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German-language version

I'd like to propose to set up a German-language version of this site. There are, as far as I could see, no good Oblivion and Morrowind sides in German and this is, in my opinion, the best side on the Elder Scrolls. So I'd like to translate articles on Oblivion in German for those whose English is not good enough to understand them. Please tell me what you think about it. Trillian 01:28, 27 January 2007 (CET)

Personally, I'd have no problem with it. Still, there might be a problem with the copyright laws that would prevent it, and I'm not Dave either. --Ratwar 19:38, 26 January 2007 (EST)

You'd need Daveh's permission to start a German wiki under the name UESP, and you would need to ensure that you license everything under the BY-SA license. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/) --Aristeo | Talk 19:48, 26 January 2007 (EST)

What does everyone think about creating a German-language section within UESP, instead of relying upon a separate site? For example, we could create a namespace dedicated to german articles on Oblivion, maybe named "OblivionDe". The German-language introduction page would then be at OblivionDe:Oblivion, and a page like Oblivion:Ingredients_German would be moved to OblivionDe:Ingredients (or translate the title, too, so perhaps OblivionDe:Zutaten). There wouldn't be any copyright issues if the content is still located at UESP. I think supporting German (or other language) content is completely consistent with UESP's goal of providing a comprehensive website describing the Elder Scrolls games... as long as there editors who are interested in doing some of the work translating pages. --Nephele 03:31, 27 January 2007 (EST)

If there are people wanting to create the pages and update them I can't see any real reason not to let them tbh. Jadrax 06:58, 27 January 2007 (EST)

Well, if Jadrax could round up some friends that are interested in developing a German-language wiki, then I don't see why not. --Aristeo | Talk 07:19, 27 January 2007 (EST)

What Nephele said was more what I had in mind. Sorry I did make myself clearer last night. The thing is that I know quite a few people whose English is good enough to find their way around on an English side but not to read longer or complicated articles. And this side is so great when it comes to giving detailed information about the game, especially the Gameplay Information and the In-Depth Guides. They help a lot more when you are new to one of the games then a walkthrough for a quest (at least it that way was for me). So I figured that translating the articles and putting them in here would help a lot of people. But only if it is ok with the editors here. But the point with asking Daveh is true and I will ask him. I just wanted to make sure that I won't offend other people here and that there are people who willing to help since, even though I am willing to do a lot, it might be a bit to much to do it alone. :-) Trillian 13:22, 27 January 2007 (CET)

Sounds like a good idea. :) --Aristeo | Talk 07:42, 27 January 2007 (EST)

While I haven't given much thought to translations I'm perfectly fine with people translating site articles either on or off the site (I get requests from time to time). If we're going to do much translation on the site, however, I'd prefer a solution like how Wikipedia handles articles in multiple languages. I don't know much about at the moment but will look into it, and if others know more about it feel free to let me know. I'd rather use a good system from the start even it takes some effort rather than having issues further down the line. -- Daveh 12:38, 29 January 2007 (EST)