The Language version policy lists the steps necessary to get a Example-language Wikitravel in place.
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The Language version policy lists the steps necessary to get a Hindi Wikitravel in place.
===Gathering a team of users===
===Gathering a team of users===
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*--[[User:Eukesh|Eukesh]] 04:03, 17 March 2007 (EDT)
*--[[User:Eukesh|Eukesh]] 04:03, 17 March 2007 (EDT)
*[[User:Amit|Amit]] 07:28, 19 March 2007 (EDT)
*[[User:Amit|Amit]] 07:28, 19 March 2007 (EDT)
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*[[User:Heemanshoo|Heemanshoo]] 07:39, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
More than 3 users are welcome to sign up, but we need at least 3 to get started.
More than 3 users are welcome to sign up, but we need at least 3 to get started.
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MediaWiki, the software that runs Wikitravel, uses a language interface file to make the links and names and prompts and stuff readable in other languages. We need to customize a new version to work for Hindi Wikitravel.
MediaWiki, the software that runs Wikitravel, uses a language interface file to make the links and names and prompts and stuff readable in other languages. We need to customize a new version to work for Hindi Wikitravel.
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We can collaboratively do this at [[Hindi.php]]. It's started off with the Wikipedia language file, and we can use the English [[en:Wikitravel:Language.php]] file as a reference for things that need to be changed. It's mostly just changing the name of the site (विकिपीडिया ''wikipedia'' --> विकिट्रैवल ''wikitravel''), the name of the license, and the names of some important pages.
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We can collaboratively do this at [[LanguageHi.php]]. It's started off with the Wikipedia language file, and we can use the English [[en:Wikitravel:Language.php]] file as a reference for things that need to be changed. It's mostly just changing the name of the site (विकिपीडिया ''wikipedia'' --> विकिट्रैवल ''wikitravel''), the name of the license, and the names of some important pages.
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==Launch==
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The Hindi wikitravel was launched on March 20, 2007. See [[:hi:]] for more. We still need native Hindi speakers and other members to join, so we'd be grateful if you could spare some of your valuable time to sign up and help out. [[User:Upamanyuwikitravelshared|Upamanyu]] -- <small>[[User_talk:Upamanyuwikitravelshared|Write2me]]</small>
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P.S. Please comment on the progress of hi wikitravel on [[Hindi Wikitravel Report for April 2007]]
Hindi is a language spoken in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Uttaranchal, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. There are over 30 million native speakers worldwide. These travelers would be well-served by a Wikitravel travel guide in their language.
In addition, contributions in Hindi would help the other Wikitravel language versions. Many Hindi-speaking areas are major travel destinations; having locals update information in their native tongue (which could then be translated to other languages) would make for better information in all the Wikitravel guides.
To get this project started, we need at least 3 Hindi-speaking users willing to help start the Hindi Wikitravel. This means helping to translate the interface files, create content on the new Wikitravel, and to create the necessary infrastructure to make Wikitravel welcoming and useful for the next wave of contributors.
If you're interested, please create a user account on this Wikitravel, and sign the list below. To sign, edit this page and just type ~ 4 times, like ~~~~
– cacahuatetalk 03:21, 17 March 2007 (EDT) — my Hindi is very limited, but I'd love to see this get off the ground, and will be happy to help out with some janitorial work once it's launched :)
If there are no objections, Upamanyuwikitravelshared , the person who started this Expedition, has volunteered to act as go-between for this new language.
MediaWiki, the software that runs Wikitravel, uses a language interface file to make the links and names and prompts and stuff readable in other languages. We need to customize a new version to work for Hindi Wikitravel.
We can collaboratively do this at LanguageHi.php. It's started off with the Wikipedia language file, and we can use the English file as a reference for things that need to be changed. It's mostly just changing the name of the site (विकिपीडिया wikipedia --> विकिट्रैवल wikitravel), the name of the license, and the names of some important pages.
The Hindi wikitravel was launched on March 20, 2007. See hi: for more. We still need native Hindi speakers and other members to join, so we'd be grateful if you could spare some of your valuable time to sign up and help out. Upamanyu -- Write2me
