Mark Wagner wrote:
On 3/25/07, Ron Ritzman ritzman@gmail.com wrote:
This part of their policy is almost funny seeing how much we all just "love" WP:TLAs
"No initialisms. The Policy pages of the Citizendium may not contain any three-letter "initialisms." For example, "IAR," "NOR," and "AFD" are three letter initialisms. These expressions are a considerable problem for new users who are unfamiliar with them. The first time a user introduces such an expression in a policy page, he/she will be warned and the expression removed. The second time a user repeats this offense, he will be banned for a suitable amount of time.?
I look forward to seeing what sort of private jargon they wind up developing -- and if they realize that they've done so. Initialisms are the English Wikipedia's jargon.
I appreciate the sentiment behind trying to deal with this problem, since I often encounter abbreciations on this list that I need to puzzle over before giving my best guess. I don't think the hard line approach will help them. It's just not a winnable battle.
Ec