EM's own web site is also a good source of definitions for abbreviations that are often used in the EM discussions. (http://wiki.electorama.com/wiki/Special:AllPages)
But in general I too recommend writers to open all abbreviations that are not obvious to all. There is no point in making the messages more cryptic than they could be. Juho On 21.1.2013, at 19.54, robert bristow-johnson wrote: > On 1/21/13 9:31 AM, Kathy Dopp wrote: >> I do not spend enough time following this subject to memorize all the >> acronyms. >> >> Could posters to this list please make your emails comprehensible to >> someone like myself by spelling out the words comprising the acronym >> when it is first used in each and every email to the list? >> > > Kathy, i feel the same way. sometimes Wikipedia (Voting systems) is helpful. > but it doesn't keep up. > > and i just confirmed, evidently a while ago i disabled the filter on my email > client regarding your posts to EM. i forgot i did that. hence i see the > post. > > -- > > r b-j [email protected] > > "Imagination is more important than knowledge." > > > > ---- > Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
