Posting this under the heading it deserves: Requesting a translation of an existing page — the long version Everything below is what sits behind that.
Requesting a translation keeps being re-asked here and I think that is because the answer is conditional and the conditions never travel with it.
Attempting to write the conditional version down properly. Corrections welcome and expected — I would like this to end up as a maintained page rather than a fifth thread.
Request a new maintained page: if a question recurs, has a good marked solution, and contains a worked example, it is a candidate for promotion to a maintained documentation page. Post your nomination in this subcategory with a link to the topic.
One case, stated as one case.
Format suggestions: if you think a maintained page could be clearer in its presentation (different section structure, different examples, added graphics) suggest the change.
I would want the raw data before agreeing with my own summary of it.
Scope the request narrowly. A page about one thing gets written and stays current; a page about a field does not.
Worth saying I have only my own numbers here, and n is small.
I came in to disagree and I am leaving without a disagreement.
Post #2 describes the usual case. This is about the unusual one.
If a request is declined, the reasoning is written down, and it is worth reading because it usually describes a better version of the same idea.
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