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. > > -- > 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 _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf