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Change the language of user-interface messages. It does not affect articles and other pages made by editors. Note that many interface messages have been customized at the English Wikipedia but usually only for the default "en - English" which may for example add links to relevant help pages, processes and policies.
The problem with having links on each page was that each language had to maintain its own separate lists. So for example, if the name of a page on the English Wikipedia changed, then each Wikipedia article in a different language that linked to that English Wikipedia page would have to separately notice this fact and change their own links.
Interestingly, you can change the language through which you read and interact with Wikipedia. If you change to something other than the normal setting (English), your Wikipedia experience is very different (Figure 20-2). So if English isn't your primary language, you can edit pages in English, while navigating Wikipedia (and seeing the ...
For some languages this is still the case). Links to all the different language versions for that page will be displayed. A lack of interlanguage links indicates that there is no equivalent page in any other language. Other language versions are usually written independently rather than being a translation.
To check whether an English Wikipedia page you are viewing has an existing page in another language, look to see whether the desired language is linked under the "Languages" section of the page's left-hand sidebar [Now at the top of the page across from the title]. Note that though the lack of a language link normally means no article exists ...
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This encyclopedia is written in English.Sometimes an article is published here in another language by mistake, or is poorly translated into English from one of the approximately 300 Wikipedias in other languages, and requires retranslation or attention from bilingual editors to bring it up to English Wikipedia standards.
Category:Articles needing translation from foreign-language Wikipedias contains all articles that have been tagged to suggest that they be expanded with content from another language's Wikipedia translated into English. Browse the appropriate language category to find an article you are interested in.