[WikiEN-l] Citizendium to launch this week

[Ray Saintonge]

Mark Wagner wrote:

>On 3/25/07, Ron Ritzman <ritzman at 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