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.) 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. -- Doug Ewell | Thornton, Colorado, USA | http://www.ewellic.org RFC 5645, 4645, UTN #14 | ietf-languages @ is dot gd slash 2kf0s  _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf