Editing International Phonetic Alphabet (section)

=== Linguists ===
IPA is popular for transcription by linguists. Some American linguists, however, use a mix of IPA with [[Americanist phonetic notation]] or [[Sinological phonetic notation]] or otherwise use [[Obsolete and nonstandard symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet|nonstandard symbols]] for various reasons.<ref name="thomason">{{cite web |url=http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005287.html |title=Why I Don't Love the International Phonetic Alphabet |author=Sally Thomason |date=2 January 2008 |work=Language Log |access-date=3 January 2008 |archive-date=5 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805020951/http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005287.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Authors who employ such nonstandard use are encouraged to include a chart or other explanation of their choices, which is good practice in general, as linguists differ in their understanding of the exact meaning of IPA symbols and common conventions change over time.