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 recommendations are intended to improve the outcomes of this initiative.

Article Selection

• Issue 1: Many articles have been about American pop stars, films etc, which have lesser priority on Tamil Wikipedia.
• Issue 2: Several articles replace good quality Tamil Wikipedia articles that were existing.
• Solution: Topic selection process has been put in place, please see விக்கிப்பீடியா பேச்சு:கூகுள் கட்டுரை மொழிபெயர்ப்புத் திட்ட ஒருங்கிணைப்பு

Article's Title

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

Layout

• Many translated articles do not even follow the layout structure of the English article. Many articles are in a scramble. Please follow the guide line here or here

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 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 encyclopedia. This style is different from that of a blog, or popular magazines. Please refer to நடைக் கையேடு for further guidiance.

Guides and Help

• பயிற்சி
• Help:Wiki markup
• ஒத்தாசைப் பக்கம்