top | item 43960502 (no title) Washuu | 9 months ago Thank you for the help. It is really frustrating when authors do not define an acronym when it is first introduced in the text. discuss order hn newest unmole|9 months ago But they do:> The part of the system that manages all this mess is called Windows Security Center - WSC for short. Washuu|9 months ago It needs to be closer to where the acronym is first introduced. The definition, on my screen, is below the fold so it can not be seen in context of where the acronym is first introduced. If it was defined below the title, I would understand.* https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/abbreviati...* https://www.stylemanual.gov.au/grammar-punctuation-and-conve...* https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/acronymsI do a lot of copy editing for clarity and non-native speakers so I have keep these things in mind. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ load replies (1) n4r9|9 months ago At least that one is defined later on. I'm still scratching my head over "CTF".[Edit - could be Capture The Flag?] tempaway43563|9 months ago You're right, that never gets defined. Yes, Capture The Flag cybersecurity sort of competition I thinkhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43960389 rschiavone|9 months ago They do. They understandably shorten it in the title, but then they define the acronym the first time they use it in the article.
unmole|9 months ago But they do:> The part of the system that manages all this mess is called Windows Security Center - WSC for short. Washuu|9 months ago It needs to be closer to where the acronym is first introduced. The definition, on my screen, is below the fold so it can not be seen in context of where the acronym is first introduced. If it was defined below the title, I would understand.* https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/abbreviati...* https://www.stylemanual.gov.au/grammar-punctuation-and-conve...* https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/acronymsI do a lot of copy editing for clarity and non-native speakers so I have keep these things in mind. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ load replies (1)
Washuu|9 months ago It needs to be closer to where the acronym is first introduced. The definition, on my screen, is below the fold so it can not be seen in context of where the acronym is first introduced. If it was defined below the title, I would understand.* https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/abbreviati...* https://www.stylemanual.gov.au/grammar-punctuation-and-conve...* https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/acronymsI do a lot of copy editing for clarity and non-native speakers so I have keep these things in mind. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ load replies (1)
n4r9|9 months ago At least that one is defined later on. I'm still scratching my head over "CTF".[Edit - could be Capture The Flag?] tempaway43563|9 months ago You're right, that never gets defined. Yes, Capture The Flag cybersecurity sort of competition I thinkhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43960389
tempaway43563|9 months ago You're right, that never gets defined. Yes, Capture The Flag cybersecurity sort of competition I thinkhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43960389
rschiavone|9 months ago They do. They understandably shorten it in the title, but then they define the acronym the first time they use it in the article.
unmole|9 months ago
> The part of the system that manages all this mess is called Windows Security Center - WSC for short.
Washuu|9 months ago
* https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/abbreviati...
* https://www.stylemanual.gov.au/grammar-punctuation-and-conve...
* https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/acronyms
I do a lot of copy editing for clarity and non-native speakers so I have keep these things in mind. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
n4r9|9 months ago
[Edit - could be Capture The Flag?]
tempaway43563|9 months ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43960389
rschiavone|9 months ago