Hello everyone!
I believe that what is described now in the article as the accepted convention about right- and left-handed polarization in physics is incorrect.

I read the discussion and I think that Srleffler's surmise (03 Jan 2010) about the physics convention is correct (i.e. point thumb in direction of propagation). According to RP Feynman's lectures (Vol. 1, ch.33-1) this is the convention used in physics. There might be different conventions in optics.
Greetings! (Nov 12th 2010)