Global Collaboration/Newsletter/Issues/Manual: Difference between revisions

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# Inform the Collaboration team about the future newsletter.

# Create a new newsletter, with the following title format: <code>Collaboration/Newsletter/Issues/YYYY/MM</code>

# Copy-paste [[Collaboration/Newsletter/Issues/Template|the template]] on that new newsletter.

== Fill the newsletter ==

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## Remove the "deadline" template, and mark for translation.

# Generate the multilingual text of the newsletter

## Go to [[Collaboration/Newsletter/Sandbox]] and open the edit source window:

## Replace month and year with the ones that are being sent out (for example, <code>Collaboration/Newsletter/Issues/2016{{CURRENTYEAR}}/10{{CURRENTMONTH}}</code>). This uses the [[Module:Assemble multilingual message|Assemble multilingual message module]].

## After the month and year, insert language codes for languages that have at least partial translations (+50%), for instance <code>fr|ko|ja|pl|pt|uk</code>. Do not add <code>en</code> for the English version; as the default language, it is automatically included.

## Save your edit

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## Open [[Special:MassMessage]] in another tab or window

##* Page containing list of pages to leave a message on: <code>[[Collaboration/Newsletter/Subscribers]]</code>

##* Subject of the message (also used as the edit summary): <code><nowiki>[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Collaboration/Newsletter/Issues/2016</10nowiki>{{CURRENTYEAR}}/{{CURRENTMONTH}}|Collaboration products newsletter: 2016{{CURRENTYEAR}}-10{{CURRENTMONTH}}<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> (update the link and description with the actual week number)

##* Body of the message: The whole multilingual text generated earlier.

## Click on the Preview button on the page; only the English text will show, because it's Meta-Wiki's language