 | This is a failed proposal. Consensus for its implementation was not established within a reasonable period of time. If you want to revive discussion, please use the talk page or initiate a thread at the village pump. |
 | This page in a nutshell: Abbreviations like WP:NOR should not be shown to readers. Instead, they should see phrases like No Original Research (a Wikipedia policy) |
Abbreviations are convenient because they let editors link to a policy quickly, and repeatedly, without worrying about typos.
However, talk pages (and nominations for deletion) can become so full of abbreviations that they become intimidating to newcomers. Indeed, there are more abbreviations on the Wikipedia:Shortcuts page than it's possible for most people to remember. Wikipedia should be more reader-friendly.