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MichaelKatsuro Since: Apr, 2011
2019-10-18 14:27:18

Presumably, it's because N.G.O. is an established acronym outside the wiki.

GastonRabbit MOD (General of TV Troops)
2019-10-19 00:30:28

^To expand on this, UST normally stands for Universal Standard Time, AKA Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). I don't know if we have a Useful Notes page on time zones, but if we did, it would make sense for UST to redirect there.

Edit: See my next post. I confused UST with UTC.

Edited by GastonRabbit You can't just say "perchance".
bwburke94 (Y2: Electric Boogaloo)
2019-10-19 03:28:55

^ No, that's UTC.

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MichaelKatsuro Since: Apr, 2011
2019-10-19 03:51:00

UST isn't nearly as well-established as NGO, though.

GastonRabbit MOD (General of TV Troops)
2019-10-19 06:05:24

^^My mistake; Universal Standard Time (or Universal Time) is a separate term from UTC according to Wikipedia. I posted my previous post not long after waking up, so I goofed. That said, Wikipedia's UST disambiguation page does show the meaning I previously mentioned.

To post something on-topic for once (the off-topic aspect of my previous post was probably also due to not being completely awake), I do think the initialism NGO should be a redirect with Non-Governmental Organization as the primary name, rather than vice versa.

Edited by GastonRabbit You can't just say "perchance".
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