Siebrand Mazeland
Voorzitter at translatewiki.net
Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Summary
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RockstarSiebrand Mazeland is a seasoned systems engineer and independent consultant with 19 years of experience helping major publishers and open-source projects solve complex internationalization, localization and publishing workflow challenges. As owner of Kitano ICT and an Authorized WoodWing Consultant, he designs, customizes and deploys editorial systems at scale, including AWS environments automated with CloudFormation and Puppet and monitored with Datadog. A long-time volunteer and contractor in the Wikimedia ecosystem, he has led translatewiki.net, advised the Wikimedia Foundation on language engineering, and contributed i18n improvements to high-profile projects like MediaWiki and MantisBT. His open-source work blends front-end refinements (notably to Wikimedia’s jQuery IME and i18n libraries) with careful documentation and code cleanup, reflecting a focus on maintainability and cross-language correctness. Comfortable switching between hands-on development, project leadership and community management, he brings a practical, publisher-centered perspective to complex international software problems. Colleagues value him for spotting subtle i18n pitfalls and for turning diverse, multilingual requirements into robust, repeatable solutions.
19 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Dutch, German, English
Stackoverflow
66reputation
2kreached
2answers
1question
Github Skills (27)
sql-query10
mediawiki10
javascript10
rails-i18n10
jquery10
translation10
wikipedia10
css10
intl10
internationalization10
php10
localization10
jsdoc10
ember-i18n10
html10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
mantisbt/mantisbt
Sep 2006 - Feb 2018
Mantis Bug Tracker (MantisBT)
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:422 commits, 1 PR, 38 pushes in 11 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Siebrand primarily contributed to the localization efforts within the MantisBT repository. Their work involved updating and adding translations, as well as modifying language-related configurations. The contributions focused on integrating new languages (Occitan, Tagalog, Volapük, etc.) and correcting errors in existing translations, such as fixing typos in Portuguese. They also ensured proper handling of character encoding in email notifications and other areas.
mantistrackerphpbug-trackerbugtracker
wikimedia/jquery.ime
Nov 2012 - Feb 2016
jQuery based input methods library
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:31 commits, 1 push in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Siebrand primarily focused on updating and improving the user interface of the jQuery IME library. Their contributions involved upgrading the jQuery library to version 1.8.2 and then later to 1.9.1 from a CDN. They also made enhancements to the CSS styling, particularly regarding the positioning and appearance of the IME selector menu, including refinements to the CSS and modifications for the example files. Additionally, the user added and updated language-specific keyboard mappings and tests, and corrected Odia language spellings.
javascriptjquery
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