On Dec 14, 2010, at 3:24 PM, Doug Ewell wrote:
SM <sm at resistor dot net> wrote:
Quoting Doug Ewell [1]:
"I thought it would be good to let the list know that these
misconceptions exist and may be widespread, because of the wide
use of Wikipedia"
I like Wikipedia and usually find its articles to be accurate. The
article on BCP 47 language tags to which I was referring happened to be
filled with errors and oversimplifications. (Its author was, and is,
known to make the same blunders on mailing lists.)
The problem I have with this is not the content (presumably the author of the
I-D is vouching for any references they use), it's
that the content can change at any time.
Regards
Marshall
It would be a mistake to assume that all Wikipedia articles are either
100% accurate or 100% inaccurate. Cross-checking with other sources is
often a wise move. This is also true for books, magazines, technical
journals, mailing lists, and blogs. I've even read standards and
specifications that contained factual errors; I suppose we all have.
The fact that Wikipedia articles can be edited by anyone, and do not
undergo a formal peer review process by people with abbreviations at the
end of their names, does not automatically mean they are chock-full of
damaging errors. Civilians with better information fix problems all the
time.
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Doug Ewell | Thornton, Colorado, USA | http://www.ewellic.org
RFC 5645, 4645, UTN #14 | ietf-languages @ is dot gd slash 2kf0s
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