[ih] wikipedia

[Bill Nowicki]

It looks to me like the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang_path#Bang_path section of the UUCP article uses both terms somewhat interchangeably. Not surprising, since this was an example of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retronym effect quite quickly as I recall. We would generally talk about "mail" to mean the computer variety, and "snail mail" to refer to the older post office version sending physical paper. It is taking a bit longer perhaps in the general population.
 
I do not recall the claim about Ethernet that you mention. But in general I was so embarrassed about how bad the Wikipedia articles were about computer networking that I did became an editor and tried to fix some over the years.  Feel free to help, since we are all volunteers. There is a learning curve, like any new technology and community (since it is both). Many people get discouraged since unless you follow the conventions changes tend to be reverted. I might be able to help by using the right citation format and neutral language etc. if provided sources. Generally Wikipedia suffers from quite a recentism bias: to most editors anything from before 2008 is ancient history! That UUCP article cold use help too, sigh. 
 
Bill
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