Errors when importign/exporting a po file

CLOSED This issue is closed by Nemo_bis

Fixed: phabricator:T151585

I was trying to translate into gd here:

https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:Translate&task=export-as-po&group=core

And instead of a list of strings, I get an error message:

"Auto-locks the wiki database if the sysops are all inactive for some time"

I don't even know wha a sysop is - please fix it for us?

I will be offline for a few weeks, but you can contact User:Akerbeltz if you have any questions.

Thanks!

Were you really trying to export a PO file? If so, the place is now Special:ExportTranslations (maybe the redirects should be handled). If you only want to translate MediaWiki core, go to Special:Translate/core.

Yes. I sometimes get confused with the different entry links - I sometimes translate online and sometimes offline.

The online translation is working, but my last offline edit that I uploaded about 2 months ago (multiple tries) is still not there.

There must be something wrong with the upload mechanism. I used https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:ImportTranslations to upload the file GunChleoc was working on (I didn't get any message about inactive sysops) and it tells me that

Imported: MediaWiki:Zip-unsupported/gd
Imported: MediaWiki:Emailuserfooter/gd
Imported: MediaWiki:Reverted/gd
Imported: MediaWiki:Rcpatroldisabled/gd
Imported: MediaWiki:Rcpatroldisabledtext/gd
Imported: MediaWiki:Confirmemail text/gd
Imported: MediaWiki:Confirmemail oncreate/gd
Imported: MediaWiki:Confirmemail body/gd
Imported: MediaWiki:Confirmemail body changed/gd
Imported: MediaWiki:Confirmemail body set/gd
Import complete!

but when I spot check the translations (for example for the translation of Bot passwords are disabled), they're not there.

How long ago did you download the po file that you worked on? It's suggested that you download a file, work on it and reupload it in few days, to avoid conflicts and other problems.