Notes from the Polyglots Chats on July 12

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/ Stats

Releases: 169 (±0) locale, 58 (+1) up to date, 0 (±0) behind by minor versions, 37 (-1) behind by one major version, 14 (±0) behind more than one major version, 51 (±0) have site but never released, 9 (±0) have no site.
Translations: 169 (±0) total, 46 (+2) at 100%, 26 (-2) over 95%, 2 (±0) over 90%, 29 (±0) over 50%, 58 (±0) below 50%, 105 (±0) have a language pack generated, 8 (±0) have no project.

Requests: There are 51 unresolved editor requests out of 887 (+6) total and 11 unresolved locale requests out of 57 (+2) total.

Translators: There are 503 (-1) GTEGeneral Translation Editor A General Translation Editor (often referred to as GTE) is a person, who has global access to validate strings on all projects for a specific locale., 1 682 (+12) PTEProject Translation Editor A Project Translation Editor (often referred to as PTE) is a person, who has access to validate strings on a specific project (for example BuddyPress, WooCommerce or Twenty Fourteen) for one specific locale. A project translation editor can approve strings that are added by translation contributors. Per project translation, editors are appointed by a general translation editor after a request by the project author or by the contributors themselves. and 14 284 (+86) translation contributors.
(A wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ account could have multiple roles over different locale)

Site language: 49,969% (+0,019%) of WordPress sites are running a translated WordPress site.

Editor Requests

• There are 51 unresolved editor requests
• GTEs are requested to check https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/tag/LOCALE/?resolved=unresolved (change LOCALE to your locale code)
• To be notified, check https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/frequently-asked-questions/#how-can-i-get-notified-if-somebody-mentions-the-name-of-my-plugin-theme-or-locale

New support theme

• The new theme will soon be deployed for all https://LOCALE.wordpress.org/support/
• Based on https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2017/03/02/bringing-the-new-support-theme-to-rosetta-sites/
• To have the full experience before the switch (proposal Fri July 21), make sure that both https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/meta/forums and https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/bbpress are translated
• You can test the new theme by adding a parameter: https://LOCALE.wordpress.org/support/?new-theme=1
• For any issues, open a tracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. ticket on https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/
• Note: You do not have to to create forums for your locale, you can continue to use the international forums if you like

GlotPressGlotPress GlotPress is the translation management software that powers Translate.WordPress.org. More information is available at glotpress.org. next release

• The proposal for next release has been published: https://glotpress.blog/2017/07/11/proposal-for-the-next-release-of-glotpress/
• https://glotpress.blog/2017/07/12/glotpress-and-locale-variants/ is also very interesting read. Please contribute to the GitHub issue for any thought on the locale variants
• Not all localesLocale 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/ are so close as thought initially (like pt_BR to pt_PT)

GWTD 3

• Weekly meeting and all subchannels on http://wptranslationday.slack.com/
• A recap will be given in the weekly Polyglots meeting on the organization and a post will be published here on make/polyglots
• Main items for this week’s meeting are the Date and the review of the Teams

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