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WikEd is a full-featured MediaWiki-integrated text editor. It adds enhanced text processing functions, such as highlighting the WikiIslam syntax, so editors are able to focus more easily on the text itself. To turn this feature on, translators should go to "Preferences", click on the "Gadgets" tab, then check mark "WikEd".
WikEd is a full-featured MediaWiki-integrated text editor. It adds enhanced text processing functions, such as highlighting the WikiIslam syntax, so editors are able to focus more easily on the text itself. To turn this feature on, translators should go to "Preferences", click on the "Gadgets" tab, then check mark "WikEd".
====Retaining Wiki Formatting====
When translating articles, all of the [[WikiIslam:Formatting|wiki formatting]] should be retained, for example <nowiki><</nowiki>ref>, <nowiki><</nowiki>br> or <nowiki><</nowiki>BR> (translators may find WikEd useful in this regard).
Blue-colored English-language links can also be retained unless translations for those same links are already available. Blue-colored links should never be replaced by red-colored links to pages that do not exist.
====References and Footnotes====
References and footnotes are found between <nowiki><</nowiki>ref> and <nowiki><</nowiki>/ref> tags. English-language references to English-language books, websites, etc., may be left untranslated but any explanatory notes or quotes taken from these sources and provided as footnotes should be translated.


====Steps for a Translation====
====Steps for a Translation====
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# 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.
# 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.
# 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.
# 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.
# You can now start your translation. Delete the English text as you go, but retain the blue-colored English-language links unless translations for those same links are already available (do not create red-colored links to pages that do not exist). You can also keep another window open which has the original article in a regular view (non-editable).
# 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).
# After you are done, you can preview or save the page.  
# After you are done, you can preview or save the page.  
# To find what you have been working on, click the 'My contributions' link at the top right.
# To find what you have been working on, click the 'My contributions' link at the top right.
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====Activities Beyond the Initial Translation====
====Activities Beyond the Initial Translation====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Source text
! Translated text
! Notes
|-
| Women
| X
| Suppose X is the translation of Women. For plain text, write the output in plain text (as expected).
|-
| <nowiki>[[</nowiki>Women]]
| X (or) [[Women<nowiki>|</nowiki>X]]
| This is a link to an English article (or redirect). Suppose X is the translation of Women. You can remove the brackets and just write X, or write [[Women<nowiki>|</nowiki>X]]
|-
| <ref<nowiki>></nowiki> This is a plain text reference</ref>
| <ref<nowiki>></nowiki> (translate into your language)</ref>
| This is a plain text reference. Leave the ref tags intact and translate the rest.
|-
| <ref<nowiki>></nowiki> [http://wikiislam.net This is a reference with a link]</ref>
| <ref<nowiki>></nowiki> (leave code format intact; translate the rest)</ref>
| This is a reference with a link. Maintain the code formatting for the reference and link and translate the rest
|-
| [[Category<nowiki>:</nowiki>Women]]
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| This is a category.
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| {{Template<nowiki>:</nowiki>Muslim Statistics}} or {{Template<nowiki>:</nowiki>Muslim Statistics}}
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| This is a template.
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| Quote
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| Quote with reference
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| Quote with linked reference
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| Section Heading
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| Images
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| Bold and Italics text
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| Quran and hadith templates
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| {{main<nowiki>|</nowiki>Allah}}
| (remove this text)
| This is a link in a sub-section. Unless that link exists in your language, you can remove this text.
|}
Anything like <nowiki><</nowiki>code> should be left unchanged, for example <nowiki><</nowiki>ref>, <nowiki><</nowiki>br> (or <nowiki><</nowiki>BR>).


==See Also==
==See Also==


*[[WikiIslam:Translations]]
*[[WikiIslam:Translations]]
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