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Folks on Wikipedia discussing on the 'CPC/CCP Acronym' issue (en.wikipedia.org)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Nobody, and switching would probably go against Wikipedia’s Manual of Style

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

switching would probably go against Wikipedia’s Manual of Style (WP:VAR)

Can you please expand on this?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Here’s a summary:

The Arbitration Committee has expressed the principle that "When either of two styles is acceptable it is inappropriate for a Wikipedia editor to change from one style to another unless there is some substantial reason for the change."