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==Title Change Suggestion==
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== Chrome Drillbot ==
Not everything that is in here (or needs to be in here) is an abbreviation or acronym. Suggest title change to "Abbreviations and forum jargon", or something similar. --[[User:Winelight|Winelight]] 07:36, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
 
  
Silence is consent? --[[User:Winelight|Winelight]] 12:07, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
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Arguably, both the nicknames "CDDB" and "Chillbot" are widely used, but with each party trying to convince others to adopt their own nickname; as such, would it be better to remove both nicknames completely or temporarily blank it until a common consensus is reached? -- [[User:Denunciator|Denunciator]] 13:43, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
  
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:I find it thoroughly amusing that people are fighting over which ''nickname'' is correct, when in fact, ''every'' nickname given is valid as long as there's a reasonable amount of people using it. Moreover, most players know what the names rightly refer to, even if they don't agree over it. As such, both names are in fact proper nicknames as both have been adopted for use by some players. -- [[User:Grexx|Grexx]] 13:46, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
Added 'blingbot' (another variation of chromebot).  This nickname is derived from the first line of the description. --[[User:WyndStryke|WyndStryke]] 18:15, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
 
  
:Reverted that edit. First, it's not an abbreviation or acronym. Second, I did a thorough Google search and that term is virtually NEVER used. In fact, I can only turn up two instances, once in April and once in August. But the first point makes my second moot. --&nbsp;[[User:Brossow|B.Rossow]]&nbsp;<sup style='margin-right:-11px'>[[User_talk:Brossow|talk]]</sup><sub>[[Special:Contributions/Brossow|contr]]</sub> 18:56, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
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::So then we should include both nicknames? Also, I found some of the nicknames included quite fascinating - Combs for Catacombs and Bush for Ambush, for example - almost no people use these nicknames, so should they be pruned as cleanup or remain as they are? -- [[User:Denunciator|Denunciator]] 13:50, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
  
::Strange that Google shows up so few instances, because I have referred to it as the "blingbot" myself on several occasions in the forum. And as for your first point, it rather misses the purpose of this page, which is to provide users with the full name for terms they might see used in the forum. The fact that it is neither an abbreviation nor an acronym merely reveals a deficiency in the page title - I don't see the value in deliberately concealing helpful information from users just because it doesn't fit what someone once titled the page. --[[User:Winelight|Winelight]] 22:15, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
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:::Not really worth the trouble to go through the names here. But if it's bugging you, go ahead and work on the ones you think are no longer in use. This article has lower standards for notability though, precisely to save the effort of having to justify which nicknames/jargon are proper and common, and having to check through the data supporting it. This is mostly because the only source for these terms are from the forums, and thus extremely subjective to justify either ways (removal or addition), and the Chrome DrillBot serves as an excellent example why. -- [[User:Grexx|Grexx]] 14:04, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

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Chrome Drillbot

Arguably, both the nicknames "CDDB" and "Chillbot" are widely used, but with each party trying to convince others to adopt their own nickname; as such, would it be better to remove both nicknames completely or temporarily blank it until a common consensus is reached? -- Denunciator 13:43, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

I find it thoroughly amusing that people are fighting over which nickname is correct, when in fact, every nickname given is valid as long as there's a reasonable amount of people using it. Moreover, most players know what the names rightly refer to, even if they don't agree over it. As such, both names are in fact proper nicknames as both have been adopted for use by some players. -- Grexx 13:46, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
So then we should include both nicknames? Also, I found some of the nicknames included quite fascinating - Combs for Catacombs and Bush for Ambush, for example - almost no people use these nicknames, so should they be pruned as cleanup or remain as they are? -- Denunciator 13:50, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
Not really worth the trouble to go through the names here. But if it's bugging you, go ahead and work on the ones you think are no longer in use. This article has lower standards for notability though, precisely to save the effort of having to justify which nicknames/jargon are proper and common, and having to check through the data supporting it. This is mostly because the only source for these terms are from the forums, and thus extremely subjective to justify either ways (removal or addition), and the Chrome DrillBot serves as an excellent example why. -- Grexx 14:04, 27 December 2009 (UTC)