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*Basketball one: change "Most outstanding player" to MOP, to save space. This is consistent with normal practices, when we use MVP, not Most Valuable Player. Right now the basketball section is way too long. Note: this has been mentioned at [[WP:ITNC]], but I expect this will get a quicker response. [[User:Joseph2302|<b style="color:#0033ab">Joseph</b>]][[User talk:Joseph2302|<b style="color:#000000">2302</b>]] ([[User talk:Joseph2302|talk]]) 07:15, 5 April 2022 (UTC) |
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*:The verdict last year was to expand MOP.[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&direction=next&oldid=1016675862] I'm ok either way.—[[User:Bagumba|Bagumba]] ([[User talk:Bagumba|talk]]) 11:57, 5 April 2022 (UTC) |
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*:In my experience, exactly 50% of all people will complain vehemently when you abbreviate this term, and exactly the OTHER 50% will complain just as vehemently when we don't. There's no win here. If we make such a change, it will make you happy, and 4 seconds later someone else will show up asking us to expand the abbreviation out. We do this literally ''every time'' we use the terms for the "best player in a competition", whatever it is called, and there's really no point to changing it one way or the other. There is no good solution, so there is no good reason to change it. --[[User:Jayron32|<span style="color:#009">Jayron</span>]][[User talk:Jayron32|<b style="color:#090">''32''</b>]] 13:18, 5 April 2022 (UTC) |
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*::Spell out MOP; unlike "MVP" which has its usage spread outside out of sports invented in North America, MOP hasn't. [[User:Howard the Duck|Howard the Duck]] ([[User talk:Howard the Duck|talk]]) 15:01, 5 April 2022 (UTC) |
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*:::Actually, I'm pretty sure MVP has not either. 100% of the time an blurb with the abbreviation MVP is used, some very confused person comes by complaining that it needs to be written out, often within mere seconds of the blurb going live. (for some reason ONLY these abbreviations cause this level of consternation; other abbreviations like NCAA and FIFA do not lead to panicked requests of confusion over their meaning...) --[[User:Jayron32|<span style="color:#009">Jayron</span>]][[User talk:Jayron32|<b style="color:#090">''32''</b>]] 15:27, 5 April 2022 (UTC) |
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*::::Okay, happy to consider this as not an obvious error then. I may post at [[WT:ITN]] to see if we can agree on this for consistency in future. [[User:Joseph2302|<b style="color:#0033ab">Joseph</b>]][[User talk:Joseph2302|<b style="color:#000000">2302</b>]] ([[User talk:Joseph2302|talk]]) 15:37, 5 April 2022 (UTC) |
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*::::I'd be okay with spelling out "MVP" for our Britisher friends. Sports such as [[2021 World Men's Handball Championship#All-star Team|handball]] and [[AFF Championship#Awards|football]] already use the term. It's not as if the rest of the world are entirely foreign with the initials... unlike MOP. [[User:Howard the Duck|Howard the Duck]] ([[User talk:Howard the Duck|talk]]) 16:06, 5 April 2022 (UTC) |
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*:::::FWIW I've never heard of MOP in several decades of watching dozens of different sports from all around the globe. [[User:The Rambling Man|The Rambling Man]] <small>([[User talk:The Rambling Man|Keep wearing the mask...]])</small> 17:31, 5 April 2022 (UTC) |
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*::::::FWIW, I'm an AMERICAN that watches dozens of different sports, and I've never heard of MOP either! ;) [[User:MeegsC|MeegsC]] ([[User talk:MeegsC|talk]]) 19:16, 5 April 2022 (UTC) |
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*:::::::American, but not a sports fan. If I saw someone being called the "MOP" on the Main Page, I would immediately assume vandalism. --[[User:Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) ([[Special:Contributions/Khajidha|contributions]]) 22:13, 5 April 2022 (UTC) |
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*:::::::And in this case, I would think it was a slur on Ms Bostons sex or race. --[[User:Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) ([[Special:Contributions/Khajidha|contributions]]) 22:14, 5 April 2022 (UTC) |
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== Errors in "Did you know ..." == |
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