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Translators' noticeboard

This is a noticeboard for all matters regarding translation of pages, and a meeting place for the translation administrators. Useful links: Documentation for the translation extension, Tutorial for translators. See also the sisterpage m:Meta talk:Babylon. The backlog is at Special:PageTranslation.

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Pages not marked for translation

Could somebody please mark the following pages for translation: Help:Image-Annotator, Commons:File renaming, Commons:Own work, Help:PDF, Commons:Licensing, Commons:Rotation, Commons:Simple media reuse guide. This is so that Category:Commons help is not so cluttered & clogged.

Also could these headers please be marked for translation: Commons:File requests/header, Template:Village pump/Copyright/Header, Template:Village pump/Proposals/Header, Template:Village pump/Technical/Header. This is so that the discussion pages are much easier to keep track of, e.g. for people who don't have the section headers in the sidebar.

Also these pages may need checking, I don't know if they have been set up properly: Commons:İletişim, Commons:الگوهای ایمیل, Викисклад:Шаблоны, Commons:דלפק_העזרה, Commons:ساهم_بأعمالك, Commons:貢獻您自己的作品, Commons:ជំហានដំបូង/បែបបទផ្ទុកឡើង.
Thank you, Prototyperspective (talk) 17:35, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

And also Commons:VicuñaUploader, Commons:Sunflower, Commons:Pattypan, Commons:Commonist, Commons:Command-line upload, Commons:ComeOn!, and Commons:Chunked uploads please to unclog Category:Commons upload. Prototyperspective (talk) 22:28, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

And also Template:YouTube CC-BY/i18n ... the system is inherently dysfunctional. Taylor 49 (talk) 20:11, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

Commons:Translators' noticeboard/header The backlog is at Special:PageTranslation. Taylor 49 (talk) 19:22, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Could somebody please mark the pages linked above for translation? Prototyperspective (talk) 17:53, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

@Prototyperspective: Some were done, and I have done the pending ones. Commons:ComeOn! is not currently in translation. Let me know if there is anything else that I can help with. _signed, Aafi ^(talk) 06:02, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, most of the links still haven't been marked for translation as far as I can see...at least those headers. Prototyperspective (talk) 09:40, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Can the remaining pages please also be marked for translation? If there's something I can do to help speed this up, please let me know, thanks. Prototyperspective (talk) 17:52, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

Please mark these. Prototyperspective (talk) 14:43, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

And also Commons:Guide to layout/Category pages (transcluded to Commons:Guide to layout so maybe that too). Prototyperspective (talk) 13:17, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

And also Commons:Reusing content outside Wikimedia/technical, Commons:derivativeFX, Commons:Copyright tags/Index by source to unclutter the tools category. Prototyperspective (talk) 14:32, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Mark translation for {{GongU Madang-donated/i18n}} and {{PD-North Korea-exempt/i18n}}

Thanks in advance.--Namoroka (talk) 08:14, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

Please also update Commons:Copyright rules by territory/North Korea.--Namoroka (talk) 08:39, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

@Namoroka: done the template, the page would take a little longer for me. I will check it back again but for the sake of clarity, please do not issue numbers like <!--T:41--> on your own. Better if you fix your edit by yourself. _signed, Aafi ^(talk) 00:19, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you. Than't my mistake.--Namoroka (talk) 06:09, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

Commons:Copyright rules by territory/North Korea has not yet been updated.--Namoroka (talk) 01:06, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

I'm still waiting for the marking, thanks in advance!--Namoroka (talk) 10:31, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

As I said in March, I'd be happy to help with this if you cleanup this edit of yours. One: We don't change t-unit marker numbers, and second, we don't issue t-unit marker numbers manually. For example, you changed T:34 to T:4, among others, and issued a bulk of other numbers. I don't know if others TAs around would be willing to clean up this for you. _signed, Aafi ^(talk) 12:39, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

I apologize for the messy edits. I have deleted the T-numbers that I manually added, and kept the original format as much as possible. Special:Diff/1200134649--Namoroka (talk) 14:18, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

See: Commons:Deletion requests/2026/08/10#pt-br

Concern about Portuguese/Portuguese Brasilero made at Deletion requests, went unnoticed EnjoyLightEnjoyTruth (talk) 18:56, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

Please mark ‘Commons:Featured pictures’ for translation

Dear translation admins, I just noticed (thanks to a hint by User:BeatrixBelibaste) that on the page Commons:Featured pictures the complete section ‘Photo techniques’ is not translatable, because the long list of translatable items missed entries for that subheading and the three items below it. I have tried to fix this; I hope I did it correctly. Please check my changes and, if possible, please mark the page for translation so that we can add translations for the section ‘Photo techniques’. Many thanks and all the best, – Aristeas (talk) 14:58, 4 September 2026 (UTC)

 Done Tausheef Hassan Auntu ✉Talk? 17:11, 4 September 2026 (UTC)

Thank you very much, Tausheef Hassan! –Aristeas (talk) 09:23, 5 September 2026 (UTC)

Hello Tausheef Hassan and other translation admins, I have checked Commons:Featured pictures for other missing translatable items and was shocked to find 12 more items which were not translatable yet because the long list of translatable items missed entries for them. Seems that over time people have added more and more items, but forgot about making them translatable. I have tried to fix this; I hope I did it correctly. So now the list should be complete, finally.

Furthermore, I found an important mismatch between the parameter names/numbers for the various kinds of non-photographic media: Commons:Featured pictures used 11a, 11d, 11i etc., but Commons:Featured pictures, list used 13a, 13d, 13i etc. for the same entries. The result was that the items were translated to some languages (e.g., German), but not displayed in translation. We must fix this and match the parameter names/numbers. Because these are all sub-items of 13: ‘Static non-photographic media’, it makes more sense to use the 13a etc. parameter names, therefore I have changed the parameters to 13a, 13i, etc. I was not sure whether I need to remove the existing T-unit marker numbers in this case or not; actually the texts/translations have not changed, just the parameter names, so I have kept the T-numbers.

Sorry for the follow-up, but this should complete the necessary improvements to Commons:Featured pictures. Please check my changes and, if possible, please mark the page for translation so that we can add translations for the missing items. Sorry if I have made any errors. If I should correct anything before (e.g., remove the T-unit marker numbers for 13a etc.), please tell me so. Many thanks and all the best, – Aristeas (talk) 14:29, 5 September 2026 (UTC)

I noticed the issue but was too busy to investigate further. I've marked it for translation. As far as I can tell, your edits have worked properly, but if you see any issue please let me know. Tausheef Hassan Auntu ✉Talk? 15:31, 5 September 2026 (UTC)

Hi Tausheef Hassan, many thanks for your fast help! That’s great, AFAICS all items are translatable now. Also the existing translations for 13a, 13d, 13i which were not used before are now working correctly (visible e.g. in the German version). Of course I did not mean that you should have investigated that issue, I rather meant that I myself (or other FP/FPC regulars) should have noticed it earlier. Anyway, everything looks fine now, many thanks again! – Aristeas (talk) 17:43, 5 September 2026 (UTC)

Happy to help! I have a quick  Question regarding the image captions on COM:FP. Currently, these captions do not use structured data. They are hardcoded manually at COM:Featured pictures, list. Should we look into making these translatable too? I'm just gathering some initial feedback for now. If folks think this is a worthwhile improvement, I'll gladly raise the issue over at Commons talk:Featured pictures, list so we can discuss it in detail. Tausheef Hassan Auntu ✉Talk? 20:58, 10 September 2026 (UTC)

Merge again pt and pt-br

As we have discussed in the past, we do not separate 'pt' and 'pt-br' here, as it would unnecessarily duplicate our effort. For some reason, the Brazilian dialect has reappeared on some pages as a translation option. For example, I was prompted to create the Welcome page. I thought I was updating the 'pt' version, but it was actually the 'pt-br' one.

I requested the deletion of my mistake here: Commons:Deletion requests/All pages in Category:Commons help/pt-br, but the sysop send me this noticeboard, can you guys make the merge again.

Thank you. -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton ^m 00:22, 10 September 2026 (UTC)

@Rodrigo.Argenton

• Looking through the past discussion, it appears the discussion was referring to Commons templates, which would be possible to "merge" together here in Commons.
• However, here you are referring to the "pt" and "pt-br" option in the Translate extension. This is not a Commons feature, but it is configured through MediaWiki, and can only be changed by the WMF developers.
• Just FYI, the setting configuration is located at line 8581 of this page under wgTranslateDisabledTargetLanguages. There you can see the current list of disabled translation languages.

Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 01:49, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

Marking Commons:Criteria for speedy deletion

Hello, I have recently added a change to Commons:Criteria for speedy deletion based on the consensus at Commons:Village pump/Proposals#New criteria for speedy deletion: Newly uploaded and unused raster images identical to existing vector images. Can a translation admin please mark the page for translation? Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 01:26, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

 Done Tausheef Hassan Auntu ✉Talk? 05:27, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Monuments 2026 in Palestine

Hello,

Could you please mark the following page for translation?

Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2026 in Palestine

The page has already been prepared with <translate> tags and <languages/>.

Thank you!-- Batoul84 (talk) 08:57, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

already  Done by علاء Tausheef Hassan Auntu ✉Talk? 06:11, 2 October 2026 (UTC)

Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2026 in Turkey/tr

Could you please mark Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2026 in Turkey/tr for translation? Thank you. Sadrettin (talk) 17:28, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

 Done --Mehman 17:50, 27 September 2026 (UTC)