Portal talk:Zh

中文的母语

Excuse me, but I see

zh-N 这位用户明白中文的母语。

What is 中文的母语 ? 上古中文 ? Maybe use (the hans version of) 為 (which I am not set up to input today). Jidanni 00:20, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Ah ha, compare wikipedia:Template:User_zh ! 否則好諷刺。 Jidanni 21:47, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Bugzilla

Is this the right place to write messages where the Zh translators can see them?
Should I "fix" bugzilla:17742?
Can somebody fix bugzilla:17736?

Jidanni 00:20, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Just to give others a little context. We have been mailing a bit outside the system. You have been trying to send me patches, but I have not yet managed to tell you what I expect you to submit to me :). So here a little explanation:

patches to 'run time' exports of gettext files from translatewiki.net are useless. The gettext files change all the time. What to submit? The whole file (ideally in zipped format to create smaller e-mails. See more at Translating:Offline.
patches to MediaWiki php files: Submit a patch in a file (not below e-mail text) as a proper patch. Alternatively send me the whole file that was changed.

As for your questions: if you are a translator, feel free to translate and/or correct anything you can contribute to. For 'zh-tw' the current policy, I believe, is to only add a translation where it differs from the fallback. This *should* be the place where 'zh' translators come to discuss, indeed. If they need a push, I would advise you to drop a note on the talk page of a few active zh translators pointing them here. All communities need a little guidance to get going :). Cheers! Siebrand 08:55, 11 March 2009 (UTC)