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BABYLON
the Wikimedia translators' portal/noticeboard

Babylon is the Meta translations portal and noticeboard. For general discussions about translations see the talk page.

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Getting started

Communications

Babylon talk page
If you have questions, doubts, proposals and anything else about translations you want to ask, write at this page.
Translators mailing list
The official Wikimedia translators' mailing list. Sign up!
#wikimedia-translation ^connect
The official translator's IRC channel. Visit us when you need help, just want to chat, or for updates on new requests!
Translators newsletter
Alternative to the mailing list, with on-wiki newsletter that will send you a notification.

Translation requests

Automagical page listing all translation requests on Meta-Wiki with the new system (see Translate extension help).

Direct links:

How to request a translation
CentralNotice – sitewide banner which is translated on Meta
MediaWiki localization (on the translatewiki.net site)

Sign up to be a translator

It is now easy to sign up as a translator to receive notifications when there is new material that needs translation into your language.
Just go to this page to sign up:
Special:TranslatorSignup
On the same page you can also unsubscribe.
Add yourself to the list of the currently active tech translators.

Translations issues on Wikimedia projects

Translation of the week

Translation of the week here on Meta-Wiki is a project to add articles to Wikipedias where they do not exist by translating them.

WikiProject Translation on Wikisource

An initiative to coordinate between various Wikisource language wikis in the gathering of old translations and the creation of new ones for source texts that have never been translated or have only copyrighted translations et cetera. Hosted on English Wikisource.

About localisation

Information about localisation for both translators and developers can be found on the localisation page on MediaWiki.org.

You can read some useful tips on Amir’s blog.

Long-term translation strategy

You can read and discuss ideas about how to work with translations on the Translation strategy page.

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Basic information

Policies, resources, Meta site information

Meta

Info	About News List of projects Research index Wikimedia Resource Center Program coordinators Contributors Developers
Help	Help Help Contents Readers Editors Researchers Help Forum Request help from admins

Wikimedia

Policies	Wikimedia Movement Mission statement Values Principles Foundation Policies Privacy Stewards New projects
Foundation	Foundation Wiki Policies Bylaws Foundation website News Advocacy Annual plan, 2021-2022

Groups,
forums

Site forums	List of forums "Forum," re WMF "Babel," re Meta website "Babylon," re translations Help Forum "Cafe"
Services	Ask a question Requests and proposals Dispute resolution Embassy for multi-languages
Groups	Mailing lists "Connect" page, re external groups Volunteers network

WMF projects

General	Projects: Sustainability Strategy Governance Team Newsletter FAQ Termbase Projects Network Committees Ongoing: WMF "Growth" Team
Closed	Communications insights, 2020 Movement Organizers About Assets Team Community Capacity Research Leadership Development 2016 values discussion

Organization and governance

Movement
strategy

Main pages	Movement Strategy Updates Initiatives Grants About Recommendations Principles Meetings: Hubs June 2022 Telegram groups: Main Hubs
Forums	Forum site Topical area for hubs equity Pilot Hubs thread Forum goals

Wikimedia

Main	Budget Annual Plan Tuning sessions Check-ins 2021 WMF Resolutions Board of Trustees Noticeboard Affiliate Board seats Board elections
Current [2020s]	2022 Annual plan draft Goals Two-way planning Your input Video of Trustees' Zoom call, April 2022
Committees	Overview of elections Affiliations Committee Arbitration Committee Elections Elections committee Communications committee Community Affairs Committee Language committee
Governance	Stewards Elections Admins Community: Community Wishlist Survey Portal to affiliates data

Grants,
resources

Grants	Grants overview Community Review process Alliances Timeline 2022-23 Research FAQ Proposals Open access policy Informational: Regions Committees Team
Knowledge	Knowledge Sharing Peer Learning Participate Calendar Skills directory Resources Team Report Guides and forms Content Campaigns
WMF Funds	WMF Funds Conference & Event Grants Guidelines Apply Rapid Apply Report Browse applications Reports
Closed	Funds Dissemination Cmte Annual plan grants Proposals Reports Strategy relaunch, 2020-2021 FAQ Get involved Effects Regional Candidate groups

Community groups, events, meetings

Collaborations

General	Growing Wikimedia Community

Affiliates

Networks, info, portals	Affiliates page Thematic organizations Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network About reports Talk page
Chapters	Wikimedia chapters Meetup List of all meetup pages Chapters Portal Local groups: USA NYC Central and Eastern Europe - CEE

Events

Lists of events	"Events" page "Goings-on" page Specific conferences: Wikimania CEE Annual meeting

Movement forums, external platforms, other sites

Communication

Platforms/apps	List of all platforms Telegram Discord IRC FAQ Noticeboard

WMF sites

Overviews	FULL LIST By size Wikipedia Wikipedians Wikiversity Humanities Incubator About Wiktionary Welcome Wikibooks Intro Catalog Featured Wikisource Introduction Wikidata Introduction WM Commons Welcome MediaWiki Sites using Mediawiki Wikivoyage FAQ New sites: Wikifunctions Linking: How to link to other wiki sites Interwiki map
Lists	List of Wikipedias By country By language By writing systems used List of wikiversity communities
Resources	All projects noticeboards Technical specific spaces Non-technical spaces language- and project-specific subpages (e.g., all Wikisources).