Wikidata:Project chat: Difference between revisions

::The language code “no” is a meta-language for Norwegian, and is used as prefix at nowiki due to historical reasons. The correct code would be “nb”, that is Norwegian Bokmål, which is also used for the unofficial Norwegian Riksmål. Nnwiki, the other project in Norwegian has language code “nn”, and covers Norwegian Nynorsk and the unofficial Norwegian Høgnorsk. People at nowiki and nnwiki can't agree on how to interpret the “no” code, and that makes it slightly difficult to do necessary cleanup. One problem is the browser, when it is set to “no” does it mean “nb” or “nn”? Should the s/he be asked to create articles for nowiki or nnwiki? And so forth. The fierce fighting between the language communities does not make the problem simpler, not forgetting that some users have some really strange ideas how this should work, and some claim the projects will disintegrate into thin air if anyone consider cleaning up the mess.

::I believe the correct interpretation is that a meta-language is the set of all specific languages within the group, and for “no” they are “nb” and “nn”. The meta-language itself has no written variant, so users should not be asked to add strings with this code. It is although possible to imagine a system where identical strings (names for example) can be given a meta-language, and then reused for all languages within the group. Sounds nice, but the description would often diverge, and the label-description pair forms the signature of the item (unless it is changed – haven't checked).

 

== Integration of {{Q|36948990}}'s country/subject archives metadata ==