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[http://www.MediaWiki.org MediaWiki], the software that runs Project: Redcap, is configured so English is the primary language of the site. Support for additional languages is through the [[Template:Languages|Languages template]]. Project: Redcap added support for multiple languages on 9 February, 2014.

== Accents and Extended Characters ==
It is my understanding that MediaWiki supports Unicode characters, but I have had trouble finding documentation that says that explicitly. If you run into problems with Unicode support, please [[contact]] me. -- [[User:Andrew Gronosky|Andrew Gronosky]] 9 Feb. 2014 18:50 GMT

== Language Codes ==
Every language has a two-letter code that MediaWiki uses to identify it. For example, the code for English is "en" and the code for Spanish is "es."

The list of language codes may be found on [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias this page at Wikipedia]. Languages not appearing on that list are not supported, yet.

== Finding Pages in Your Language ==
Every non-English page belongs to a category named after the two-letter international code for that language. For example, all German pages belong to [[:Category:de]] because the language code for German is "de". The one exception is English: the maintainers did not thing it was worthwhile to add an "en" category to every English page when the default language of the site is already English.

You can find all the current language categories in [[:Category:Languages]].

== Creating a Page in Your Language ==
First, decide what to call your page. Do you want your page to be a variant of an existing, English page, or do you want the page title to be in your own language?

=== Variants of English Pages ===
It can sometimes make sense to create foreign-language versions of existing English pages. Two possible cases are when the English page is very important, such as the [[Main Page]] or maybe the [[Fan community]] page; and when the English-language page is already named after a Latin term, like [[Creo]] or [[Quaesitor]].

# Find the [[#Language_Codes|language code]] for your language.
# Create a new sub-page of the English page you want to start from. A sub-page has the name of the parent page, followed by a slash, followed by the name of the sub-page. The name of the sub-page ''must'' match the Wikipedia language abbreviation. For example, to create a Chinese version of the [[Main Page]], the sub-page would be called '''Main_Page/zh''
# Add a language category to your page. The category should be named after the two-letter abbreviation for your language. So the Chinese version of the main page should have <nowiki>[[Category:zh]]</nowiki> appearing in the text. Do not worry if this category does not exist yet; the Wiki will create it when you save your new page.
# Finally, go back to the parent page and add the <nowiki>{{languages}}</nowiki> template at the top, if it is not already there. The Wiki will automatically add a link to the sub-page you created.

=== Creating a Page With a Title in Your Language ===
Sometimes, you may want to create a page whose title is in French or Hungarian instead of English. This is a similar process to creating a variant of the English page.

# Create your page with the title you want.
# Write the content of the page.
# Add a language category, as explained above.

== Further Help ==
You may find the documentation for [[Template:Languages]] useful.

Feel free to [[contact]] the maintainers if you need some assistance getting started. We are very eager to see languages succeed on Project: Redcap and we will gladly spend the time it takes to help you.

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