Last modified: 2014-03-18 22:32:04 UTC
Automated news translation There have been several discussions about implementing machine assisted translation tools on Wikipedia. Wikinews would strongly benefit from this too, because it would make reporting more cost effective by bringing the total number of stories generated to a higher number. Most projects have their own review process before publishing and their own local style guides. Some of the localization information is available on English Wikinews. There is no preference for the technical backend of how automated news translation is done, nor any specific requirements for the amount of human assistance needed to insure article publication. The community is willing to discuss any potential experiments in implementation. Laura Hale and pi zero, both on the provisional board of The Wikinewsie Group would be keen to act as mentors for how to implement this from a community perspective. Some limited technical assistance may be available. The tool may also be useful for educational outreach programs and some Commons uploading activities. URL:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects#Automated_news_translation
This proposal has been listed at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects and we are filing a report to gather community feedback and share updates.
Related project: [[mw:Content translation]] Considering that the project above is one of the current focus areas of the WMF Language team, and considering that such feature is being developed for MediaWiki in general and not only for a specific project, I think we could resolve this project proposal as WONTFIX, and remove it from https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects#Automated_news_translation What do you think?
The contributors that proposed this project are missing. I agree the project is complex and unclear. Resolving as WONTFIX to avoid confusion among potential candidates. I have removed the corresponding entry at [[mw:Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects]]. If someone wants to restart this project idea, please bring the proposal back to the wiki page, and let's discuss there.
