[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #51039: Enhancement: Show a prompt in dashboard to recruit more translators

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#51039: Enhancement: Show a prompt in dashboard to recruit more translators
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 Reporter:  Nao          |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  I18N         |    Version:
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
  Focuses:               |
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 Problem: Out of 204 available locales teams, around 130 are behind by more
 than one major version in releasing their core language pack, and
 considered to be “inactive.” The common issue among them is that they
 don't have enough contributors to suggest and approve translations. Also,
 once the team becomes inactive, it's very hard to find and onboard new
 contributors.

 In the [https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/plugin-theme-
 authors-guide/#generating-community-contributions Polyglots Team
 handbook], we suggest plugin authors who are looking for translators of
 their product to show a dismissible message in the dashboard. How about
 core also adopts that method for core?

 * Only show suggestions to users whose browser language is not English AND
 it matches one of the inactive locales
 ([https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/#major-behind-many behind by
 more than one major version] or no language pack is ever created).
 * Link to a polyglots handbook page where the new contributor can get more
 info (I suggest [https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/translating
 /first-steps/ First Steps] page for now)

 The message could look like this:

  **Translate WordPress to LOCALE_NAME:**  It looks like you understand
 LOCALE_NAME. Did you know you can help translate WordPress in your
 language? [https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/translating
 /first-steps/ Visit this page] to get started.

 After some time, polyglots global mentors can check and promote new
 contributors based on our
 [https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/translating/expectations
 /translation-editor-locale-manager-vetting-criteria/ GTE/Locale Manager]
 vetting criteria and provide mentorship to help them stay active.

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