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The placeholder “张三 (Zhang San)” links to a wiki without any Chinese example

I find this article exceedingly helpful and “shout out” to all those who developed it.

I do have a minor suggestion based on one observation: the so-called placeholder “张 (Zhang)” or “张三 (Zhang San)” used in § 1 Chinese classifier#Usage—just above the start of § 1.1 Chinese classifier#Specialized uses)—links to a fragment that does not yet exist (List of placeholder names by language#Mandarin). To be clear, the wiki List of placeholder names by language exists, and the Mandarin fragment doesn’t. As such, the link List of placeholder names by language#Mandarin may be considered “empty” and the use of the placeholder here pedagogically confusing. Would a domain expert be so kind as to address this omission or the source of this confusion?

Thanks again for all the authors’ efforts on this piece!

Respectfully,

Humble student of Standard Mandarin Clarpaul (talk) 19:32, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]