விக்கிப்பீடியா:Issues with google translation in Tamil Wikipedia

Google's translation initiative, and the willingness to co-operate and work with the local wikis is greatly appreciated. The following are intended to improve the outcomes of this initiative through open communication and co-ordination

Article Selection

• Issue 1: Many articles have been about American pop stars, films etc, which are less relevant to Tamil Wikipedia.
• Issue 2: Several articles replaced already existing good quality Tamil Wikipedia articles.
• Solution: Topic selection process has been put in place, please see விக்கிப்பீடியா பேச்சு:கூகுள் கட்டுரை மொழிபெயர்ப்புத் திட்ட ஒருங்கிணைப்பு

Article Title

• Article titles are in the English language, or mixed.
• Article titles are incorrectly translated, and/or formatted.

Templates

• Many templates from English Wikipedia are not in the Tamil Wikipedia. All necessary templates needs to be translated, and localized before using them. Just coping the templates is not helpful.

Images

• If images are not in the wiki commons, then they can not be used in the Tamil Wikipedia without uploading it here. Just coping the image is not helpful.

Technical Terms

Many articles require the use of proper Tamil technical terms. For guides and references please refer to விக்கிப்பீடியா:கலைச்சொல் செயல்பாடுகள் ஒருங்கிணைவு. Tamil Wikitionary has more than 112 000 terms. If the user needs help, then can request for help here

Style and Prose

It is critical to write the articles in a style appropriate for an encylopedia. This style is differnt from that of a blog, or a popular magazines. Please refer to நடைக் கையேடு for further guidence.