Translating the Birdstories Wiki

Due to a sudden stop in editing this article or breaks from writing, this article is currently under construction. If you are willing to help the wiki by creating it for everyone (even if it's only a little bit) please go ahead! Review our Birdstories Wiki Editing Guide for further information and advice.

This page is a guide for everyone, but particularly new users, who are willing to help translate articles from the English Birdstories Wiki into other languages. We suggest you **read this entire page before proceeding,** because there are many things you will to do before you start translating. The *Birdstories* community will soon be available in a few languages. We need your help to translate it! Admins of the Birdstories Wiki are free to do this too. The following languages will be translated:

• Spanish • French • Zulu • Norwegian (Nynorsk)

Or, if you're speaking other languages, translate the English Birdstories Wiki into others!

The Norwegian Wiki has been created:

https://fuglebøkene-norske.fandom.com

## Things to consider

There are a few things to consider before you consider translating the English Birdstories Wiki into another language.

* Another language means you'll be creating a new wiki and a community. The translation is not added directly to the English Birdstories Wiki, the two wiki's pages are manually linked together. This means you will be responsible for a whole new community; this means permissions, updates, managing discussions, new characters, trolls, wiki clean-up, etc...
* There are some images on the Birdstories English Wiki and you will need permissions from their owners to upload them one by one on another wiki.

* Translating the pages is a long process since the wiki has many pages and some pages contain a lot of information, so be aware that it will take a lot of time unless you have a few other people willing to help.
* To prepare for the translation, we advise you to have a document with the names of characters, locations, and ceremonies [etc.] in your language beforehand, this will accelerate the process.

In summary:

* Create a new wiki
* Request Shared Images Repository
* Request Interwiki Link
* Request to activate Extensions
* Copy Templates and Modules
* Copy CSS files
* Create language-specific Module files
* Translate language-specific Module files
* Translate the pages
* Add translation link to the other wikis
* Keep new community up to date with future books, characters, locations, items, etc.

## Getting Started

The first thing you will need to do is create a brand new wiki. Head over *Start a new community* and follow the instructions. Make sure there isn't already a Birdstories Wiki in your language before.

The name of the wiki will be at your discretion although some people are used to the English name of the book, while others prefer to name it in their own language.

## Shared Images Repository

Unless you plan on adding all the images yourself (it's your choice), you can link the images from the English wiki to your new community without the need of uploading them one by one. Please be aware that if you skip this step, any images that you take from the English wiki have been added by different people and you should contact them or credit those images before you do. Some vectors or infographics have their owner's credit added to them but most don't. Failure to credit images can lead to the deletion of your community.

In order to connect both communities, you will need to have an agreement between the English Birdstories Wiki and your new community. You can join the English Birdstories Team by writing to a member of the Wiki Staff. Once this is done, head over to FANDOM's Contact Form and select “I don't see an option for my issue‘‘ with the subject of “Enable Shared Images“.

You can use the following template to fill out the [missing information]:

```
Source: https://birdstories.fandom.com/

```

```
Hi, I am an admin of the [your language] Birdstories Wiki (destination). I would like to enable the Shared Images Repository feature for my wiki. [The name of the admin you got permission from], an admin from the Birdstories English Wiki (source) has agreed to sharing their wiki's images.

```

```
Thank you.

```

Or, if you're already an admin of the English wiki, then you can use **this template for administrators:**

```
Hi, I am an admin of the Birdstories English Wiki and the [your language] Birdstories Wiki. Do I have your permission to enable the Shared Images Repository feature?

```

```
Thank you, [your username]

```

*Note: This process will take one or two days, or more depending if whether a FANDOM staff member is available at the time of the request.*

## Activating Extensions

The last request you will need to request is activating **Variables** and **Loops** from FANDOM “https://support.fandom.com/hc/en-us/requests/new (aka Contact Form)“ and select “I don't see an option for my issue“ with the subject of “Enable Extensions.“

**Variables** and **Loops** are the building blocks for the many infobox Templates, providing different dynamic variables, like how much Timestone could fit in Blondie Diamond Softworld's purse or something. These extensions along with Templates and Modules keep information updated and help us avoid copy-pasting repeat information throughout the wiki.

You can use the following message to request those 2 Extensions by filling out the [missing information]

```
Hi, I am requesting to turn on the extensions Variables and Loops for the [your language] Birdstories Wiki located here: [your wiki's URL link].

```

```
Thank you.

```

*Note: This process will take one or two days, or more depending on whether a FANDOM staff member is available at the time of the request.*

## Cascading Style Sheets

CSS or Cascading Style Sheets are used to style your wiki. You can build your own but we suggest copying the English if you want to keep the articles and the format of the pages the same as the English wiki.

These are our Theme Designer settings, which can be accessed via your Admin Dashboard:

## Templates And Modules

Templates and Modules are an intimidating but vital part of the wiki. They may seem challenging to use at first, but they provide us with an easier way to generate notes for stubs and spoilers and create Infoboxes. Copy the content of the following Templates and Modules into your wiki. Be sure to make the terms “Template“ and “Module“ **translated in your language**- the rest of the file name should be kept in **English.**

**Example:** `Template:Stub` copied into the Norwegian wiki becomes `Mal:Stub`.

**Example:** `Module:Dialogue` copied into the Norwegian wiki becomes `Modul:Dialogue`

## Templates

Template:About

Template:Administrator

Template:Album

Template:Album/doc

Template:Birdstories Character

Template:Book

Template:Book/doc

Template:CC-BY-SA

Template:CC-BY-SA/doc

Template:Cast

Template:Cast/doc

Template:Character

Template:Character/doc

Template:Cite web

Template:Cite web/doc

Template:Clear

Template:Clear/doc

Template:Delete

Template:Delete/doc

Template:Dialogue

Template:Dialogue/doc

Template:Disambiguation

Template:Disambiguation/doc

Template:Documentation

Template:Documentation/doc

Template:Episode

TBC

## Translating Articles

Now that everything has been set up, you are finally ready to translate the actual pages.

A little bit of the way you can use Google Translate. Instead of Norwegian Bokmål it uses Norwegian Nynorsk which is a different type of the language, like American English with Australian English or British English.

Example: American English: Fries= British English: Chips

Example: Bokmål Norwegian: Norsk= Nynorsk Norwegian: Norske