[translation] bad page life cycle for https://techbase.kde.org/Contribute
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Hi all

I open the statistic page for french translations:

(a) I open home page:
https://techbase.kde.org/Welcome_to_KDE_TechBase

(b) I select statistics of translation (FR:Statistiques des traductions) in the side menu:
https://techbase.kde.org/Special:LanguageStats

(c) I see language code: fr

(d) I select the second line: "Contribute" among the best already translated page (76% today):

The list of items remaining to translate appears:

I try to trasnlate some (Modify) and view remaining Not translated: the list is reduced => normal

I decide to click "Contribute" on the upper link to return to the original English page:
"Traduction de la page wiki [Contribute] depuis anglais (en)."
(e) https://techbase.kde.org/Contribute

(f) translation link is proposed and I chose to modify page Contribute/40/ :
https://techbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Translations:Contribute/40/fr&action=history

(g) this reduces the statistics for this page : ok
I guess that both links leading to translation item set share the same base

(h) but I see the text on page (e) "This page is now on the community wiki."
https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved

I go there and I see that the translations no longer exist in any language.

Conclusion 1 :
To avoid translators loosing their time, the page cannot be with and without translation and we must decide what to do.

  1. either the page is not to be moved and step (e) must lead to the original english text
  1. or the page is to be moved without translation and it must not appear among the pages to be translated
  1. or the page is to be translated into the new environment and translation must be allowed for there

Conclusion 2 :
If the page is in the new environment, the link from the home page must be aligned to point directly there and not on the old base.
Home page: https://techbase.kde.org/Welcome_to_KDE_TechBase
Current link : really moved) : https://techbase.kde.org/Contribute
Should be (if page really moved): https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved

? what do we decide

The question seems similar for other pages; ex:
https://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Using_Qt_Creator

So it is worth to continue translations for this kind of redirected pages if they no longer appear for the community pages ?

Thank you.

yurchor closed this task as Resolved.Feb 9 2018, 12:45 PM
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The problems mentioned above should be fixed now. Thanks for reporting them.