Agenda: Weekly Polyglots Chat – April 3, 2019

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Here’s the agenda for the chats this week. If you have anything you’d like to add, please leave a comment.

Weekly 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
WordPress 5.2 BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 1 (roadmap)
WordPress Translation Day 4 updates
HelpHub i18nInternationalization Internationalization (sometimes shortened to I18N , meaning “I - eighteen letters -N”) is the process of planning and implementing products and services so that they can easily be adapted to specific local languages and cultures, a process called localization. This is the process of making software translatable. Information about Internationalization for developers can be found in the Developer’s handbooks. Meeting Notes, feedback needed
WordCamp Asia Proposal
Minimum PHP Version update
- Readme change (ref 1, ref 2)
- Resources for translation/localizationLocalization Localization (sometimes shortened to "l10n") is the process of adapting a product or service to a particular language, culture, and desired local "look-and-feel."
  - ServeHappy Resources
  - Update PHP support page

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Wednesday, April 3, 2019, 6:00 AM GMT in #polyglots

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Naoko Takano 6:35 am on April 3, 2019
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Slack archive

Host: @tokyobiyori
Notetaker: @nao
Attendees: @kartiks16 @ronakganatra @presskopp @garrett-eclipse @immeet94 @atachibana @takashi9

Weekly 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: 201 (±0) locale, 44 (±0) up to date, 7 (±0) behind by minor versions, 16 (±0) behind by one major version, 51 (±0) behind more than one major version, 75 (±0) have site but never released, 8 (±0) have no site.
Translations: 201 (±0) total, 49 (+1) at 100%, 21 (±0) over 95%, 8 (-1) over 90%, 33 (±0) over 50%, 78 (±0) below 50%, 116 (±0) have a language pack generated, 12 (±0) have no project.

Requests: There are 189 unresolved editor requests out of 2 398 (+14) total and 1 unresolved locale requests out of 106 (±0) total.

Translators: There are 606 (±0) 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., 3 045 (+7) 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 31 952 (+191) 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: 52,885% (+0,010%) of WordPress sites are running a translated WordPress site.

WordPress 5.2 BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 1
- Roadmap (Target date for release of WordPress 5.2 is April 30, 2019)
- Watch for Readme change (PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. http://php.net/manual/en/intro-whatis.php. version requirement)
WordPress Translation Day 4 updates
- Session slots are still available so please consider applying.
- Shares, likes, follows for the social media accounts are also appreciated. Links are in the footer of https://wptranslationday.org
HelpHub i18nInternationalization Internationalization (sometimes shortened to I18N , meaning “I - eighteen letters -N”) is the process of planning and implementing products and services so that they can easily be adapted to specific local languages and cultures, a process called localization. This is the process of making software translatable. Information about Internationalization for developers can be found in the Developer’s handbooks. Meeting Notes

Leave a comment to this post and/or join the #metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress.-helphub SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel

WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Asia Proposal
- Proposal post
- get involved via Slack: http://wpasia.slack.com/
Minimum PHP Version update
- Blog post
- Hosting specific PHP upgrade tutorials– currently available in German, Spanish, French, Japanese and Thai. Other 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//countries that has local services with PHP upgrade instruction can create a new page and contribute.
- https://wordpress.org/support/update-php/ can be translated for your rosettaRosetta The code name of the theme for the local WordPress sites (eg. bg.wordpress.org is a “Rosetta” site). All locale specific WordPress sites are referred to as “Rosetta sites.” The name was inspired from the ancient Rosetta Stone, which contained more or less the same text in three different languages. site on https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/meta/forums/ (search for “update-php” in the filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output.)

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