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Topic: What happened to the lav -> looking_at_viewer alias?

Posted under Tag/Wiki Projects and Questions

Watsit

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I found that the ttv->talking_to_viewer alias request was recently rejected, in part due to potential mistags meanings tv. I can't find who/when lav->looking_at_viewer was deleted, but maybe it was done on a similar premise of potential mistags that meant lava (or lab)? Does seem wrong that there wasn't a discussion or anything about it, though.

bitWolfy

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I am primarily responsible for that, after a brief discussion with Rainbow Dash.

I am not a huge fan of abbreviations like this. Stuff like m/f? Sure, those are relatively unambiguous.
However, the ones like ttv and lav's meaning is not obvious from the abbreviation, and those tags can easily be interpreted as something else.

wat8548

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"lav" in particular is common shorthand for "lavatory" in some regions of the UK. I wasn't aware this alias existed, but I support its removal.

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