BlackVega | 583 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 I noticed when you hover the mouse cursor over an abbreviation you get a tip on what it means. I noticed NA is described as NintendoAge, which is correct but NA can also mean North America Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkchylde28 | 1,546 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 It can also casually mean "no," so, I mean...so what? The various abbreviations and acronyms that are recognized by the system are video game based, much like the site. If you use an abbreviation commonly used in video game circles in a different manner (such as NA for North America as you mentioned), I'm fairly certain that 99% of people reading your post will pick up what you mean via context. If you wrote about how between the 1500s and 1800s millions of people immigrated to NA, I doubt anyone will think you're talking about NintendoAge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireHazard51 | 2,043 Social Team · Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 On 3/25/2023 at 9:48 AM, BlackVega said: I noticed when you hover the mouse cursor over an abbreviation you get a tip on what it means. I noticed NA is described as NintendoAge, which is correct but NA can also mean North America I think the abbreviations have been suggested or been made due to people asking what something means multiple times. I know I was one who probably asked about what NA means because I wasn't a prior NA user. I came from SA (ScrewAttack) but no one here talks about them. If you look there was a thread going over suggested for explaining abbreviations. There was a lot of debate for CIB being Complete In Box or Cart Instructions Box. LOT of debate about what is "complete" Do you include the foam, what about the ad inserts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,949 Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 (edited) NA as North America does seem like something that would be frequently used in video game context when talking about regions, especially among collectors which there are a lot of here. And I can see why someone going curiously "why is there and underline, lets see what the mouseover says - wait "NintendoAge"? what?" would be pretty confused, even if the meaning is probably still clear. At least it does come across like an error. Again, not really much of an issue, but it would be easily fixed by allowing multiple translations for each abbreviation, just for the sake of clarity. Edited April 5, 2023 by Sumez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackVega | 583 Posted April 30, 2023 Author Share Posted April 30, 2023 Another example would be "shipping to NA is 12$". This is what a lot of people were saying and this may get confusing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirVillain | 488 Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 (edited) ECW! ECW! ECW!!! or ECW ECW ECW !!! That work??? Edited April 30, 2023 by AirVillain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirVillain | 488 Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Guess not. @Gloves I think this deserves your utmost attention. TOP PRIORITY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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