Wikipedia and jargon

[bugo]

Why does Wikipedia use jargon that the average person might not know the meaning of?  For example, Wikipedia uses the term "neonates."  I know what it means, but Joe Sixpack would probably be more familiar with the term "newborns."  Wikipedia needs to be accessible to the average person, not filled with fairly obscure words.  What is the justification for using jargon?

[1995hoo]

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=992.0

[bugo]

Off topic.

[1995hoo]

By posting in our forum, you automatically agree to the following:

What's not allowed:

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    Any questions about other websites. If you have a question about another website for forum, post it on their forum or contact them directly.

[bugo]

"Off-Topic:  Not directly road related, just anything else."

anything else.

Some members of this forum are wikipedia editors.  I thought this was as good of a place as any to ask the question.

[1995hoo]

By posting in our forum, you automatically agree to the following:

What's not allowed: [Not: "What's not allowed except in the Off-Topic section."]

    .....

    Any questions about other websites. If you have a question about another website for forum, post it on their forum or contact them directly.

IIRC, the moderators have shut down political discussions as being outside the lines even when they showed up in "Off-Topic." That means "anything else" doesn't literally mean "anything."

.... I thought this was as good of a place as any to ask the question.

Sounds about as likely as $100 bills falling out of my arse when I take a dump.

[Alps]

Mod hat on: I think if you wanted to have a discussion of ROAD jargon used on other websites (and not necessarily one specific one), we would have no problem, but yes, this is clearly outside the forum guidelines. Feel free to start a new topic as per the above direction.