Talk:EXIF

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I didn't think EXIF was a typo; so that we don't mislead other contributors, maybe we should call it what it actually is? It is actually an acronym for exchangeable image file format. This is in the same vein as TACAN for tactical air navigation and RADAR for radio detection and ranging. There are hundreds of others we could cite just like this. Please revert back to my edit. Thank you for your consideration. –  Paine Ellsworth   C LIMAX ! 22:32, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Paine, EXIF is a common capitalization error for Exif (that's why the redirect exists). The Exchangeable image file format specification is very clear about that it should be abbreviated as Exif, not as EXIF. --Matthiaspaul (talk) 22:53, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * So you don't see this as an acronym? even though it is styled in the same manner as so many other acronyms? I've seen "tacan", "TACAN" or "Tacan", "radar", "RADAR" or "Radar", "lcd", "LCD" or "Lcd".  This stylization is no different from many other acronyms, and this one is used a lot on Wikipedia for the redirects to exif info on jpeg files.  I think this one should be sorted as an acronym, also.  Let's at least do that in addition to the rest, okay? –   Paine Ellsworth   C LIMAX ! 23:14, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Ah, now I see what you were after. I didn't make the distinction between abbreviation and acronym.
 * Thinking about it, I consider Exif to be both, an abbreviation and an acronym, but not EXIF. Just in case you missed this, we have two redirects, Exif and EXIF, both pointing to Exchangeable image file format. As far as I can see, only the Exif redirect is used in article space, whereas the EXIF redirect exists only for historical reasons (as the incorrect capitalization was used on various talk pages in the past). Do you see EXIF being actively used elsewhere in Wikipedia?
 * I would be happy to add R from acronym etc. to the other redirect Exif. At the same time, I am tempted to nominate EXIF for deletion, because what doesn't exist cannot cause confusion. Once it would be gone, if someone typed "EXIF" in the search box, the remaining redirect Exif would take over, as the search box is case-insensitive, so a user would still find the correct article Exchangeable image file format regardless of how he writes Exif.
 * Of course, I would have no objections to keep EXIF as well, if the Exif specification would use this form anywhere, but it doesn't. I can't find it now, but there even was a FAQ, where they explicitly asked not to write EXIF, but Exif.
 * --Matthiaspaul (talk) 08:20, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
 * The EXIF redirect would probably survive at Rfd, because it is used extensively. I have seen all three versions used in several places on Wikipedia, exif, Exif and EXIF.  All three are acronyms and all three can be useful.  Joys! –   Paine Ellsworth   C LIMAX ! 18:57, 24 October 2013 (UTC)