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I think it was incredibly misguided to move this article from "Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis" to "ALS". The basis of the argument seems to be that it is almost always referred to by the abbreviation and not the expanded form. This is true, but does not mean that the expanded form should be hidden. The reader needs to know what ALS stands for. On a first mention, in any article, "ALS" alone should not be used. "Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)" is the form most helpful to the reader, with ALS then used thereafter. And the article itself should clearly be at the expanded form. It's analogous to influenza, which everybody calls the flu, or multiple sclerosis, very commonly referred to as MS, with both those articles rightly being at the longer form. 94.70.247.219 (talk) 09:29, 9 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
Reasonable minds may differ. Don't forget though, that the full name is visible from the moment the reader opens the page. If other articles decide to write [[Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]], they will still be directed here, and there is no reason that any other page must use "ALS"; that decision will depend on the needs of that page. — HTGS (talk)06:00, 10 June 2024 (UTC)Reply