"Bad usage" or not depends on one's style guide. The better ones are better.

"Better ones are better" is meaningless because there's no objective standard. What I think is better, you may think is worse. All we can say about style guides is, "different ones are different". They reflect the needs of each publication. And Wikipedia's style guide takes no stance in this case.

It may not be your personal preferred usage, but it certainly isn't "bad usage" if a major American dictionary approves.