Talk:Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center

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This article appears to be a copy of subject's mission statement here: [1]. The tone may be too promotional and it may cause copyright issues. Also, the creating editor might be employed by subject? Superp (talk) 12:17, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I concur with the request to move the page title to ORNL DAAC. I believe we've resolved the promotional issues referenced by Superp above. Disclaimer: the person making the most recent edits and I are employed by the subject (I'm the manager/principal investigator for the project). Our intent is to be factually correct and provide relevant information for this particular aspect of the NASA Earth Observing System. Bew_TN (talk) 13:50, 25 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 24 January 2019[edit]

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The result of the move request was: withdrawn. Dekimasuよ! 18:32, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]


Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAACORNL DAAC – ORNL DAAC is the name commonly used to refer to the organization, not Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAAC as written. The organization is managed by UT-Battelle and housed at the ORNL, but the DAAC is a NASA-funded entity. Ornldaac (talk) 14:35, 24 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ornldaac (talk) 14:35, 24 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose. Acronyms in titles is jargon. Frequency of use of jargon does not justify the jargon. Titles stand alone, so the acronyms are not explained. Consistency with the parent article, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is another simple way to look at this.
“NASA's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC)”[2] is a good introduction. “NASA” alone is well enough known to not need definition on first use.
This article should be renamed to Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center.
SmokeyJoe (talk) 21:59, 27 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I understand your reasoning, SmokeyJoe. I'd suggest a rename to Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center with a redirect from ORNL DAAC. Ornldaac (talk) 16:39, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]


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Requested move 28 January 2019[edit]

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The result of the move request was: moved as requested per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 18:38, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]


Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAACOak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center – Full name of organization. Ornldaac (talk) 16:39, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support per WP:ABBR. DAAC is not a widely enough known acronym.[3] - Station1 (talk) 19:57, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. The full name is better in this situation. Appropriate redirects can be created for any combination of abbreviations to help readers find the article via various search terms. Peacock (talk) 15:42, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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