| From: | Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at> |
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| To: | Peter Smith <smithpb2250(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: DOCS: Avoid using abbreviation "aka" |
| Date: | 2024-02-29 09:14:36 |
| Message-ID: | 297fa70b2b94cdc8319c7976d99d9eb6467bf51b.camel@cybertec.at |
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On Thu, 2024-02-29 at 16:51 +1100, Peter Smith wrote:
> While checking some recently pushed changes [1] I noticed
> documentation [2] that includes the abbreviation "aka".
>
> IMO it is preferable to avoid informal abbreviations like "aka" in the
> documents, because not everyone will understand the meaning.
> Furthermore, I think this is reinforced by the fact this was the
> *only* example of "aka" that I could find in all of the .sgml. Indeed,
> assuming that "aka" is short for "also known as" then the sentence
> still doesn't seem correct even after those words are substituted.
+1
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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