Jonathan Walther wrote:
The Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a dictionary. And it is certainly not an arbiter which words people may or may not use. You may not use Le Dictionnaire de l'academie francaise as justification for removing an article.
I would agree with the sentiment, but I don't like saying "You may not". Better to say "It is not a good idea to..."
We already have some distrust between the French and English wikipedias, and I don't want them to get the impression that the English speakers will set every policy down to the last detail by edict.
--Jimbo