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Error Template:Citation needed in Nigerian Pidgin Wikipedia

I created some templates in Nigerian Pidgin Wikipedia, the templates I found it the required modules are not change to prefixed links cause those templates weren't functioned, so I changed some prefixed module lines to prefixed links to make the templates functionable, but I still couldn't to fix the Citation needed in Nigerian Pidgin Wikipedia, it shows Script error: No such module "string", I check the template list it lacks Module:String, so that needs prefixed Module:String to make citation needed template can display texts, but I cannot to find out the module anywhere to allow me change line to prefixed link.--☆ ☀Wea☁ther ☂ Top☃ Wiz❄ard ☆ 02:57, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

How do you say "References" in Gun? Caro de Segeda (talk) 11:44, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

References is "Alọdlẹndonu lẹ".--Samatics (talk) 15:20, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

Gun namespaces

Hi,

You posted the namespace name translations for Gun somewhere, but I forgot where it was. Sorry, it's embarrassing

Can you please remind where it was? I want to make a patch for it. Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 08:05, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

@Amire80, I have responded to it on your talk page. You can still find it below:

Gungbe Namespace Translated list (Updated)

Please find the Gungbe translated list as requested:

Core namespaces

Namespace name	Gungbe Translation
Media	Yẹdide po Nuhiho po
Special	Vonọtaun
Talk	Hodidọ
User	Zinzantọ
User talk	Zinzantọ hodidọ
Wikipedia talk	Wikipedia hodidọ
File	Wepo
File talk	Wepo hodidọ
MediaWiki	MediaWiki
MediaWiki talk	MediaWiki hodidọ
Template	Ohia
Template talk	Ohia hodidọ
Help	Alọgọ
Help talk	Alọgọ hodidọ
Category	Adà
Category talk	Adà hodidọ
Module	Nuzinzan
Module talk	Nuzinzan hodidọ
Gadget	Nuzinzan
Gadget talk	Nuzinzan hodidọ
Gadget definition	Zẹẹmẹ nuzinzan ehe tọn
Gadget definition talk	Zẹẹmẹ nuzinzan ehe tọn hodidọ
Topic	Hosọ
Page	Weda
Page talk	Weda hodidọ
Index	Alọdlẹndonu hosọ tọn
Index talk	Alọdlẹndonu hosọ tọn hodidọ

Thanks.--Samatics (talk) 08:25, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

Gun Wikipedia logo

Hi,

I see that you created File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-gungbe.svg. Can you please explain the words "Owe Oyọnẹn Vọnu Tọn"? Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 08:09, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

Hello Amire80, I have responded to the namespace on your talk page.

The word means: The free knowledge book or The free book of knowledge.

Owe--book

Oyọnẹn...knowledge

Vọnu...free

Tọn...a postposition that means "of"

--Samatics (talk) 08:20, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

Naijá localization

Hi, Samatics! I'm writing today because of the Naijá Wikipedia. I am really impressed with the sustained activity that is happening there, that is a very good sign. I would like to start the approval process for it, but I notice that the localization requirement (100% translation of the most important messages) is not met yet. Would you be able to relay this information to the Naijá community, that some more effort is required in Translatewiki before we can approve? Thanks! Jon Harald Søby (talk) 13:49, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Hi Jon Harald Søby, thanks for reaching out to me. I am glad to hear this and I will inform the community. Thanks!--Samatics (talk) 14:29, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Wiktionary help

Hi, I’m an editor, mainly, on Twi Wikipedia; Twi is spoken in Ghana. I work with a team of 6 other editors with the aim of training more editors in the Twi language community. We would like to start some projects in Twi wiktionary, which was closed in 2008 from a lack of activity. Amir Aharoni recommended that we reach out to you. We would be grateful if you could assist in explaining how to get Twi wiktionary into incubator and how to add content. Looking forward to hearing from you. Naa2Darkoa (talk) 09:34, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Hello Naa2Darkoa, please you and the other 6 editors should set your preferences. further instructions to do that are here. Let me know when that is done. Thanks.-- Samatics (talk) 11:26, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Moving and redirects

Hi,

I saw that you moved the Nigerian Pidgin main page without leaving a redirect. This usually shouldn't be done. Redirects should usually be kept when moving a page, even if the earlier name is foreign or incorrectly spelled. Deleting the redirect causes broken links. They should be deleted only in extreme circumstances, for example if the earlier name was harmful vandalism.

Thanks for understanding. Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 11:53, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi Amir, thanks for pointing to this. It was an oversight. Thanks.-- Samatics (talk) 13:30, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Nigerian Pidgin namespaces

Hi! Would you be able to make a list of namespace names for Nigerian Pidgin like the one you posted above for Gungbe? :-) Jon Harald Søby (talk) 07:28, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Hello Jon, Please find the Nigerian pidgin translated namespaces as requested:

Core namespaces

Namespace name	Nigerian pidgin Translation
Media	Media
Special	Impotant
Talk	Tok
User	Yuza
User talk	Yuza tok
Wikipedia talk	Wikipedia tok
File	File
File talk	File tok
MediaWiki	MediaWiki
MediaWiki talk	MediaWiki tok
Template	Templet
Template talk	Templet tok
Help	Hep
Help talk	Hep tok
Category	Katigori
Category talk	Katigori tok
Module	Modul
Module talk	Modul tok
Gadget	Gajet
Gadget talk	Gajet tok
Gadget definition	Gajet definishon
Gadget definition talk	Gajet definishon tok
Topic	Topik
Page	Pej
Page talk	Pej tok
Index	Index
Index talk	Index tok

Thanks.--Samatics (talk) 07:49, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Thanks.

Just checking: Are you sure about "Impotant" for "Special"? Does it mean "important"?

Special pages in MediaWiki are not necessarily important. They are called special because they cannot be edited like usual wiki pages, and they instead show forms or automatically-generated information and reports. So it's "special" in the sense of "not usual" and not in the sense of "important".

See also the "special page" entry in the Basic Glossary: translatewiki:Translating:MediaWiki/Basic glossary/en#special page. Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 09:00, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

The closest word to special in Nigeria pidgin is "Impotant" cos it gives the sense of "not usual", another alternative word would have been "Koko", but this is closer to a slang. Thanks--Samatics (talk) 09:05, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

OK... If you're sure it works well, it's fine. It's just a bit difficult to change later, so I'm trying to make sure that it's good as early as possible.

Also, "Tok" is problematic for purely technical reasons because it happens to be a language code, which may create an ambiguity in links. Can it be replaced with something else, such as "Tok abaut am"? It's just a guess—feel free to propose something else. Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 09:11, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

... And there's also the same problem with "Pej". Can you maybe translate it as something like "Document page"? --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 09:23, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Please find the updated namespaces below. Thanks for your suggestions.-- Samatics (talk) 09:42, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Core namespaces

Namespace name	Nigerian pidgin Translation
Media	Media
Special	Impotant
Talk	Tok abaut am
User	Yuza
User talk	Yuza tok abaut am
Wikipedia talk	Wikipedia tok abaut am
File	File
File talk	File tok abaut am
MediaWiki	MediaWiki
MediaWiki talk	MediaWiki tok abaut am
Template	Templet
Template talk	Templet tok abaut am
Help	Hep
Help talk	Hep tok abaut am
Category	Katigori
Category talk	Katigori tok abaut am
Module	Modul
Module talk	Modul tok abaut am
Gadget	Gajet
Gadget talk	Gajet tok abaut am
Gadget definition	Gajet definishon
Gadget definition talk	Gajet definishon tok abaut am
Topic	Topik
Page	Dokument pej
Page talk	Dokument pej tok abaut am
Index	Index
Index talk	Index tok abaut am

After consultation with other speakers, I think this can also fly. Thanks for the suggestion.--Samatics (talk) 09:42, 2 June 2022 (UTC)