TV-Viewer:Language policy

This page describes the current multi-lingual policy on tv-viewer.sourceforge.net.


 * English is the main reference language, and all root pages should be named and written in English.
 * Other languages should be placed in an appropriately named sub-page of the English version. E.g. the French version of Help:Contents should be at Help:Contents/fr (not Help:Sommaire, Aide:Sommaire or Help:Sommaire/fr).
 * Language sub-pages should be named using the appropriate language code for that language (see below).
 * Sub-pages should only be used for translations into other languages, not for English content (e.g. you shouldn't use  - use   or   instead).
 * If an international version of a page exists but an English version does not, then please create a stub article for the English version as this aids navigation.
 * All pages should be tagged with the  template, which automatically creates links to all available translations.

Language codes
Throughout tv-viewer.sourceforge.net you should use the language codes specified by the MediaWiki software when creating language-specific content (see Names.php for the full and up-to-date list).

Please also bear the following in mind:
 * If the language code is not found in Names.php then we should not host help pages in that language.
 * If you want to add a language that is not present, first get it added to the software and only add pages here once the changes have been accepted.
 * Note that some language codes in Names.php are now deprecated (e.g. zh-yue has been replaced with yue). In these cases only the most recent code should be used.