Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-14250-20200518172105/@comment-14250-20200518201800

In some cases it's actually the full name, like w:c:Oz being the root title of various books/adaptations.

Or with w:c:OC because then you don't have to worry about "the OC" being TheOC.fandom or The-OC.fandom as periods aren't represented and definite/indefinite articles often get dropped for brevity.

"C.fandom" being taken by the "community" obviously prevents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_(TV_series) from using a single-character name so instead there's w:c:themoneyofsoulandpossibilitycontrol where it's subtitle is used instead.

I guess in the case of it being the two initials of a two-word franchise, it just cuts down on whether or not to include a dash or space, or type out longer words.

In some cases like with w:c:Azumanga they will just spell out one of the more prominent words and drop the other, which is also an option. But in some cases that won't work because the words are common enough that wikis already exist for both of them, or neither stands out as more prominent than the other.

Like for example with w:c:AngelBeats snagging "AB" or something, or "EL" for w:c:Elfen-Lied.

The strong possibility of other projects competing for those initials exists though which is why I figure there could be a waiting period where other candidates could be brought forward if participants in other projects wanted to protest.