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Re: Your Response to My Query [on 07:23, 25 May 2025 (UTC)]

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Hello there,

Sorry if I do not know id this is the appropriate place to respond to you. If it isn't-my apologies! I find Wikeepedia's rules too challenging/complex & time consuming for me to delve into; understand; learn; memorize [I am a 24/7 caregiver of my handicap wheelchaie bound partner which presents a real energy & time-consuming challenge for me to manage in a manner which would allow me the luxury of doing the aforesaid.

Regarding Wikepedia's availability in other languages. I appreciate learning from you the fact that this option exists for people who wish to access articles non-existant in a certain given language but are in another language. Yet, it does NOT contradict my point of the geographicl category some languages seem to be misplaced in. But, moe importantly: you seem to ignore or, overlook the other possible aspect of some people needing/wanting or wishing to read the article in a language OTHER than English [as, you are claiming that: most people access/read articles in English]. What about peole who do NOT speak English & need/require reading the article in their own [respective native] language? Isn't that also a determining factor [if NOT: shouldn't it also an important determining factor in offering Wikepedia in other languages...?

AK63 (talk) 11:32, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@AK63: Just for context, I am an advocate of facilities within wp which help to make readers aware that a particular article exists in other languages than English, particularly when there is no English-language version of the article (as well as in the specific case when the other "language" is the "simple English" language at simple.wikipedia.org). To this end, I will often make edits which consist of adding interlanguage links.
You appear to be making a point that I have claimed that most people read articles in English, and if I have made such a point, then the context for my claim is that among people using English WP, one thing they would tend to have in common is a preference for reading English in comparison with any other language.
Now where it appears that you go awry in your logic is that "enwiki" editors ought to be concerned that some people will want to read a particular article in (for example) French. I am not sure whether you intend to suggest that enwiki editors ought to arrange for French language versions of some given article of interest to be translated to French, or alternatively, that enwiki editors ought to go on to frwiki and insert interlanguage links to enwiki articles that do not exist on frwiki.
Certainly, one can do this and thereby improve frwiki, but there are two errors on point: First, as primarily an enwiki user, I don't view a lot of frwiki articles, and hence, am quite a bit less likely to encounter this situation. Secondarily, every different language version of wikipedia has its own rules. German wikipedia seems to discourage editing by "casual" users. Also, the conventions for editing wiki differ across languages. While I do make the occasional edit on non-enwiki sites, it is time-consuming and more problematic, by comparison. In any case, be aware that editing Wiki is not a "business" ... one edits wiki presumably for the satisfaction of the possibility of improving the world, and I am likely to be more productive at doing that by editing in a language where I have the greater level of competence than spending my time editing in languages that I have less (typically, far less) competence in (but thank goodness for machine translation). Fabrickator (talk) 14:06, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Adding intelinking is screwing up film titles

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The interlinking you're adding to List of LGBTQ-related films directed by women is screwing up how some titles display on the page. (a) English-language translations are not a part of original foreign language titles. (b) Years of film release do not appear along with the titles. If you cannot make these edits without screwing up how the titles display on the page, then please stop making them. The list was doing well before you came along. You are creating work for editors who have to clean up after you. Pyxis Solitary (yak). ⚢ 03:05, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Pyxis Solitary: I apologize for any errors or other oversights in my addition of interlanguge links. I don't think any of us claim to be perfect, and one of the intricacies is it is sometimes necessary to add the "lt=" parameter to get the desired title to be displayed. Of course I should be diligent, but I try to contribute nevertheless. When there's not a regular English-language article available, interlanguage links can fill the gap. I'm pretty attentive to my messages so just let me know if you see that I have messed up. Fabrickator (talk) 04:04, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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