Talk:Oxford City Council

Latest comment: 1 day ago by CipherRephic in topic IOA shortname issue

IOA shortname issue edit

Hi all, I've noticed an issue with Module:Political party - because the shortname of the Independent Oxford Alliance is written (erroneously) as "Oxford Alliance", that's what it shows up as in infoboxes and other templates, which gives the misleading impression that that's a recognised contraction, when in reality it isn't - the contraction used is "IOA", both by the group themselves [1] ("The IOA constitution makes this clear") and external sources [2] ("Secretary at the IOA, he noted...") [3] (...the IOA has sought to align itself...).

Changing the shortname in the module would need an edit request, and that requires consensus, so: Do we support changing the shortname in the module, either A) to a blank field, so that "Independent Oxford Alliance" shows up in infoboxes and templates, or B) to "IOA" so that the acronym shows up? CipherRephic (talk) 16:46, 2 June 2024 (UTC)Reply