Request for Guidance on Reviving KDE Sinhala Localization Team

[Albert Astals Cid]

El dimecres, 26 de març del 2025, a les 19:14:52 (Hora estàndard d’Europa 
central), Malaka Tharumuthu va escriure:
> Dear Team,
> 
> I hope you are doing well.

Hello and welcome :)

> 
> I am reaching out regarding the KDE Sinhala localization team, as I am
> interested in contributing to and potentially reviving the effort. However,
> I have encountered several challenges in trying to get involved.
> 
> 1. Inaccessible Team Page & Matrix Registration – The Sinhala localization
> page on KDE’s website appears outdated, 

Which page exactly? What information is outdated?

> and I was unable to find any recent
> activity from the team. Additionally, I attempted to join the KDE Matrix
> server for localization but found that registration is disabled.

You don't need to register on KDE Matrix server, just create a account in the 
default server (or any other of your choosing) and then join KDE Matrix server 
with it. 
Default Matrix.org server: https://app.element.io/#/register

> 
> 
> 2. Mailing List Issues – I tried to reach out via the mailing list (
> kde-l10n-si at kde.org), but my request has not been approved, and I have not
> received any response.

Not sure what you mean with "request has not been approved", but you are right 
that there have been no answer

https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-l10n-si/2024-October/thread.html

> 3. Lack of an Active Coordinator – It seems that there is no active
> coordinator for Sinhala translations. Given this, I would like to know if I
> can take responsibility for reviving the team and ensuring KDE software is
> well-translated into Sinhala.

The first thing we ask people that want to create/revive a team is to 
translate kcoreaddons, kio and kxmlgui as close to 100% as possible and send 
them to me in private (no need to bother the rest of the people in the mailing 
list with those files).

There are some old Sinhala files at 
  https://websvn.kde.org/trunk/l10n-kf6/si/messages/kcoreaddons/
  https://websvn.kde.org/trunk/l10n-kf6/si/messages/kxmlgui/
  https://websvn.kde.org/trunk/l10n-kf6/si/messages/kio/
make sure they are up to date and correct.

There's no files for the rest so get the templates at
https://websvn.kde.org/trunk/l10n-kf6/templates/messages/kcoreaddons/
https://websvn.kde.org/trunk/l10n-kf6/templates/messages/kxmlgui/
https://websvn.kde.org/trunk/l10n-kf6/templates/messages/kio/

So your first task to become "new team coordinator" 
would be to get those files as close to 100% as possible and send 
them to me.

Do you need help with how the translation workflow works? 

Best Regards,
  Albert

> 
> 
> 
> I would appreciate any guidance on the next steps I should take. Should I
> formally request to become the coordinator for Sinhala translations? Are
> there specific KDE policies or processes I need to follow to restart the
> team?
> 
> Looking forward to your advice.
> 
> Best regards,
> Malaka Tharumuthu