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--- a/languages/messages/MessagesEn.php
+++ b/languages/messages/MessagesEn.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ $digitTransformTable = null;
$separatorTransformTable = null;
/**
- * Extra user preferences which will be shown in Special:Preferences as
+ * Extra user preferences, which will be shown in Special:Preferences as
* checkboxes. Extra settings in derived languages will automatically be
* appended to the array of the fallback languages.
*/
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ $namespaceGenderAliases = array(
$namespaceGenderAliases = array();
/**
- * A list of date format preference keys which can be selected in user
+ * A list of date format preference keys, which can be selected in user
* preferences. New preference keys can be added, provided they are supported
* by the language class's timeanddate(). Only the 5 keys listed below are
* supported by the wikitext converter (parser/DateFormatter.php).
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ $imageFiles = array(
/**
* A list of messages to preload for each request.
- * We add messages here which are needed for a typical anonymous parser cache hit.
+ * Here we add messages that are needed for a typical anonymous parser cache hit.
*/
$preloadedMessages = array(
'aboutpage',
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ It may have already been deleted by someone else.',
It gave no explanation.',
'badtitle' => 'Bad title',
'badtitletext' => 'The requested page title was invalid, empty, or an incorrectly linked inter-language or inter-wiki title.
-It may contain one or more characters which cannot be used in titles.',
+It may contain one or more characters that cannot be used in titles.',
'perfcached' => 'The following data is cached and may not be up to date. A maximum of {{PLURAL:$1|one result is|$1 results are}} available in the cache.',
'perfcachedts' => 'The following data is cached, and was last updated $1. A maximum of {{PLURAL:$4|one result is|$4 results are}} available in the cache.',
'querypage-no-updates' => 'Updates for this page are currently disabled.
@@ -1033,20 +1033,20 @@ Query: $2',
'actionthrottled' => 'Action throttled',
'actionthrottledtext' => 'As an anti-spam measure, you are limited from performing this action too many times in a short space of time, and you have exceeded this limit.
Please try again in a few minutes.',
-'protectedpagetext' => 'This page has been protected to prevent editing.',
+'protectedpagetext' => 'This page has been protected to prevent editing or other actions.',
'viewsourcetext' => 'You can view and copy the source of this page:',
'viewyourtext' => "You can view and copy the source of '''your edits''' to this page:",
'protectedinterface' => 'This page provides interface text for the software on this wiki, and is protected to prevent abuse.
To add or change translations for all wikis, please use [//translatewiki.net/ translatewiki.net], the MediaWiki localisation project.',
-'editinginterface' => "'''Warning:''' You are editing a page which is used to provide interface text for the software.
+'editinginterface' => "'''Warning:''' You are editing a page that is used to provide interface text for the software.
Changes to this page will affect the appearance of the user interface for other users on this wiki.
To add or change translations for all wikis, please use [//translatewiki.net/ translatewiki.net], the MediaWiki localisation project.",
'sqlhidden' => '(SQL query hidden)',
-'cascadeprotected' => 'This page has been protected from editing, because it is included in the following {{PLURAL:$1|page, which is|pages, which are}} protected with the "cascading" option turned on:
+'cascadeprotected' => 'This page has been protected from editing because it is included in the following {{PLURAL:$1|page, which is|pages, which are}} protected with the "cascading" option turned on:
$2',
'namespaceprotected' => "You do not have permission to edit pages in the '''$1''' namespace.",
-'customcssprotected' => "You do not have permission to edit this CSS page, because it contains another user's personal settings.",
-'customjsprotected' => "You do not have permission to edit this JavaScript page, because it contains another user's personal settings.",
+'customcssprotected' => "You do not have permission to edit this CSS page because it contains another user's personal settings.",
+'customjsprotected' => "You do not have permission to edit this JavaScript page because it contains another user's personal settings.",
'ns-specialprotected' => 'Special pages cannot be edited.',
'titleprotected' => 'This title has been protected from creation by [[User:$1|$1]].
The reason given is "\'\'$2\'\'".',
@@ -1178,13 +1178,13 @@ You may ignore this message, if this account was created in error.',
Please wait before trying again.',
'login-abort-generic' => 'Your login was unsuccessful - Aborted',
'loginlanguagelabel' => 'Language: $1',
-'loginlanguagelinks' => '* Deutsch|de
-* English|en
-* Esperanto|eo
-* Français|fr
-* Español|es
-* Italiano|it
-* Nederlands|nl', # do not translate or duplicate this message to other languages
+'loginlanguagelinks' => '* {{#language:de}}|de
+* {{#language:en}}|en
+* {{#language:eo}}|eo
+* {{#language:fr}}|fr
+* {{#language:es}}|es
+* {{#language:it}}|it
+* {{#language:nl}}|nl', # do not translate or duplicate this message to other languages
'suspicious-userlogout' => 'Your request to log out was denied because it looks like it was sent by a broken browser or caching proxy.',
# E-mail sending
@@ -1440,14 +1440,14 @@ You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a publ
'longpageerror' => "'''Error: The text you have submitted is {{PLURAL:$1|one kilobyte|$1 kilobytes}} long, which is longer than the maximum of {{PLURAL:$2|one kilobyte|$2 kilobytes}}.'''
It cannot be saved.",
'readonlywarning' => "'''Warning: The database has been locked for maintenance, so you will not be able to save your edits right now.'''
-You may wish to cut-n-paste the text into a text file and save it for later.
+You may wish to copy and paste your text into a text file and save it for later.
The administrator who locked it offered this explanation: $1",
'protectedpagewarning' => "'''Warning: This page has been protected so that only users with administrator privileges can edit it.'''
The latest log entry is provided below for reference:",
'semiprotectedpagewarning' => "'''Note:''' This page has been protected so that only registered users can edit it.
The latest log entry is provided below for reference:",
-'cascadeprotectedwarning' => "'''Warning:''' This page has been protected so that only users with administrator privileges can edit it, because it is included in the following cascade-protected {{PLURAL:$1|page|pages}}:",
+'cascadeprotectedwarning' => "'''Warning:''' This page has been protected so that only users with administrator privileges can edit it because it is included in the following cascade-protected {{PLURAL:$1|page|pages}}:",
'titleprotectedwarning' => "'''Warning: This page has been protected so that [[Special:ListGroupRights|specific rights]] are needed to create it.'''
The latest log entry is provided below for reference:",
'templatesused' => '{{PLURAL:$1|Template|Templates}} used on this page:',
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ It gave no explanation.',
'edit-gone-missing' => 'Could not update the page.
It appears to have been deleted.',
'edit-conflict' => 'Edit conflict.',
-'edit-no-change' => 'Your edit was ignored, because no change was made to the text.',
+'edit-no-change' => 'Your edit was ignored because no change was made to the text.',
'edit-already-exists' => 'Could not create a new page.
It already exists.',
'addsection-preload' => '', # do not translate or duplicate this message to other languages
@@ -1494,7 +1494,7 @@ It should have less than $2 {{PLURAL:$2|call|calls}}, there {{PLURAL:$1|is now $
'post-expand-template-inclusion-warning' => "'''Warning:''' Template include size is too large.
Some templates will not be included.",
'post-expand-template-inclusion-category' => 'Pages where template include size is exceeded',
-'post-expand-template-argument-warning' => "'''Warning:''' This page contains at least one template argument which has a too large expansion size.
+'post-expand-template-argument-warning' => "'''Warning:''' This page contains at least one template argument that has a too large expansion size.
These arguments have been omitted.",
'post-expand-template-argument-category' => 'Pages containing omitted template arguments',
'parser-template-loop-warning' => 'Template loop detected: [[$1]]',
@@ -1892,7 +1892,7 @@ This cannot be undone.',
'yourvariant' => 'Content language variant:',
'prefs-help-variant' => 'Your preferred variant or orthography to display the content pages of this wiki in.',
'yournick' => 'New signature:',
-'prefs-help-signature' => 'Comments on talk pages should be signed with "<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>" which will be converted into your signature and a timestamp.',
+'prefs-help-signature' => 'Comments on talk pages should be signed with "<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>", which will be converted into your signature and a timestamp.',
'badsig' => 'Invalid raw signature.
Check HTML tags.',
'badsiglength' => 'Your signature is too long.
@@ -2244,8 +2244,8 @@ Please check the file_uploads setting.',
'uploadscripted' => 'This file contains HTML or script code that may be erroneously interpreted by a web browser.',
'uploadvirus' => 'The file contains a virus!
Details: $1',
-'uploadjava' => 'The file is a ZIP file which contains a Java .class file.
-Uploading Java files is not allowed, because they can cause security restrictions to be bypassed.',
+'uploadjava' => 'The file is a ZIP file that contains a Java .class file.
+Uploading Java files is not allowed because they can cause security restrictions to be bypassed.',
'upload-source' => 'Source file',
'sourcefilename' => 'Source filename:',
'sourceurl' => 'Source URL:',
@@ -2342,12 +2342,12 @@ If the problem persists, contact an [[Special:ListUsers/sysop|administrator]].',
'zip-wrong-format' => 'The specified file was not a ZIP file.',
'zip-bad' => 'The file is a corrupt or otherwise unreadable ZIP file.
It cannot be properly checked for security.',
-'zip-unsupported' => 'The file is a ZIP file which uses ZIP features not supported by MediaWiki.
+'zip-unsupported' => 'The file is a ZIP file that uses ZIP features not supported by MediaWiki.
It cannot be properly checked for security.',
# Special:UploadStash
'uploadstash' => 'Upload stash',
-'uploadstash-summary' => 'This page provides access to files which are uploaded (or in the process of uploading) but are not yet published to the wiki. These files are not visible to anyone but the user who uploaded them.',
+'uploadstash-summary' => 'This page provides access to files that are uploaded or in the process of uploading, but are not yet published to the wiki. These files are not visible to anyone but the user who uploaded them.',
'uploadstash-clear' => 'Clear stashed files',
'uploadstash-nofiles' => 'You have no stashed files.',
'uploadstash-badtoken' => 'Performing of that action was unsuccessful, perhaps because your editing credentials expired. Try again.',
@@ -2508,7 +2508,7 @@ Input: contenttype/subtype, e.g. <code>image/jpeg</code>.',
# Unused templates
'unusedtemplates' => 'Unused templates',
'unusedtemplates-summary' => '', # do not translate or duplicate this message to other languages
-'unusedtemplatestext' => 'This page lists all pages in the {{ns:template}} namespace which are not included in another page.
+'unusedtemplatestext' => 'This page lists all pages in the {{ns:template}} namespace that are not included in another page.
Remember to check for other links to the templates before deleting them.',
'unusedtemplateswlh' => 'other links',
@@ -2549,12 +2549,12 @@ Remember to check for other links to the templates before deleting them.',
'disambiguationspage' => 'Template:disambig',
'disambiguations-text' => "The following pages contain at least one link to a '''disambiguation page'''.
They may have to link to a more appropriate page instead.<br />
-A page is treated as disambiguation page if it uses a template which is linked from [[MediaWiki:Disambiguationspage]].",
+A page is treated as a disambiguation page if it uses a template that is linked from [[MediaWiki:Disambiguationspage]].",
'doubleredirects' => 'Double redirects',
'doubleredirects-summary' => '', # do not translate or duplicate this message to other languages
-'doubleredirectstext' => 'This page lists pages which redirect to other redirect pages.
-Each row contains links to the first and second redirect, as well as the target of the second redirect, which is usually the "real" target page, which the first redirect should point to.
+'doubleredirectstext' => 'This page lists pages that redirect to other redirect pages.
+Each row contains links to the first and second redirect, as well as the target of the second redirect, which is usually the "real" target page to which the first redirect should point.
<del>Crossed out</del> entries have been solved.',
'double-redirect-fixed-move' => '[[$1]] has been moved.
It now redirects to [[$2]].',
@@ -2713,7 +2713,7 @@ You can narrow down the view by selecting a log type, the username (case-sensiti
'allpagessubmit' => 'Go',
'allpagesprefix' => 'Display pages with prefix:',
'allpagesbadtitle' => 'The given page title was invalid or had an inter-language or inter-wiki prefix.
-It may contain one or more characters which cannot be used in titles.',
+It may contain one or more characters that cannot be used in titles.',
'allpages-bad-ns' => '{{SITENAME}} does not have namespace "$1".',
'allpages-hide-redirects' => 'Hide redirects',
@@ -2760,7 +2760,7 @@ Supported protocols: <code>$1</code> (defaults to http:// if no protocol is spec
'activeusers' => 'Active users list',
'activeusers-summary' => '', # do not translate or duplicate this message to other languages
'activeusers-intro' => 'This is a list of users who had some kind of activity within the last $1 {{PLURAL:$1|day|days}}.',
-'activeusers-count' => '$1 {{PLURAL:$1|edit|edits}} in the last {{PLURAL:$3|day|$3 days}}',
+'activeusers-count' => '$1 {{PLURAL:$1|action|actions}} in the last {{PLURAL:$3|day|$3 days}}',
'activeusers-from' => 'Display users starting at:',
'activeusers-hidebots' => 'Hide bots',
'activeusers-hidesysops' => 'Hide administrators',
@@ -2840,8 +2840,8 @@ The e-mail address you entered in [[Special:Preferences|your user preferences]]
'watchnologin' => 'Not logged in',
'watchnologintext' => 'You must be [[Special:UserLogin|logged in]] to modify your watchlist.',
'addwatch' => 'Add to watchlist',
-'addedwatchtext' => "The page \"[[:\$1]]\" has been added to your [[Special:Watchlist|watchlist]].
-Future changes to this page and its associated talk page will be listed there, and the page will appear '''bolded''' in the [[Special:RecentChanges|list of recent changes]] to make it easier to pick out.",
+'addedwatchtext' => 'The page "[[:$1]]" has been added to your [[Special:Watchlist|watchlist]].
+Future changes to this page and its associated talk page will be listed there.',
'removewatch' => 'Remove from watchlist',
'removedwatchtext' => 'The page "[[:$1]]" has been removed from [[Special:Watchlist|your watchlist]].',
'watch' => 'Watch',
@@ -2853,7 +2853,7 @@ Future changes to this page and its associated talk page will be listed there, a
'watchnochange' => 'None of your watched items were edited in the time period displayed.',
'watchlist-details' => '{{PLURAL:$1|$1 page|$1 pages}} on your watchlist, not counting talk pages.',
'wlheader-enotif' => '* E-mail notification is enabled.',
-'wlheader-showupdated' => "* Pages which have been changed since you last visited them are shown in '''bold'''",
+'wlheader-showupdated' => "* Pages that have been changed since you last visited them are shown in '''bold'''",
'watchmethod-recent' => 'checking recent edits for watched pages',
'watchmethod-list' => 'checking watched pages for recent edits',
'watchlistcontains' => 'Your watchlist contains $1 {{PLURAL:$1|page|pages}}.',
@@ -2890,7 +2890,7 @@ Contact the editor:
mail: $PAGEEDITOR_EMAIL
wiki: $PAGEEDITOR_WIKI
-There will be no other notifications in case of further changes unless you visit this page. You could also reset the notification flags for all your watched pages on your watchlist.
+There will be no other notifications in case of further activity unless you visit this page. You could also reset the notification flags for all your watched pages on your watchlist.
Your friendly {{SITENAME}} notification system
@@ -2995,15 +2995,15 @@ Here are the current settings for the page '''$1''':",
'protect-cascadeon' => "This page is currently protected because it is included in the following {{PLURAL:$1|page, which has|pages, which have}} cascading protection turned on.
You can change this page's protection level, but it will not affect the cascading protection.",
'protect-default' => 'Allow all users',
-'protect-fallback' => 'Require "$1" permission',
-'protect-level-autoconfirmed' => 'Block new and unregistered users',
-'protect-level-sysop' => 'Administrators only',
+'protect-fallback' => 'Allow only users with "$1" permission',
+'protect-level-autoconfirmed' => 'Allow only autoconfirmed users',
+'protect-level-sysop' => 'Allow only administrators',
'protect-summary-cascade' => 'cascading',
'protect-expiring' => 'expires $1 (UTC)',
'protect-expiring-local' => 'expires $1',
'protect-expiry-indefinite' => 'indefinite',
'protect-cascade' => 'Protect pages included in this page (cascading protection)',
-'protect-cantedit' => 'You cannot change the protection levels of this page, because you do not have permission to edit it.',
+'protect-cantedit' => 'You cannot change the protection levels of this page because you do not have permission to edit it.',
'protect-othertime' => 'Other time:',
'protect-othertime-op' => 'other time',
'protect-existing-expiry' => 'Existing expiry time: $3, $2',
@@ -3282,7 +3282,7 @@ You cannot create an account',
'cant-block-while-blocked' => 'You cannot block other users while you are blocked.',
'cant-see-hidden-user' => "The user you are trying to block has already been blocked and hidden.
Since you do not have the hideuser right, you cannot see or edit the user's block.",
-'ipbblocked' => 'You cannot block or unblock other users, because you are yourself blocked',
+'ipbblocked' => 'You cannot block or unblock other users because you are yourself blocked',
'ipbnounblockself' => 'You are not allowed to unblock yourself',
'ipb-default-expiry' => '', # do not translate or duplicate this message to other languages
@@ -3318,7 +3318,7 @@ You can update redirects that point to the original title automatically.
If you choose not to, be sure to check for [[Special:DoubleRedirects|double]] or [[Special:BrokenRedirects|broken redirects]].
You are responsible for making sure that links continue to point where they are supposed to go.
-Note that the page will '''not''' be moved if there is already a page at the new title, unless it is empty or a redirect and has no past edit history.
+Note that the page will '''not''' be moved if there is already a page at the new title, unless it is a redirect and has no past edit history.
This means that you can rename a page back to where it was renamed from if you make a mistake, and you cannot overwrite an existing page.
'''Warning!'''
@@ -3329,7 +3329,7 @@ The old title will become a redirect page to the new title.
Be sure to check for [[Special:DoubleRedirects|double]] or [[Special:BrokenRedirects|broken redirects]].
You are responsible for making sure that links continue to point where they are supposed to go.
-Note that the page will '''not''' be moved if there is already a page at the new title, unless it is empty or a redirect and has no past edit history.
+Note that the page will '''not''' be moved if there is already a page at the new title, unless it is a redirect and has no past edit history.
This means that you can rename a page back to where it was renamed from if you make a mistake, and you cannot overwrite an existing page.
'''Warning!'''
@@ -3357,7 +3357,7 @@ In those cases, you will have to move or merge the page manually if desired.",
'movepage-moved-noredirect' => 'The creation of a redirect has been suppressed.',
'articleexists' => 'A page of that name already exists, or the name you have chosen is not valid.
Please choose another name.',
-'cantmove-titleprotected' => 'You cannot move a page to this location, because the new title has been protected from creation',
+'cantmove-titleprotected' => 'You cannot move a page to this location because the new title has been protected from creation',
'talkexists' => "'''The page itself was moved successfully, but the talk page could not be moved because one already exists at the new title.
Please merge them manually.'''",
'movedto' => 'moved to',
@@ -3799,7 +3799,7 @@ This is probably caused by a link to a blacklisted external site.',
'filedeleteerror-long' => 'Errors were encountered while deleting the file:
$1',
-'filedelete-missing' => 'The file "$1" cannot be deleted, because it does not exist.',
+'filedelete-missing' => 'The file "$1" cannot be deleted because it does not exist.',
'filedelete-old-unregistered' => 'The specified file revision "$1" is not in the database.',
'filedelete-current-unregistered' => 'The specified file "$1" is not in the database.',
'filedelete-archive-read-only' => 'The archive directory "$1" is not writable by the webserver.',
@@ -4745,7 +4745,7 @@ Images are shown in full resolution, other file types are started with their ass
'specialpages-group-highuse' => 'High use pages',
'specialpages-group-pages' => 'Lists of pages',
'specialpages-group-pagetools' => 'Page tools',
-'specialpages-group-wiki' => 'Wiki data and tools',
+'specialpages-group-wiki' => 'Data and tools',
'specialpages-group-redirects' => 'Redirecting special pages',
'specialpages-group-spam' => 'Spam tools',