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Ikea
Hello John, You've just reverted an edit of mine on the mistaken basis that Ikea is always rendered in caps (as IKEA). Actually it isn't; as an acronym it should be in mixed case, which is why I did the edit. It appears as 'Ikea' throughout the text of the Wikipedia page on ... er ... Ikea - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKEA. Please would you revert your revert? Thanks! Eric Blatant (talk) 23:04, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
Hello John, thanks for your kind reply on my talk page. Am I supposed to reply to it here? I'm not sure. Some publications (such as the Guardian) insist that just about all acronyms (like Nato, Nasa, Aids) should be in mixed case, but initialisations (BBC, HIV) are capped up. So I reckon it should be Nato rather than NATO, although a lot of Wikipedia editors might disagree. Eric Blatant (talk) 16:16, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
- But see MOS:ALLCAPS. Regards Orenburg1 (talk) 07:08, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
- Been there, done that. See User talk:Eric Blatant#IKEA. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 13:42, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
- Apologies - I intended to refer to MOS:TMRULES which says in part:
- avoid: TIME, KISS, ASUS
- instead, use: Time, Kiss, Asus (Capitalize IBM and IKEA, as initialisms.) Regards Orenburg1 (talk) 07:58, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
- Apologies - I intended to refer to MOS:TMRULES which says in part:
- Been there, done that. See User talk:Eric Blatant#IKEA. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 13:42, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
University of Buckingham
Good morning John... just wondering if you have any ideas on how we can get the IP contributor to the UoB article to a) assume good faith and b) interact on the Talk page? They make some good constructive edits, but at the same time seem determined to paint the University in a negative, rather than neutral, light at points. Mike1901 (talk) 09:27, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
- @Mike1901:, I left a message on his/her talk page which s/he ignored. The only option left to us is to ask for the page to be semi-protected. Annoying because most of his/her edits are constructive but his/her approach is just too disruptive. I'm not that interested in that article to want to spend time edit-squabbling on it. I'll ask for a semi-protect. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 12:36, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
- Yup, agreed that's the best way forward. Mike1901 (talk) 12:51, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
- @Mike1901:, I made it 'pending changes' which is the lowest level of intervention. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 13:19, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
- Yup, agreed that's the best way forward. Mike1901 (talk) 12:51, 25 May 2016 (UTC)