Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia abbreviations/Archive 1

Proposal that this article be merged into Glossary
See Wikipedia talk:Glossary travb (talk) 21:30, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Title
I don't think it's helpful to have this titled Alphabet soup. Deliberately using "in" lingo makes Wikipedia less accessible to new editors. It's an issue for those editors from any culture, especially for those from other cultures who may speak English perfectly well but be unfamiliar with goofy idioms. But it's not just an issue of understanding--it sets an exclusive tone. Ccrrccrr (talk) 12:50, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Suggested move

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The result of the move request was: Move, no opposition to suggestions, suggestion also raised in past without opposition. Taelus (talk) 00:19, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Alphabet soup → Wikipedia Abbreviations — Using "in" lingo instead of plain language makes Wikipedia less accessible to new editors. Ccrrccrr (talk) 02:48, 10 March 2010 (UTC)


 * See my comment in the above section that got no replies. Ccrrccrr (talk) 02:48, 10 March 2010 (UTC)


 * One more note: it might seem redundant to have "Wikipedia" twice in the name. The reason is that this is not a page of instructions about using abbreviations in articles.  Rather it is abbreviations that are used in wikipedia referring to wikipedia.  But I welcome other suggestions.Ccrrccrr (talk) 02:54, 10 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment your movereq template is pointing into articlespace... 70.29.210.242 (talk) 05:12, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Ucucha 06:48, 10 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment. Why is "Abbreviations" capitalized in the proposal? Jafeluv (talk) 11:13, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

OP?
I have often seen people refer to "the OP" in discussion. I came here hoping to find out what it means. Can someone who knows, please add it to the article? Thanks. --MelanieN (talk) 17:14, 27 April 2013 (UTC) Cheers! –&#32; –&#32; Gareth Griffith-Jones &#124; The Welsh Buzzard&#124; — 08:17, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * The Original poster. It's a common abbreviation used on forums and message boards, not specific to Wikipedia.  Reatlas  (talk)  07:59, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * You will find it here!
 * Thank you both! --MelanieN (talk) 14:14, 28 April 2013 (UTC)