Timeline for Is it okay to ignore putting periods between initials?
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| Oct 18, 2015 at 19:16 | vote | accept | Venkatesh MG | ||
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| Apr 9, 2015 at 8:51 | comment | added | Scott - Слава Україні | @MartinMcCallion (and Jander): Periods are used only very rarely with pure initialisms: UAE (United Arab Emirates), UAR (United Arab Republic), IBM, ICBM, CDC, NASA, TCP/IP, UN, YMCA, etc. I'm in the USA, and I think I see "BBC" at least as often as I see "B.B.C." | |
| Apr 8, 2015 at 23:09 | comment | added | Mazura | Fair enough, just be consistent: Indian Names: A Guide for Science Editors | |
| Apr 8, 2015 at 22:45 | comment | added | Martin McCallion | Not sure what you mean there, @Mazura, but that form is quite common among people from India. And you can't really say that the way someone's name is written "isn't fine", just because it's unfamiliar to you. | |
| Apr 8, 2015 at 22:42 | comment | added | Mazura | @VenkateshMG Ignoring periods is (a stylistic choice) fine, ignoring the lack of precedent to abbreviate only a surname, isn't. | |
| Apr 8, 2015 at 22:36 | comment | added | Jander | Just as the British use "BBC" rather than "B.B.C.", Americans use "CNN" (Cable News Network), "IBM" (International Business Machines), and as noted, "USA". The conventions for named companies are different than for personal names. | |
| Apr 8, 2015 at 16:08 | comment | added | Cord | However, the periods for the names of people are still quite common and normal. Up-vote for your first sentence though, as that's the important information for the OP to take away. | |
| Apr 8, 2015 at 14:41 | comment | added | Darrick Herwehe | +1 for doing what you want. If Prince can change his name to a symbol, no one needs to be concerned about periods in initials. | |
| Apr 8, 2015 at 11:54 | vote | accept | Venkatesh MG | ||
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| Apr 8, 2015 at 11:52 | vote | accept | Venkatesh MG | ||
| Apr 8, 2015 at 11:53 | |||||
| Apr 8, 2015 at 11:52 | comment | added | Venkatesh MG | Well, Thank you so much on clarifying :) I am going to ignore periods completely. Upon some research, I did find that it is not at all an issue. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._C._H._Pounder | |
| Apr 8, 2015 at 11:42 | history | answered | Martin McCallion | CC BY-SA 3.0 |