User talk:Quizzical/Acronyms

Another nice rant from the master. One aspect you've been missing is context. LA means Lion's Arch precisely because it's used within the context of GW (and I bet you know which GW I am referring to here). Most professional writers create context when using an acronym or abbreviating by explaining it once b4 (before) using it. B4 you complain, I am using this as an example how a clarification b4 the use makes an acronym that otherwise sees little use decipherable (but not necessarily good writing style). --◄mendel► 18:20, 22 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Introducing an abbreviation and then using it in an article is perfectly good. Trying to do that in-game doesn't work nearly so well, because the people who read your chat can change quite frequently.  What I'm getting at in-game is that people often use non-obvious abbreviations without introducing them, and that is that is what causes confusion.  Quizzical 18:26, 22 July 2008 (UTC)