Disputatio:David Humius

David Humius fuit pagina mensis Decembris 2021.

What is "qs."? is it perhaps supposed to be "q.s.", that is, quantum satis^(en)?

Using abbreviations is definitely cool, because it makes you look really smart. And it also saves you a second or two of your oh, so valuable time.

But, except for the most common abbreviations, it is also, in a sense, disrespectful to the reader. (Or so it seems to me, at any rate.) Toddcs (disputatio) 14:00, 1 Novembris 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Toddcs: I agree, although it is not easy to decide what abbreviations are “common”. To solve the problem at the root we can use {{Abbr}}. E.g.

• {{Abbr|q.s.|“quantum satis”}}

  ↳ q.s.

• {{Abbr|Cfr.|“Confer”}} Sen., ''Ep.'', 87, 5.

  ↳ Cfr. Sen., Ep., 87, 5.

• 73.5 {{Abbr|Yg|1 yottagramma est aequale 10²⁴ grammatibus vel 10²¹ chiliogrammatibus}}

  ↳ 73.5 Yg

--Grufo (disputatio) 18:09, 1 Novembris 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Toddcs. Furthermore, people often misuse abbreviations; they commonly deploy cf. (or in parts of Europe, cfr.) 'compare' when they actually mean v. 'see'. IacobusAmor (disputatio) 20:49, 1 Novembris 2023 (UTC)[reply]