I followed the links and wasn't aware of the recommendation to avoid
using named entities besides the XML pre-defined ones.  I added this
to <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/HTML5#Validity_issues> ,  if it's
covered elsewhere please edit away and/or replace with a link.

On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Sam Reed <re...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> It's been a long time coming (for the nth time..), but we're scheduling a
> deployment of HTML5 across the Wikimedia cluster [1]. This is set for Monday
> 17th September at 18:00-20:00 UTC [2].
>
>
>
> The intention is to set $wgHtml5 [3] to true everywhere. It's been running
> on MediaWiki.org and our 2 test wikis for quite a while, and other sites
> like translatewiki.net with no issues.
>
>
>
> The intention is to leave it enabled unless it causes major problems. If
> you're running an application that screen scrapes, shame on you; you've had
> enough notice to get it fixed! ;)
>
>
>
> Now is the time to fix up your scripts and programs (where necessary), tell
> your friends!
>
> Sam
>
>
> [1] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27478
>
> [2] http://wikitech.wikimedia.org/view/Software_deployments#Week_of_Sept_17
>
> [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgHtml5

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