Talk:Center for Election Science: Difference between revisions

: Yeah, I don't think we should be making up names for things that already have names. CES calls themselves "CES", so that's what we should call them. — [[User:Psephomancy|Psephomancy]] ([[User talk:Psephomancy|talk]]) 20:13, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

:: Legally, they call themselves "The Center for Election Science" and many on the staff and board use the nickname/abbreviation "CES". However (as I said), the [[wikipedia:Consumer Electronics Show|Consumer Electronics Show]] seems to dominate the web with their use of that abbreviation, and I have other personal reasons that I'm happy to share privately for disliking that abbreviation. Moreover, they aren't even listed on [[wikipedia:CES]] as one of the possible interpretations of "CES", and I don't feel like adding them to the list. I would rather make [[wikipedia:C4ES]] redirect to [[wikipedia:The Center for Election Science]], since I believe that will help them out in the long run. But I suppose I shouldn't do that until they officially bless "C4ES" as an abbreviation, and I have a conflict of interest, so I shouldn't be the one setting up that redirect on Wikipedia. Regardless, we're under no obligation to use nicknames that other organizations choose for themselves, and I personally choose to use "C4ES" rather than "CES". -- [[User:RobLa|RobLa]] ([[User talk:RobLa|talk]]) 05:01, 17 May 2020 (UTC)