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* '''Don't Use Internet Acronyms:''' AFAIK, IIRC, BTW, and the like have no place in an example. In fact, if you remove one of these while leaving the rest of the example intact, not only does the example lose no information at all, it actually becomes ''more'' comprehensible because people who aren't familiar with Net slang don't have to go look up the acronym. And since these acronyms are meant to make texting and forum posting quicker, when you see it here it makes the page seem like you didn't put a lot of effort into it. Despite the relaxed attitude, we are still trying to be well written.
* '''Don't Use Acronyms For Show Titles:''' It's generally a bad idea, since an acronym of a title won't be readily recognized by non-fans (and might even be used in multiple fandoms), nor will it be automatically linked to the show's media page. The only exception is if a media page describes the common acronym, and you are editing ''that'' page. In the general wiki use the full name. (This wiki's [[meta:Terms of Use|TOS]] might allow discussing playing [[Tales of Symphonia|TOS]] while watching [[Star Trek: The Original Series|TOS]], but this particular bullet point asks that you refrain from
* '''In Fact, Don't Use Abbreviations At All'''. We embrace a loose and informal style, but there's such a thing as ''too'' informal. Abbreviations make an article or example look sloppy. They're also unclear. (As an example, what does "[[GTA]]" stand for? Odds are you didn't think of Ron Howard's film first.) Don't do it.
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