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::I don't know that it needs a vote. I'm happy to work on it a bit, or someone from NHQ IT who manages this Wiki can jump in as well. I love your edits, btw. Glad to see some people working on this stuff. [[User:Cengland|Cengland]] ([[User talk:Cengland|talk]]) 13:12, 23 October 2024 (EDT) | ::I don't know that it needs a vote. I'm happy to work on it a bit, or someone from NHQ IT who manages this Wiki can jump in as well. I love your edits, btw. Glad to see some people working on this stuff. [[User:Cengland|Cengland]] ([[User talk:Cengland|talk]]) 13:12, 23 October 2024 (EDT) | ||
As the member who first created this list, it started as an acronym list but has evolved to be more. I think this is a good change. Looking at it from the perspective of a new member, they don't necessarily know if a term is an acronym, a term, an abbreviation, or anything else. They just want to find out what it is. As experienced members, it doesn't impact what we do either way. At one point I renamed the page to Dictionary but someone else changed it back. I was planning to ask IT if they can change the web link to Dictionary to further clarify what it is. Additionally, the DOD publishes a "DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms" which includes Terms & Definitions and Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Initialisms. This is modeled after that document, just simplified into one list for ease of finding the term. Someone can still create an article on a specific term, this just gives us one-stop shopping with unfamiliar terms, etc. Ideally, the two would be linked but coexist. | |||
Latest revision as of 22:46, 4 June 2026
Acronym page issue
We should take care that this is an Acronym list, not a definition database. Things like Grade, Rank, 101 Card, and CAPWATCH are not acronyms, but terms used in CAP. They should just be entries in the Wiki, not listed in this article.
Items like ReadyOp, L-Per, and OpsQuals are abbreviations, not acronyms.
All of these use cases should be removed at some point and moved to their own articles or a separate Abbreviations article. Cengland (talk) 10:16, 22 October 2024 (EDT)
- We could rename this to a definitions page, or have multiple pages. It can be a vote. Jmuofficial (talk) 13:02, 23 October 2024 (EDT)
- The whole point of a Wikipedia is to be a series of definitions and explanations, so no need for a separate list. Things like "Grade" or "Rank" should simply be pages here in the Wiki. If you want to know what Grade is, you search for it. Conversely, if you want to know what "SET" is, you search and/or look in a list like this page.
As the member who first created this list, it started as an acronym list but has evolved to be more. I think this is a good change. Looking at it from the perspective of a new member, they don't necessarily know if a term is an acronym, a term, an abbreviation, or anything else. They just want to find out what it is. As experienced members, it doesn't impact what we do either way. At one point I renamed the page to Dictionary but someone else changed it back. I was planning to ask IT if they can change the web link to Dictionary to further clarify what it is. Additionally, the DOD publishes a "DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms" which includes Terms & Definitions and Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Initialisms. This is modeled after that document, just simplified into one list for ease of finding the term. Someone can still create an article on a specific term, this just gives us one-stop shopping with unfamiliar terms, etc. Ideally, the two would be linked but coexist.