SPUI wrote:
Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 11:07:40 -0400, SPUI drspui@gmail.com wrote:
Because normally we don't report on errors on maps. We don't say "FDOT turned over part of SR 2 to Nassau County in the 1980s, but some maps still show it as a state road."
Why not, if it's verifiable? Surely that is an interesting and useful piece of information?
How is it interesting that maps make mistakes? In an article about a town, would we say that a map once spelled it incorrectly?
If it's a _widespread_ error, then people are likely to come across it independently. The information that it's a widespread error is quite useful in this situation. We have whole entire articles on urban legends and the like, adding a line to an article like this doesn't seem out of line to me.