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::Well, the thing is, Tim, the majority of magazine issue pages have long used abbreviations. DWM pages, for instance, have used DWM since, I think, they were originally created. Same with DWCC, DWA. [[DWBIT]], was, as [[Forum:DWBIT: Odd man out]] stressed, very much the exception rather than the existing "rule". I'd argue that [[DWBIT 1]] is much ''less'' confusing than ''Doctor Who: Battles in Time'' Issue 1, because in the old way of doing things, you'd have to remember to include the words "Doctor Who" (when you were probably more used to thinking of it as just "Battles in Time"), you'd have to remember the colon, and you'd have to remember that the word "issue" was, rather oddly, capitalized. There are a lot more chances to screw up the link with a long-form name than there are with an [acronym] + number format. | ::Well, the thing is, Tim, the majority of magazine issue pages have long used abbreviations. DWM pages, for instance, have used DWM since, I think, they were originally created. Same with DWCC, DWA. [[DWBIT]], was, as [[Forum:DWBIT: Odd man out]] stressed, very much the exception rather than the existing "rule". I'd argue that [[DWBIT 1]] is much ''less'' confusing than ''Doctor Who: Battles in Time'' Issue 1, because in the old way of doing things, you'd have to remember to include the words "Doctor Who" (when you were probably more used to thinking of it as just "Battles in Time"), you'd have to remember the colon, and you'd have to remember that the word "issue" was, rather oddly, capitalized. There are a lot more chances to screw up the link with a long-form name than there are with an [acronym] + number format. | ||
::In this new scheme of magazine issue naming, things follow a normal and predictable pattern. Take the full name, make a proper acronym out of it, then add the issue number. That's a lot easier to explain to people than to rationalize the use of a colon in a title (where none actually exists) or the use of a capital-I in "issue" (where that goes against common-sense capitalization rules). {{user:CzechOut/Sig}} | ::In this new scheme of magazine issue naming, things follow a normal and predictable pattern. Take the full name, make a proper acronym out of it, then add the issue number. That's a lot easier to explain to people than to rationalize the use of a colon in a title (where none actually exists) or the use of a capital-I in "issue" (where that goes against common-sense capitalization rules). {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}'''13:36:28 Tue '''05 Apr 2011 </span> | ||
