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To add to article

Basic information to add to this article: in which provinces of China they live, with a breakdown by approximate percentage of the total Hui population for each province. 173.88.246.138 (talk) 18:06, 14 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Article organisation

Hey all, I started editing part of the Ancestry subsection before realising much of the information contained in it is either duplicating other subsections or would be better located within them, and generally have come to the conclusion the whole article is pretty confusingly organised. I'm going to start reorganising aspects of it, initially to make the 'definition' and 'history' sections more relevant to their headings, as well as to try to keep things better organised within subsections. I'm not broadly well-read on the subject so I'll do my best not to change or remove text itself except where it's plainly redundant or I have actually been able to dig properly into the sources on them, and I'll go through in stages to try to make each aspect clear to any editors looking over the history. Initially I'm going to be aiming to reduce the size of the definition section, moving significant chunks of it to history, and moving history up to immediately follow definition, as well as some reorganisation within subsections of each. I am a bit torn on where to include 'Genetics' (though I'll be trying to consolidate most of 'ancestry' with it) but my plan for now is to move it to be within the History section. It might be more appropriate to give it its own section (or do something completely different!) so any feedback on its placement is appreciated. If anybody disagrees or has concerns with any of my decisions or what I've foreshadowed please let me know, it feels like a lot for somebody relatively inexperienced as an editor to bite off so I'm happy to have some help to chew! Chaste Krassley (talk) 08:42, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, good on you! If you need any help, let me know. Remsense诉 09:24, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hui means Muslim

Should it not be noted that Hui means Muslim in Chinese characters? Contrimade (talk) 18:24, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's not quite that simple, in any case. Remsense ‥ 论 04:03, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The character does mean Islam or Muslim though. What is the argument against it? Contrimade (talk) 12:39, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Like many Chinese characters, it has several meanings, directly and indirectly related to one another. I would have to review the sources to see if they give a literal translation as such—I could totally see if many prefer to translate it more narrowly as "Hui" given the recent evolution of the term. Remsense ‥ 论 12:45, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]