Template talk:initialism-old

=Documentation= Main points:
 * Accepts via the first or lang= parameter an optional language name or language code. Examples or  or  or  or just
 * Categorizes the page under Category:Abbreviations, acronyms and initialisms and Category:Initialisms (if language parameter is used categorizes it under "Language abbreviations ..." categories instead.
 * Links the title to the Glossary entry about initialism.

=Discussion=

Usage
When adding an initializations, does one add the expanded form as a separate entry? -- IrishDragon 06:38, 23 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Sometimes, but usually the expanded form doesn't warrant a dictionary entry. In those cases, sometimes Wikipedia has an article on the topic, in which case we can link to that. When even that isn't the case, we link to the component words. —Ruakh TALK 15:09, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Alternative spellings
If there are alternative spellings of the term to which the initialism applies, how should these be dealt with? For example, PARP &rarr; 'PolyADP-ribose polymerase' and 'Poly ADP ribose polymerase'. --Ceyockey 03:59, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Deprecation
The deprecation template link to Template:initialism of is broken. Could someone fix please, I don't have permission. --Qef (talk) 07:56, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

RFD discussion: July–October 2019
I imagine Template:initialism-old is not needed anymore. Before my time. --Pious Eterino (talk) 15:37, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Ditto Template:abbreviation-old --Pious Eterino (talk) 15:38, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete both and update Normalization of entries. Ultimateria (talk) 23:50, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Deleted. Benwing2 (talk) 01:45, 4 October 2019 (UTC)