Support multiple language versions of same page
in progress
Marcel Vroon
Related articles in different languages is necessary to keep a manageable wiki with many articles.
In addition, flagging an article after it has been modified is of added value. The flag is a notification that will change the related articles in other languages.
An audit trail is also desirable, who and when was an adjustment made?
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Daniel Drake
Following on from my previous comment. I now found that there's a MediaWiki extension where they have addressed this problem in depth:
For multilingual pages they break it down into paragraphs and then give translators a paragraph-by-paragraph interface where they can translate, with the original version shown side-by-side with your translation work. They show % completion of translations of each page, alert you to which page translations are out of date, and for out-of-date translations they even highlight which specific paragraph is the one that needs updating. Very cool.
Where this falls down (in my opinion) is that they automatically sprinkle awkward looking tags into the wiki page source (e.g. <!--T:1-->) and then they have a series of rules about what you can/can't/mustn't do with those tags as you proceed to make further edits. If you slip up there, the translation UI gets really confused. In my opinion this is a significant degradation of the editing/contributing experience and I was hoping not to compromise there.
In fact, we're interested in Wiki.js primarily because the editing/contributing experience is so well done. I'd love to see any further improvements made in Wiki.js multilingual page support that do not detract from this. :)
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Daniel Drake
While looking for multilingual-capable wikis I came across Wiki.js for the first time. Looks very well done and there is indeed functionality to create multiple language versions of the same page. Thanks!
One extension of this feature that I'd love to see (and have yet to find in any wiki software) is something that records that if I submit an Spanish translation for page A, the wiki records internally that my translation is a translation of page A English version at revision 1.
Then, if someone later comes along and updates the english version with new content, submitting it as revision 2, then the wiki realises that the Spanish translation is probably out of date, and it flags this to the translators.
Nicolas Giard
You can now create and switch between multiple language versions of the same page in 2.0.0-beta.203. The ability to link pages with completely different paths will come in a future build.
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Shankar
Would like to check roughly when this multi language will support?
Dan Dascalescu
Nicolas Giard
in progress
jack-edwards
I am using Wiki.js to provide end-user documentation for my company's software. I was asked to find a way to show documentation for multiple versions of the software.
Would that be a different feature request, or will that be bundled in this request?
Nicolas Giard
planned
Johnny Shields
I heard on Gitter that some thing like this was planned for v2.0. Core requirement to get my company on Wiki.js.
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