Talk:Localisation (humanitarian practice)

Merger
Following the AfD of Interrogating the evidence base on humanitarian localisation, which resulted in a consensus to merge it into here, I've done the merger, I hope correctly. This is my first merger. So wasn't sure about the following: I don't see any of these issues as crises or urgent, but a second option from someone more experienced would be welcome. CT55555 (talk) 01:00, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * 1) - I copied everything, is that cool?
 * 2) - I also copied the infobox, I'm unsure about that, especially as it appears half way down the page and made the title italics.

Variety of English & date format
Since localisation is a British spelling, I am wondering if we should place the EngvarB or Use British English templates into this article. Please see MOS:ENGVAR for the Manual of Style guidance on this.

Similarly, we should also decide which Use dmy dates / Use mdy dates template to place. If we are using EngvarB or British English, we should use the first date template.

I am not looking for a lengthy discussion, just the concurrence of a couple of other editors on this matter. Peaceray (talk) 23:49, 1 June 2022 (UTC)


 * I wrote the article and I find that all very agreeable. I did spend a lot of time trying to assess if I should use the British or US version of the word, I concluded the British version was mostly used, noting a lot of the efforts detailed here were by UK based organisations and I think the United Nations uses British English more often. With that in mind, I guess the UK norm of DMY is best. I don't have any strong feelings. But I also wonder if many people will see this, I edited it and I think you're the first person to comment ever. The main article hasn't had much input from anyone and has only a handful of views per day. This page, invariably none, sometimes one. CT55555 (talk) 23:54, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
 * The Use dmy dates template has the effect of converting all the dates to the dmy format. The English variety templates simply put it in the hidden category, but anyone editing the wikitext can see it as well. It is handy if one is reverting an undesirable spelling change from one variety to another, because one can always refer to the template being there. I will go ahead & add the appropriate templates. Peaceray (talk) 00:22, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you. And thank you for the clear improvements you've made already. I'm following along. I spotted a couple of typos that I made, but am waiting for you to finish to avoid any edit conflicts. CT55555 (talk) 00:24, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Wikidata description
I am done for now. Do you think you can add a short, terse description for the Wikidata item at wikidata:Q110529247? Peaceray (talk) 00:39, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I've never done that before, and so don't have an account yet. Would it be OK if I just wrote on here that you could copy please? My suggestion would be:
 * The practice, in humanitarian aid, to give more power, funding and resources to humanitarian aid organisations and people that are based in countries local to the emergency. CT55555 (talk) 00:43, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Going with the terse the practice of empowering, funding, and resourcing aid organisations local to an emergency. Peaceray (talk) 04:22, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
 * It's good. The difference between funding and resourcing is slim. I think (risk of original research) in reality, all resourcing is just funding, so you could tighten it further, if brevity was the priority. CT55555 (talk) 04:33, 2 June 2022 (UTC)