Title: Notes from the Polyglots chats on November 30 Author: Pascal Casier Published: December 2, 2016 Last modified: June 2, 2020 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/casiepa/) [Pascal Casier](https://profiles.wordpress.org/casiepa/) 8:29 am _on_ December 2, 2016 Tags: [weekly meeting notes ( 122 )](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/tag/weekly-meeting-notes/), [weekly meetings ( 480 )](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/tag/weekly-meetings/) # Notes from the Polyglots chats on November 30 ## LocaleLocale Locale = language version, often a combination of a language code and a region code, for instance es_MX denotes Spanish as it’s used in Mexico. A list of all locales supported by WordPress in 󠀁[https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/)󠁿 stats Below stats are dated 2016-11-30 compared to 2016-11-23 (differences between brackets) **Releases**: 164 (±0) locale, 74 (+1) up to date, 0 (±0) behind by minor versions, 5 (±0) behind by one major version, 16 (-1) behind more than one major version, 60 (-1) have site but never released, 9 (+1) have no site. **Translations**: 164( ±0) total, 27 (+27) at 100%, 14 (-17) over 95%, 13 (-5) over 90%, 46 (-6) over 50%, 57 (+1) below 50%, 83 (+1) have a language pack generated, 7 (±0) have no project. **Requests**: There are 26 unresolved editor requests out of 510 (+17) total and 8 unresolved locale requests out of 35 (±0) total. **Site language**: 51,891% (-0,078%) of the WordPress sites are running in en_US( English (US)). ## Tech update * The teams page on [https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/) is now fully operational again. ## WordPress 4.7 release * We are in soft string freezeString freeze The term "string freeze" is used by the core team to mark the end of changes to the strings of an upcoming release. A string freeze also means that there will be no more strings added to the core project. Sometimes a string freeze has two phases a [soft freeze](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/glossary/#soft-freeze) and a [hard freeze](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/glossary/#hard-freeze). A string freeze is announced on the [Polyglots blog](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots) by the current release lead.. All translators are kindly requested to focus on the remaining stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. to get all locale to 100% * No news on the subtitles for the video * Release deadline of 6-Dec seems to be maintained. ## Open Discussion * [@swissspidy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/swissspidy/) has posted the outcome of his research on preferred languages https://make.wordpress.org/core/2016/11/ 25/preferred-languages-research/ . If you know any software not on the list and can add info or practical use on the UX, please do so. * Pages like [https://sq.wordpress.org/plugins/about/](https://sq.wordpress.org/plugins/about/) are English only. 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