WikiIslam:Instructions for Translators: Difference between revisions

You have decided you want to help translate articles for us in another language. This page will tell you all the steps you need to know and solutions to issues you may face.

Once you translate one article, others will become very easy because you will know what to do.

Steps

1. Login or create account: Unless you are okay with having your IP address recorded in page histories, the first step for you would be to create an account . If you already have an account, you can login. When you are logged in, you will see your username at the top left of every page with various user specific links like My talk, Preferences and so on.
2. Go to Help:Contents. Translate the title of your chosen article and type that into the "Create Page" box. If any of these characters exist in the title, avoid using them: brackets, commas, colons, semi-colons etc. These can be added into the title later by using {{page_title|Desired page title}}.
3. After clicking "Create page" you will see a blank page.
4. Open another window. Then go to your chosen article and click the 'Edit' button. You will now see the text and all the wiki-formatting of the target article.
5. Copy and paste the entire thing into the new page you created. In Windows, Select all text and then CTRL-C; CTRL-V to paste.
6. You can now start your translation. Delete the English text as you go. You can also keep another window open which has the original article in a regular view (non-editable).
7. After you are done, you can preview or save the page. To make sure you don't lose your work, please see the "Saving your Work" section on the Help page. You can also simply 'copy' all the text. You can also do intermediate saves if you have to interrupt your work, or if it's a long page.
8. To find what you have been working on, click the 'My contributions' link at the top right.