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[[WikiIslam:Formatting|Blue-colored links]] (<tt><nowiki>[[Linked pages's name|Visible text]]</nowiki></tt>) to English-language pages can also be retained unless translations for those same links are already available. Blue-colored links should never be replaced by [[This is a red-colored link indicating an internal link to a page that does not exist|red-colored links]] to pages that do not exist. | [[WikiIslam:Formatting|Blue-colored links]] (<tt><nowiki>[[Linked pages's name|Visible text]]</nowiki></tt>) to English-language pages can also be retained unless translations for those same links are already available. Blue-colored links should never be replaced by [[This is a red-colored link indicating an internal link to a page that does not exist|red-colored links]] to pages that do not exist. | ||
====References and Footnotes==== | ====References and Footnotes==== | ||
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====Steps for a Translation==== | ====Steps for a Translation==== | ||
# Go to [[Help:Contents]]. | # Go to [[Help:Contents]]. Type the translated title of the chosen article 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 <tt><nowiki>{{Page title|Desired page title}}</nowiki></tt>. | ||
#After clicking "Create page" you will see a blank page. | #After clicking "Create page" you will see a blank page. | ||
# Open another window. Then go to | # Open another window. Then go to the 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 | # Copy and paste the entire thing into the blank page you created. In Windows, Select all text and then CTRL-C; CTRL-V to paste. | ||
# | # Now start the 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 | # After the translation is complete, you can preview and 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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====Templates for Other Languages==== | ====Templates for Other Languages==== | ||
====Replacing Categories==== | |||
Categories, for example <tt><nowiki>[[Category:Muhammad]]</nowiki></tt> or <tt><nowiki>[[Category:Qur'an]]</nowiki></tt>, can be found at the bottom of pages. All of the English categories should be deleted and replaced by a sole category for the [[:Category:Other Languages|translated language]], for example <tt><nowiki>[[Category:العربية (Arabic)]]</nowiki></tt> or <tt><nowiki>[[Category:Türkçe (Turkish)]]</nowiki></tt>. | |||
====Linking the Finished Translation==== | ====Linking the Finished Translation==== | ||