People shouldn't feel obliged to use "official" abbreviations, which often aren't immediately clear--the goal is communication to a diverse audience. Other abbreviations are often clearer and often just as short. There's not just one way. TH
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From: <mdbirding...> [<mdbirding...>] On Behalf Of Sarah Anderson [<sarahb3...>]
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 12:12 PM
To: <wcbirding...>; <mdbirding...>
Subject: Plea for decoding abbreviations Re: [MDBirding] WEKI OC Airport
While I find it really helpful when the whole bird name is used in the subject line of a post, I understand that typing on mobile devices is difficult and that there are times when people are trying to get information out quickly. But please, please, please take a moment to type the whole name of the bird in the body of your email. There are a lot of us who don't know what a "WEKI" is.
It's also really desirable to give location and county name. Pretty sure "OC" is Ocean City but .... again, please bear in mind that there are people looking at these posts that are not familiar with the area and have no idea what "OC" means or where it is. Maryland is a wonderfully large, geographically diverse state. Not everyone subscribed to MDBirding is from Maryland, not even necessarily from a nearby state.
Thanks in advance for getting good info into the posts!
Sarah B. Anderson
Cabin John, MD
www.sarahanderson.net
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From: wcbirding <wcbirding...>
To: MDBirding <mdbirding...>
Sent: Mon, Nov 12, 2012 11:59 am
Subject: [MDBirding] WEKI OC Airport
Continues along fence line, with bluebirds.
Mark Hoffman
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