Weekly update: April 4th, 2018

Stats

These are the polyglots stats of the week + notes from the polyglots chats on April 4th.

*Releases*: 172 (±0) 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/, 3 (-56) up to date, 68 (+57) behind by minor versions, 6 (-1) behind by one major version, 34 (±0) behind more than one major version, 51 (±0) have site but never released, 10 (±0) have no site.

*Translations*: 172 (±0) total, 60 (+6) at 100%, 17 (-5) over 95%, 7 (-1) over 90%, 24 (±0) over 50%, 55 (±0) below 50%, 109 (±0) have a language pack generated, 9 (±0) have no project.

*Requests*: There are 67 unresolved editor requests out of 1 454 (+21) total and 26 unresolved locale requests out of 84 (+2) total.

*Translators*: There are 541 (+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., 2 295 (+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 22 456 (+8035) 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*: 51,760% (+0,017%) of WordPress sites are running a translated WordPress site.

WordPress 4.9.5

WordPress 4.9.5 Security and Maintenance Release

Looks like automatic language packs haven’t kicked in yet, they’re expected to roll out today.

Other topics:

• About page strings – let’s make it a priority project for the next few months – https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/meta/wordpress-org
• Expanding your local translation community – join the discussion https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2018/03/09/do-you-have-tips-to-share-on-growing-your-translation-community/

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