Localizing
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[edit] What is Localizing?
This article refers to what it means to localize an article on the Baltimore Collective website. One could also call this a process of Baltimorizing. For example, phrases like the Harbor, the Bay, the Birds, the Avenue, or the Washington Monument have specific meanings, locally. Please feel free to leave comments and suggestions on the discussion page.
[edit] Localisation according to FOLDOC
The Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing:
< programming > (l10n) Adapting a product to meet the language, cultural and other requirements of a specific target market locale.
Localisation includes the translation of the user interface, on-line help and documentation, and ensuring the images and concepts are culturally appropriate and sensitive. There may be subtle cross-cultural considerations, e.g. do the icons make sense in other parts of the world?
The abbreviation l10n means L - 10 letters - N.
(1999-06-09)
- http://foldoc.org/index.cgi?localisation (excerpted Feb08)
One way of adding content to the BaltoCo website is to import an article from another wiki (such as Wikipedia. When this occurs, there are a few errors that will happen when the imported article is viewed on the BaltoCo site:
[edit] Broken Links
- Broken links to other articles on the site imported from. For example, an article on Edgar Allan Poe that exists on the Wikipedia website might link to another Wikipedia-specific article, such as The Raven, or tintinnabulation. When imported to the BaltoCo site, these hyper-links (which were local to Wikipedia) will not work, and will appear red in the article (red links indicate that there isn't an article with that name). In this situation, a user may do one of two things:
- Delete the brackets [[ ]] that make the encased text a link, OR...
- Click on the red link and create an article about that subject.
[edit] Images Not Showing
- Broken links to images/Images not showing. This is similar to the previous error of broken links, but in this case, it means that the source that is linked is an image file that existed on the wiki the article was imported from. There are three options here:
- Upload the image from the other site (IF COPYRIGHT LAW ALLOWS).
- Provide a similar image created by you and change the link info to point to the new image.
- Delete the link to the image entirely.
[edit] Broken Templates or Extensions
- Broken links to templates or extensions. This occurs when the imported article uses templates and extensions that existed on the site that the article was imported from. There are a few options here:
- Delete the template/extension relevant code/text.
- Contact an experienced user or admin and request that come up with a solution.
[edit] Notice
Please add to and edit this help page as you see fit. If you have comments or criticism about it's content, please use the discussion page to share your opinion (Click on the discussion tab at the top of this page).
Mike 13:01, 14 February 2008 (EST)
