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=== Do not invent abbreviations or acronyms ===

Generally avoid [[Wikipedia:No original research|making up]] new abbreviations, especially acronyms (~~{{xtn|World Union~~ of ~~Billiards}} is good as~~ a ~~{{em|translation}} of {{xt|Union Mondiale de Billard}}~~, but neither it nor the reduction {{~~!xt~~|~~WUB~~}} is used by the organization; so use ~~the original name and~~ its official abbreviation, {{xt|~~UMB~~}}). If it is necessary to abbreviate in a tight space, such as a [[~~Wikipedia~~:Manual of Style/Tables#Captions and headers|header]] in a wide table of data, use widely recognized abbreviations (for {{xt|New Zealand gross national product}}, use {{xt|NZ}} and {{xt|GNP}}, with a link if the term has not already been written out: {{xt|NZ [[Measures of national income and output|GNP]]}}; do not use the made-up initialism {{~~!xt~~|NZGNP}}).

Generally avoid [[Wikipedia:No original research|making up]] new abbreviations, especially acronyms ('''Test Alliance Please Ignore''' is the registered name of a particularly powerful nullsec alliance, but neither it nor the reduction {{notthis|TAPI}} is used by the organization; so use its official abbreviation and ticker, {{dothis|TEST}}). If it is necessary to abbreviate in a tight space, such as a [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Tables#Captions and headers|header]] in a wide table of data, use widely recognized abbreviations (for {{dothis|New Zealand gross national product}}, use {{dothis|NZ}} and {{dothis|GNP}}, with a link if the term has not already been written out: {{dothis|NZ [[Wikipedia:Measures of national income and output|GNP]]}}; do not use the made-up initialism {{notthis|NZGNP}}).

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 === Do not invent abbreviations or acronyms ===
-Generally avoid [[Wikipedia:No original research|making up]] new abbreviations, especially acronyms ({{xtn|World Union of Billiards}} is good as a {{em|translation}} of {{xt|Union Mondiale de Billard}}, but neither it nor the reduction {{!xt|WUB}} is used by the organization; so use the original name and its official abbreviation, {{xt|UMB}}). If it is necessary to abbreviate in a tight space, such as a [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Tables#Captions and headers|header]] in a wide table of data, use widely recognized abbreviations (for {{xt|New Zealand gross national product}}, use {{xt|NZ}} and {{xt|GNP}}, with a link if the term has not already been written out: {{xt|NZ&nbsp;[[Measures of national income and output|GNP]]}}; do not use the made-up initialism {{!xt|NZGNP}}).
+Generally avoid [[Wikipedia:No original research|making up]] new abbreviations, especially acronyms ('''Test Alliance Please Ignore''' is the registered name of a particularly powerful nullsec alliance, but neither it nor the reduction {{notthis|TAPI}} is used by the organization; so use its official abbreviation and ticker, {{dothis|TEST}}). If it is necessary to abbreviate in a tight space, such as a [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Tables#Captions and headers|header]] in a wide table of data, use widely recognized abbreviations (for {{dothis|New Zealand gross national product}}, use {{dothis|NZ}} and {{dothis|GNP}}, with a link if the term has not already been written out: {{dothis|NZ&nbsp;[[Wikipedia:Measures of national income and output|GNP]]}}; do not use the made-up initialism {{notthis|NZGNP}}).
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