Thus, a site about Spain in English should not be placed in World/Español, but in Regional/Europe/Spain, or in a more specific thematic category.

Someone interested in these sites should find them through alternative language links and, being able to read sites these languages, also be able to read site descriptions in these languages.

• You may consider becoming a World editor for your category of expertise, if you feel comfortable reviewing the sites and writing a short description in the respective language.
• Move it to a category under World/Français, getting as close as you can to the right place.The drop-down box should contain the closest matching category in each language, but remember that some languages aren't as developed as others.

• Maybe the top level domain country code helps identifying the language. Check the IANA list for details.
• maybe the page has a language meta-tag
• Dlugan's language guesser tool Zaphod may help
• Failing that, ask in the forum, and someone else will probably be able to tell you.

If so, then send the site to the appropriate category as under the above instructions.

If not, then you might like to try finding a few more sites in that language and set up a new category under Test/World/ for it. Post in the "World - General" forum to start this process.

Finally, if the site is of linguistic value and has also content in English: editors of the Natural Languages categories might want to list it, so you could send a copy there too.

• They may date back to the time when there wasn't a World top level section, so just move them to World.
• If it's an entire category contact a World editor (forum or email) and ask him if he wants to take them. Of course they may have to be reviewed again, and descriptions translated, but keeping them together makes things easier and might allow to place them directly in the appropriate category.
• A fellow editor recently added them. If it's just one monolingual site, contact the editor and politely advise him that you moved the site. Note that not all editors are aware of the World section. That editor might also be interested in becoming an editor of the World category.

• There might be a reason why the foreign language site is listed there, e.g. http://babelfish.altavista.com/ can be listed in many languages.
• When the content of the site is another language, the site should be listed in the appropriate language and not in an English category. The idea being that someone interested in these sites, should find them through alternative language links and, being able to read sites these languages, also be able to read site descriptions in these languages. Sometimes though, sites on one subject are spread across 3-4 languages, which might make it difficult to check the 4 categories for 7 sites.
• If this site does need to be moved, then the description will need rewriting to match the language of the category it's going to. If you don't have permissions in the destination category you can only send the site to unreviewed anyway, so this can be left to an editor with permissions there.

For more details see ODP Guidelines: Multi-lingual Sites.

• Official 'About the World category'.
• The World category charter (editors only).
• Tools for Editors' Section, specially Translation tools.
• The FAQ in the section of your language.

• On a DOS/Windows PC, hold down the Alt key and type the numerical value of the letter on the keypad. The value for ñ is 164 and for ç 135.
• On a Mac, type Option - n - n for ñ. (Press Option, then n, then n again.)For ç, type Option + c. (Hold Option and press c.)
• On Windows 95, 98, NT4 and 2000 you can use the character map by clicking Programs: Accessories: System Tools: Character Map.You might need to add this program via Windows setup.
• Go to the control panel, click on keyboard, then language, then properties. Then select "United States - International". When you do this, the tilde, apostrophe, and the double quote don't type right away. If the next key requires an accent, it adds it instead of making a literal mark.
• Copy-and-paste the characters from your browser window.