[WikiEN-l] Tannin, it seems, has changed lots of articles

Jimmy O'Regan jimregan at o2.ie
Sat Jun 7 12:55:34 UTC 2003


james duffy wrote:

>> Oliver wrote If the majority of experts on fauna call an animal the 
>> "Aardvark", and the
>> majority of non-experts call it the "aardvark", then the majority of our
>> potential *readership* call it the "aardvark". So that's what our usual
>> naming convention says that *we* should call it, too. We shouldn't make
>> special cases just for one particular group of people without a better
>> reason than just because that's how they do it themselves.
>
>
> The thing is, we are an ENCYCLOPÆDIA. (BTW, I am not shouting. I just 
> can't do italics here!!!) 

Right, the convention goes: /italics/ *bold* _underline_

HTH
Jimmy




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