tongue, promoting knowledge access and preservation of the language. I am ready to start translating and contributing to the localization of Wikipedia’s interface into Kihavu.

I appreciate your support and guidance on the next steps to make this possible. Looking forward to your responses!

Thank you.

Best regards,

joeamj Joeamj (talk) 20:26, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Enable the language Michif

Hi, I want to enable the language Michif to the software. Michif is spoken in Canada and parts of the United States, and is mixed with Cree and French. If you enable the language, native speakers can read the articles and understand better. Thank you, HylianAngel (talk) 21:07, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Do you know it yourself? Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 21:09, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Yes, i know the michif language HylianAngel (talk) 21:10, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Importing .po files

Hello,

I prefer to do translations in poedit, not on webpage. I see "export" link, but cannot find "import" button anywhere. Is it there at all? ChatGPT told me I have to have special permission to be able to upload .po files.

Thank you in advance. NorwayFun (talk) 06:03, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

See Translating:Offline. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 08:27, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

Now, when I'm trying to export translations to .po file, it says "The chosen message group is too large. Choose a message group that has fewer than 10 000 messages or contact translation admin for advice." NorwayFun (talk) 09:14, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

• And did you choose another message group? As someone with zero translations on Translatewiki so far, over 10k messages will probably be a bit too much for you anyway.
• Have you read the page I linked? It says that you should prove your translator skills with online translation, so being able to export isn’t an urgent problem. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 12:22, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

Help to correct Buginese Main Page translations

I trying to correcting the spelling of buginese main page. Current: Watangpola is incorrect.

Correct way to write it is Watang Mpola or Watampola (in conjunct).

I have tried it myself but it is restricted. ᨑᨗᨉᨘᨓ 11:06, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

@Rdwnnr: We can change it for you, yes. The reason it is restricted is that it would affect all wikis that are set to this language (including the Buginese Wikipedia), so it needs to be done with caution, and in coordination with the affected communities. So before we change this, I would like to see a discussion about this on the Buginese Wikipedia. There is already a relevant section, I think, at w:bug:Pembicaraan:Watangpola#Berbagai nama Halaman Utama – would you be able to ask a couple of other users to chime in there as well, so we can see that there is agreement for changing the name? :-) Jon Harald Søby (talk) 22:20, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

Yes, it is the Bugis Latin writing format that might become standard, which currently has no standard. Many Bugis manuscript translators have been using that writing format lately. I'm just trying to provide consistent standards in Bugis Latin writing in Bugwiki, because many editors write different in their own way.

And yes, I want to ask, but there have been no active users in the past few months, except bots. Administration is also not running there? ᨑᨗᨉᨘᨓ (talk) 22:57, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

Account deletion request

Dear administrators,

I would like to request for my account to be merged with the wiki Anonymous account and that all my possible account data to be deleted from the wiki (to the extent it is possible to do so). And I would also like to request my name in edits to be suppressed (including for this account deletion request).

I plan to abandon this account from now on, so please don't expect me to reply to any questions here (I have already removed my e-mail address and reset all settings to their defaults for this account).

Thanks in advance. Username removed by JHS. 02:01, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

 Done Jon Harald Søby (talk) 15:53, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

Account renaming request

Hi,

My account on other WM wikis has been renamed to Danÿa, I’d like this account to be renamed as well. Thank you! 😁 Darmo (talk) 18:34, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

@Danÿa:  Done Jon Harald Søby (talk) 22:21, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

Request to Enable Sasak Language

Hello everyone,

I would like to request to enable Sasak language (code: sas). Sasak is a language that use in Lombok island, West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. We are currently trying to developing the Wikipedia and Wiktionary for Sasak language and would like to translate the messages from Wikimedia projects to this language. Thank you in advance. ID Owly01 (talk) 06:22, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

Do you want to write it in the Latin script or in the Balinese script or both? Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 14:16, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

I think for now Latin script is okay. However, it would be better if we can enable both for future contributions. Thanks ID Owly01 (talk) 00:57, 14 April 2025 (UTC)