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= Wiki use =
 
= Wiki use =
  
* The goal is ease of use and editing, not perfection. E.g. it is OK if languages are mixed.
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* For multiple languages we use the Polyglot extension. For instance the English version of the page on energy saving is https://embargo.energy/index.php/Saving, its German counterpart is https://embargo.energy/index.php/Saving/de, Ukrainian is  https://embargo.energy/index.php/Saving/uk. That, is the default language is English. To create a new page or language just use "PageName/language" e.g. "Petitions/de" for "Petitions" in German. Then the language links appear automatically.
* The convention is that long link lists are maintained on the English version. You can use [[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Labeled_Section_Transclusion | Labeled Section Transclusion]] to mark these relatively efficiently for just translating headings / translating relatively efficiently. E.g. there are named section in the source code of source code of the English https://embargo.energy/index.php/Saving , which then are referred to by the German page https://embargo.energy/index.php/Saving/de.
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* The goal is ease of use and editing, not perfection. E.g. it is OK if languages are mixed (e.g. a good combination is to start with English summary followed by some local language content)
* The default language is English. To create a new page or language just use "PageName/language" e.g. "Petitions/de" for "Petitions" in German. Then the language links appear automatically.
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* It is suggested to maintain long link lists (even of mixed-language content) preferably in the English version. You can use [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Labeled_Section_Transclusion | Labeled Section Transclusion] to mark these relatively efficiently for just translating headings or other selected parts.  
* To add a new menu bar in a new language, drop mail to hb3141@gmail.com.
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** E.g. there are named sections in the source code of the English https://embargo.energy/index.php/Saving, such for a Section <code>"heating"</code> as <code><nowiki><section begin="heating"/></nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki><section end="heating"/></nowiki></code>.
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*** This section <code>heating</code> is then referred to by the German page https://embargo.energy/index.php/Saving/de as <code><nowiki>{{#lst:Saving|heating}}</nowiki></code>.
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* The navigation bar uses a customized script https://embargo.energy/index.php/MediaWiki:Common.js. To add a new navigation bar in a new language, drop mail to hb3141@gmail.com.
  
 
= Wiki setup =
 
= Wiki setup =
  
 
* Basics see Special:Version https://embargo.energy/index.php/Special:Version
 
* Basics see Special:Version https://embargo.energy/index.php/Special:Version
* Polyglot extension has been installed with fix in Node.js documented in https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:Polyglot
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* Polyglot extension has been installed with fix in Skin.php as documented in https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:Polyglot
* The navigation bar uses customized script https://embargo.energy/index.php/MediaWiki:Common.js
 

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