Dutch translation wiki main page

[Pasi Lallinaho]

On 04/02/14 13:59, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote:
> Hi,
> On the wiki main page, perhaps under  the line "Scroll down to find
> the list of the major topics in this wiki.", I would like to add the
> following link:
>
> <<BR>> For the Dutch translation of this page, go to
> [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/gebruikersdocumentatie|Gebruikersdocumentatie]]
>
> Am I allowed to do that? I have already given it a try without saving
> the page. There is still a problem; the color of the link is almost
> the same as the background color. I do not know how I can change the
> font color of the hyperlink.
>
> Hannie
>

Hey Hannie,

there is no way to change the link color in the wiki. That's why that
box doesn't have links to begin with.

Since we might have more translations, I don't think the place you
proposed is sustainable. The link shouldn't be too obtrusive for those
who can read English (which you need to know at least some to be able to
read most of the articles in the wiki anyway). I would say a place under
the "More resources" heading would be more appropriate for linking
language versions.

Moreover, I think the biggest benefit of translated homepages is when
the wiki is linked from another site. For that, you don't need a link in
the main page.

Ultimately, if the new page efficiently replaces the old translation
[1], I would copy the content of the new page over the old one (and
removing the new one) to keep existing links from other sites
up-to-date. (I imagine the new translated front page doesn't have *too*
many hits yet.)

What do others think?

Cheers,
Pasi

[1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UserDocumentationNL

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