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    Site Glossary?

    Do we need a glossary/ Acronym listing

    Im my last ~100 word post I threw out the Terms "Reforger" "POMCUS" and if I didn't put a wikipedia link in would have also used "CRAF". I think most people get these terms but I know not everyone does.

    I am thinking about creating a new sub forum locked with either one or two posts. The Glossary definitions and Acronym breakdowns would either have their own threads or be mixed together.

    The reason I would go with a sub forum is that I can change the permissions to allow any registered member to make additions or changes. You can only do that at the forum level not thread level.

    If I go through and manage it I could also make it linkable via something like this [define]Term[/define].

    There are a few other solutions I am looking at since it never makes sense to reinvent the wheel, but before I went any further is there any interest interested in using or editing a definition list.

    Edit
    I just realized that using my [wiki] tags I probably could have linked to both of the terms I thought might have confusion. Still interested in everyone's opinion of a glossary though.
    Last edited by kato13; 02-05-2010, 11:08 PM.
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    Originally posted by kato13 View Post
    The reason I would go with a sub forum is that I can change the permissions to allow any registered member to make additions or changes. You can only do that at the forum level not thread level.
    Well that sounds good to me. Until I read through your whole post Kato I thought it sounded like a nightmare for you of having to update the list every time new suggestions were made but if individuals can add acronyms as they think of them and you only have to review for relevance/problems then I think it is virtually a must-have.
    sigpic "It is better to be feared than loved" - Nicolo Machiavelli

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Targan View Post
      ...it is virtually a must-have.
      What he said.
      If it moves, shoot it, if not push it, if it still doesn't move, use explosives.

      Nothing happens in isolation - it's called "the butterfly effect"

      Mors ante pudorem

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      • #4
        I'd..

        welcome it,,
        The Big Book of War - Twilight 2000 Filedump Site
        Guns don't kill people,apes with guns do.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Targan View Post
          Well that sounds good to me. Until I read through your whole post Kato I thought it sounded like a nightmare for you of having to update the list every time new suggestions were made but if individuals can add acronyms as they think of them and you only have to review for relevance/problems then I think it is virtually a must-have.
          Ditto to that...
          Author of the unofficial and strictly non canon Alternative Survivor’s Guide to the United Kingdom

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          • #6
            Sounds like a good plan to me. I know basically what Reforger is, but POMCUS threw me until this morning whin I had an epiphany
            Just because I'm on the side of angels doesn't mean I am one.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by weswood View Post
              Sounds like a good plan to me. I know basically what Reforger is, but POMCUS threw me until this morning whin I had an epiphany
              It would help someone like me who is a military illiterate except for my reading.

              Mike

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              • #8
                Definitely a good idea as it took me a little time to figure out what TWW meant.

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