Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Abbreviations/Archive 2#i.e. and e.g.

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How should acronyms and similar constructs be handled?

One approach would handle them like this

Entry: CPU

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|CPU - central processing unit

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Another would be to

Entry: CPU

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|#REDIRECT central processing unit

Entry: Central_processing_unit

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|Central Processing Unit (CPU)

that is, the acronym redirects to the main page, and is

displayed in an on-page title; in this scenerio, only

acronyms with multiple definitions would be handled as in

the first case:

Entry: CPU

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|CPU - central processing unit

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|cpu - cerebrially pleasant ungent

Finally, should it be that all (but horribly complex) acronyms

simply define the expansion and link to a main page? For example,

right now "GUI" is the main page and "graphical user interface"

links back to it.

--loh