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