[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                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-           |     Focuses:  administration, ui-
  screenshots needs-testing dev-     |  copy
  feedback                           |
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Comment (by Clorith):

 I think this makes sense to add as a health check. If your site uses a
 non-English locale, and you have plugins, themes, or core it self, that
 isn't fully translated, it could lead to mixed languages on your site,
 which the user would of course want to avoid.

 So there's a few things that came to mind instantly:

 - WordPress core, is it fully translated, yes or no question really.
 - Add an actionable item which links to the polyglots handbook on getting
 started with translations.

 Plugins and themes, this is where there are different routes that could be
 taken.

 Does it make sense to provide a link to the translation page for them
 directly if they are missing translations, or keep it neat and avoid
 information overload by only leaving the original action link for the
 handbook? A direct link to get started with translations would lower the
 barrier of entry, but may lead to users skipping the handbook link
 altogether, and missing out on important information. I believe the
 polyglots team would know better than I what is preferred in this case, so
 I defer to their judgement on what they want to expose, and how.

 Likewise for translation percentage cutoffs, would you want a
 recommendation if it's <100%, <90%, etc. ?

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