Talk:Acronyms (Common)

I've begun work on an "Acronyms" list. I'm a bit stuck on how to format it, though. I've got two examples in the article so far. Anyone care to make any suggestions before I continue with this?

I prefer the look of the first one, but prefer the even spacing of the second. Is there some way to get the best of both worlds? --Squeg 04:24, 8 Oct 2005 (EST)


 * How about we change all the acronym articles such that they do not simply redirect to the full term, but contain text instead, like "AE is the acronym for After Exodus". This way we could add to it and make it appear under category:Slang & Terminology. Or we might even start a new sub-category  . --Tetris L 05:17, 8 Oct 2005 (EST)


 * Here's the discussion that spawned the "acronyms" page. It's the result of a suggestion I received when trying to figure out how to make the "Slang & Terminology" category page list both the Acronym and its meaning.  What's there now is a bit confusing as some things are acronyms and some things are spelled out.


 * Let me make sure I understand your suggestion. Do you mean that we would rename the article "Area of Effect" to "AoE - Area of Effect" or perhaps to "Area of Effect (AoE)"?  Something like this would work, as long as the lists for a single letter remain relatively short (as you're basically making it impossible to alphabetize either the Acronym or the term).  It also requires renaming other people's articles which I don't know how to do anyway.  However, if someone wants to do this, (or point out how) and set up the redirects from the old articles, it seems reasonable.  We'd probably also need a style guide somewhere mentioning how acronyms should be titled for consistency.


 * Other opinions? --Squeg 05:34, 8 Oct 2005 (EST)