User:ThatIPEditor/Essays/Using abbreviations

"Use of too many abbreviations in this context may point to too much beauracratic behavior [sic]"

- Thundercraft5, June 26, 1:22PM PST, edited

Recently, on discordo in the #admin-talk channel, I was pointed out for using abbreviations/shortcuts that came from this wiki. The shortcuts were listed on the policy page. Although I can understand that the use of shortcuts with newbies would be biting, this is the admin chat. We are administrators here. We are experienced editors. There are bureaucracy, however, there are not bureaucracy between the administrators. If there are, than it's 'Crats to Admins.

The use of shortcuts with newbies
Using shortcuts with newbies is really "bitey". When I started editing Wikipedia for the first time, people were linking to these shortcuts, and I got really confused. However, after a while, I figured it out, and it all made sense to me.

The use of shortcuts with experienced editors
When I asked the reason that using shortcuts are not good, I was responded with: "those shortcuts are meant for us to link to the page faster (and shorter in html source)"

- ZeroHazel, June 26, 1:23PM PST, edited

Ok...? Sure, they are used to link between pages, why not also use them in discussion, too? Especially considering that Discord is a live chat, and it is not a static page like the wiki. Messages are constantly being sent. Wouldn't being able to reference to policies faster be a benefit? Plus, we would also be able to save a couple keystrokes, too!

If anyone can give me a clearer response, that would be appreciated