[PATCH v3] Fix Country name for xh_ZA
Mike FABIAN
mfabian@redhat.com
Fri Aug 18 16:21:00 GMT 2017
Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 11:54 PM AKHILESH KUMAR <akhilesh.k@samsung.com>
> wrote:
>
>> > As a general rule I don't think we should make changes based only on
>> Wikipedia. Please at least check their references, and cite the primary
>> source in the locale file.
>>
>> I believe wiki page in locale language is more trusty (specific to locale
>> information like Country name specific to that country, week, months for
>> that locale etc ) then other sources.
>> Like locale page for indian language.
>
>
> I don't agree with that. Anyone can change anything on a Wikipedia page,
> and in these less-used-online languages, if something is wrong it's likely
> that no one will notice, perhaps for years. Locale definitions should be
> derived from primary sources, not Wikipedia.
I agree with Zack.
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Mike FABIAN <mfabian@redhat.com>
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