[2024-feb-29] Sad news: Eric Layton aka Nocturnal Slacker aka vtel57 passed away on Feb 26th, shortly after hospitalization. He was one of our Wiki's most prominent admins. He will be missed.
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====== Wiki Tutorial and Guidelines ====== | ====== Wiki Tutorial and Guidelines ====== | ||
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==== In English, Please ==== | ==== In English, Please ==== | ||
- | English is the primary language of the Slackware Documentation Project. This seems only natural since Slackware Linux has an English-only installer and English-only documentation. The admin team wants to prevent this project from getting stuck in [[https:// | + | English is the primary language of the Slackware Documentation Project. This seems only natural since Slackware Linux has an English-only installer and English-only documentation. The admin team wants to prevent this project from getting stuck in [[wp>Confusion_of_tongues|a Babylonian mess]]. |
==== So How Are non-English Contributions Being Handled? ==== | ==== So How Are non-English Contributions Being Handled? ==== | ||
- | That being said, there are many valuable contributors who simply don't want to write a text in a language that is not their native language. We don't want to frustrate all these potential writers, the more so since we count on all of you for making this project happen. After some discussion on the admin list, we found a viable solution for this dilemma. | + | Please check [[slackdocs:translation_guide# |
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- | Here's an example. Let's say you're French, and you wish to contribute a HOWTO about OCR text scanning, in French. | + | |
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- | - Send a message to the '' | + | |
- | - As soon as you find your translator, or an editor picks one for you - which shouldn' | + | |
- | - The translated text gets published first, | + | |
- | - Finally, your original text gets published in the (french) localized section of the site, mentioning you as the author again. | + | |
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