proposal: slight change in use of entities

[Matthew East]

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Update on this, which was discussed during the meeting today.

* Matthew East:
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> We can get around this by changing how we use entities - instead of
> expanding them into the translation template, we can keep them separate.
> 
> However, this requires that we don't use any entities that might change
> when translated into a different language. So an entity which reads
> "Ubuntu" would not be satisfactory, because "Ubuntu" gets changed in
> many languages depending on the context (e.g. "in Ubuntu", might require
> a different word to "from Ubuntu").
> 
> So I'd propose that what we do is limit the use of entities to version
> numbers and urls, and switch the translation practise as described above.
> 
> I don't think too many entities would have to be removed, to be honest.

I think those who attended the meeting agreed with making this change,
and no one else has disagreed. Therefore, we need to ensure that we are
not using any translateable entities before the doc freeze.

thanks,

Matt
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