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For a time, military operations were written in all-capital letters in BattleTech publications. This practice has been discontinued, and there is no mention of it in the latest official Style Guide. Sarna.net BTW has opted to maintain the all-capital spelling for consistency across the wiki. For a time, military operations were written in all-capital letters in BattleTech publications. This practice has been discontinued, and there is no mention of it in the latest official Style Guide. Sarna.net BTW has opted to maintain the all-capital spelling for consistency across the wiki.
− ==Acronyms and abbreviations== + ==Abbreviations==
When writing an article, write out the full name and only use abbreviations in subsequent mentions. When editing an article, be careful to ensure that at least the first mention is written out. For example, any reference to House Davion's preeminent university should first be "New Avalon Institute of Science," while only subsequent mentions should be abbreviated as "NAIS." This means that no page should ever have an abbreviated and linked word/phrase, unless that is the sole name for it (e.g. [[ROM]]). When writing an article, write out the full name and only use abbreviations in subsequent mentions. When editing an article, be careful to ensure that at least the first mention is written out. For example, any reference to House Davion's preeminent university should first be "New Avalon Institute of Science," while only subsequent mentions should be abbreviated as "NAIS." This means that no page should ever have an abbreviated and linked word/phrase, unless that is the sole name for it (e.g. [[ROM]]).
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For a time, military operations were written in all-capital letters in BattleTech publications. This practice has been discontinued, and there is no mention of it in the latest official Style Guide. Sarna.net BTW has opted to maintain the all-capital spelling for consistency across the wiki. | For a time, military operations were written in all-capital letters in BattleTech publications. This practice has been discontinued, and there is no mention of it in the latest official Style Guide. Sarna.net BTW has opted to maintain the all-capital spelling for consistency across the wiki. | ||
− | == | + | ==Abbreviations== |
When writing an article, write out the full name and only use abbreviations in subsequent mentions. When editing an article, be careful to ensure that at least the first mention is written out. For example, any reference to House Davion's preeminent university should first be "New Avalon Institute of Science," while only subsequent mentions should be abbreviated as "NAIS." This means that no page should ever have an abbreviated and linked word/phrase, unless that is the sole name for it (e.g. [[ROM]]). | When writing an article, write out the full name and only use abbreviations in subsequent mentions. When editing an article, be careful to ensure that at least the first mention is written out. For example, any reference to House Davion's preeminent university should first be "New Avalon Institute of Science," while only subsequent mentions should be abbreviated as "NAIS." This means that no page should ever have an abbreviated and linked word/phrase, unless that is the sole name for it (e.g. [[ROM]]). | ||