Hi guys,
it's been a year since my last call (below) for updating translations.
Unless anyone objects, I propose, that all translation pages are
eligible for removal if they have not been properly updated within
two weeks since the original page was updated.
TiNDCs are an exception, they are not live content, and they should
be up-to-date anyway, by definition.
mwk already did some good job on removing outdated pages.
The most recent translation update is for the FrontPage more than a
month ago for Spanish, and the page is syntactically broken.
Notice, that all translations of FrontPage would be in danger
right now.
Pages I propose for removal right now:
http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/UbuntuPackages-es
http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/GentooEbuilds-es
http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/InstallNouveau-es
http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/FeatureMatrix-fr
http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/REnouveauDumps-de
http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/CodeNames-fr
http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/InThePress-fr
There are others, but those are the ones I found easily.
This may sound harsh, but is it any good to have a translation,
which has a disclaimer "check the English page first to see if this
is outdated"? Or in most cases, does not have the disclaimer and
is badly out of date.
On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 22:21:11 +0200
Pekka Paalanen <pq at iki.fi> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> it seems that the translations in the Nouveau wiki have been
> rotting for some time. Many translated pages even have a note
> saying they are not up to date, which makes me think they are not
> going to be updated anymore at all.
>
> I am planning to remove all translation links from FrontPage and
> FAQ. I will not remove the pages themselves. If someone wants to
> come back and actually maintain a translation, please do so. You
> can then add the proper links back.
>
> For MmioTrace I have already done this.
>
> I may do this for more pages, when I find them, unless the
> translation appears maintained.
>
> Let me know of any objections. The CC's contain the addresses
> from the Translation_Team page.
>
> The latest updates to *any* translated pages are:
> - FeatureMatrix-fr, 3 months ago
> - FrontPage-ru, MmioTraceHowto-ru, 5 months ago
> - IrcChatLogs-fr, 5 months ago
> - FrontPage-fr 6 months ago
>
> The fact, that we have not noticed anyone being yet mislead by the
> outdated translations IMHO suggest that they are not really
> needed. Are there other opinions?
>
> Translators, please subscribe to the pages you translate from, so
> you are notified about changes.
>
>
> Thanks.
--
Pekka Paalanen
http://www.iki.fi/pq/
