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  1. XWiki Platform
  2. XWIKI-13966

Confusion between several options in language selection for a wiki

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      Changing the language of a wiki, there is a confusion between the options suggested to the Admin.
      For example, if I want the wiki to be in french, the options suggested are:

      • Français (French)
      • Français (Belgique) (French (Belgium))
      • Français (Canada) (French (Canada))
      • Français (France) (French (France))
      • Français (Luxembourg) (French (Luxembourg))
      • Français (Suisse) (French (Switzerland))

      I believe that people think that the default french language comes from France and if you are Canadian, it makes sense to select the third option "Français (Canada) (French (Canada))".
      But if you are a french person from France, you might wonder the difference between the first and the fourth options, as in your mind, it should be the same.

      So which one should you choose? Why? How to remove to confusion from people's mind?

      My opinion would be to use the option that refers to my country and hide/remove the default language.

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          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. XWIKI-13567 Add a language picker for the Administration fields

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. XWIKI-13901 Make it easier to find an element in the select fields of the "Localization" section in the Administration

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed
          is duplicated by

          Task - A task that needs to be done. XWIKI-18056 Is it really necessary to suggest sub-languages in the localization settings

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed
          relates to

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. XWIKI-14608 The UI does not allow setting Marathi as language anymore

          • Blocker - Blocks development and/or testing work, production could not run.
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. XWIKI-14168 Cannot find pages with locale fr_FR and de_DE

          • Critical - Crashes, loss of data, severe memory leak.
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. XWIKI-13967 Confusion between Supported Languages and Default Languages when multilingual is set to no

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

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