User talk:Loxodoromy

Contribute to zh instead of zh-hans

Hi Loxodoromy. I noticed you just recreated multiple pages in zh-hans that had previously been merged to zh. Would you consider contributing translations in zh instead, as it supports automatic conversion to different Chinese variants (for example, https://wiki.nixos.org/w/index.php?title=Nixpkgs/zh&variant=zh-cn for mainland China)? Weijia (talk) 18:44, 27 September 2025 (UTC)

Hi Weijia. Thank you for the explanation.

I understand that the zh page supports automatic variant conversion. I created the zh-hans page because I noticed the zh page contains mixed usage of Simplified and Traditional Chinese characters. Automatic conversion mainly handles character set conversion but struggles with converting phrasing habits. A typical example is that "釋出" (release) would be converted to "释出" rather than the more common term "发行" in this context. The same issue occurs when converting Simplified Chinese to Traditional Chinese. My original intention was to provide documentation that aligns with the reading habits of Simplified Chinese users. If maintaining the zh page is considered more convenient for management, I can contribute directly to the zh page.

Look forward to your views. Loxodoromy (talk) 02:41, 28 September 2025 (UTC)