On Mon, 01 Apr 2013, Tobias Conradi wrote:
If you want change, then it is incumbent on you to demonstrate that your preferred abbreviations are either in wider use than the alternatives, or have more official government backing than the alternatives. Why?
If you don't agree that the person proposing a change should present a good reason for the change, then we have little common ground.
Selective quoting from some web sites does not constitute such a demonstration. How would you demonstrate "official government backing" if not by selecting a subset of official government websites?
Certainly not by selecting only those sources that agree with you. Perhaps by performing a survey of many web sites, whether or not they agree with you, and tabulating the results; if you are right, then the results will show that your side has a clear majority, and most of the objections will go away. --apb (Alan Barrett)