Talk:Na

message: NA is also used to refer to nursing assistants.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.254.13.123 (talk) 14:40, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And also it can mean "No" ~ bbglas007 11:55, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: its cool and good  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.179.116.60 (talk) 09:47, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Nursing Assistants

message: I just completed a series of smaller edits, to use the edit summaries to provide more detail as to which guidelines were being applied. Please read MOS:DABMENTION, WP:INTDABLINK, WP:PIPING (including the information about exceptions for piping and for redirects), and the rest of WP:MOSDAB and WP:D. -- JHunterJ (talk) 16:07, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: There are a series of questions and clarifications sought in the talk history here, if anyone else would like to clarify the application of the guidelines to this article. -- JHunterJ (talk) 23:54, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: There is nothing in question. JHunter is disputing a concise and exhaustive breakdown of his edits against standing DAB style guidelines. If this were a court case he's seeking an appeal.  æronphonehome  00:21, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: 17 kilobytes is not concise. -- JHunterJ (talk) 02:48, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Style guidelines 

message: We've got an "NA" in the "Na" section (Avogadro constant). Easily solved by replacing "may stand for" with "may refer to" and moving to that section. -- JHunterJ (talk) 18:47, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: "NA" is a symbol to designate the Avogadro constant, regardless of case. "may stands for" is appropriate for DABs with a large amount of abbreviations as per MOS:DABINT.  æronphonehome  20:22, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It's allowed, yes. It's not required. There is no "regardless of case"; NA has no case variations. It should be placed with the "NA" entries.. -- JHunterJ (talk) 20:57, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: With a list of abbreviated entries?  æronphonehome  21:03, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: With a list of entries that are referred to as "NA", yes. -- JHunterJ (talk) 21:08, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Or that. The problem is there are too few entries to break apart by subject matter. But all together, even though it fully complies with guidelines, it seems cluttered. The order of the entries is also kosher but still might be up in the air.  æronphonehome  21:16, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  stands for 

message: Several entries have the topic in the description, instead of as the entry. "The IATA code for North American Airlines" -- the code isn't the ambiguous topic sought be readers who enter "NA" for North American Airlines; the airline is the topic, not the code. They should be:
*Avogadro constant or NA
*Sodium's chemical symbol
*North American Airlines' IATA code
*Namibia's ISO country code
--JHunterJ (talk) 00:16, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Codes as topics 

message: Some of these topics have redirects that are appropriate for use as closer matches to the ambiguous title.
*Na (tree) or Mesua ferrea, a species of tree in Sri Lanka
*National Academician, a member of the National Academy of Design
*Noradrenaline or Norepinephrine, a hormone 
--JHunterJ (talk) 00:19, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use redirects where appropriate 

message: *Mosuo, a small ethnic group in China known to themselves as the Na
*Mosuo or Na, a small ethnic group in China
*Nga people, a small tribal group in India -- doesn't indicate ambiguous with "Na"
*Nga people or Na, a small tribal group in India
--JHunterJ (talk) 00:22, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Simplify descriptions