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Inclusiveness of list[edit]

Weyes has removed a few entries to "devanitise" the page. A while back, I checked out "America's Army Addicts" and verified that there is such an organization and the link works. I'd be dubious about creating an article for this outfit, but I think a one-link mention in this article is appropriate. For "Analog/analog/analog" I find 233 hits on a Yahoo! search, so the term has some currency, again enough for a one-line mention. As for "Anygame Anytime Anyplace", that website shows all of two posts since October of 2002, so I'm inclined to think no listing is needed. On the first two, though, the issue is whether an explanation of a TLA is justified even if an article wouldn't be. I think it is but I'm willing to be convinced otherwise. JamesMLane 18:23, 20 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The Analog3 thing was removed as an afterthought after I'd already written the edit summary, it was a duplicate from the codes section at the top of the list, sorry about the confusion over that. As for the clans, there are thousands of minor organisations whose initials are AAA, and I think this list is on the long side already. By all means let's not inflate that by adding even people who aren't even sufficiently notable for an article. --W(t) 18:44, 2005 May 20 (UTC)
I agree with you about the duplication, which I'd overlooked. For the game clan: Obviously, any meaning that's worth an article is worth listing here. I'm suggesting that some minor meanings are worth listing here even if they don't merit an article. In the current list, there are many items that probably couldn't survive VfD if made the subject of an article. Do you think the standard for explaining a TLA should be the same as for keeping an article? JamesMLane 19:07, 20 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Pretty much yeah, with the possible exception of items that are sufficiently notable for an article but where the article would be a dictdef or inherently unexpandable substub. I think most of the unlinked items on the list should actually be linked (not necessarily to a separate article for the phrase, but at least to an article that is relevant to it and that mentions the term), and the rest of them should be removed. --W(t) 19:17, 2005 May 20 (UTC)

AAA games[edit]

What about AAA videogames ?

I added a sentence mentioning that. There might be a better way to put it, so feel free to edit it.One Star Bandit 07:58, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I came here looking for 'AAA games', found it had been removed 'as instance' below, added the generic meaning back at the top. I don't think I should have to read the discussion page! Arguably I should have gone to Wiktionary first (but I thought AAA looked like a 'proper noun' rather than a dictionary word)! Maybe it referred to the Amiga chipset ? --195.137.93.171 (talk) 11:16, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"AAA Game" has a fairly specific meaning (see also: Blockbuster (entertainment)). It is rediculious that it does not have its own page, let alone an entry in this list. What do you know - once again I come to Wikipedia for some research, and some deletionist clown has decided that it's not worthy of an article. Grrr. --220.244.63.243 (talk) 09:08, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

For it to be included should it not at a minimum be sourced? Otherwise the meaning is ambiguous and shouldn't be cited here as fact. I'm all for including it, but the term is anecdotal, not factual. - 98.25.50.239 (talk)

Removals and reasons[edit]

Disambiguation pages are navigational aids, not informational articles in their own right, nor holding areas for articles pending creation. Courtland 15:01, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

Removal based on its being an instance[edit]

  • An informal description for a high-budget video game.
    • this is an instance of the general use of the term "AAA" to mean something that is high quality, premier, excellent.
      • I don't understand how "high budget" is related to "high quality", "premier" or "excellent". At least for videogames, the term AAA is used to describe games with a high budget, expecially in marketing. Popular games with a low budget are usually not considered AAA, and high budget games are usually considered AAA, even by those who do not think of them as excellent. It seems that the meaning of AAA for videogames has a very different meaning than what is described on this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BenjaminFerrari (talk • contribs) 13:02, 4 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Removals based on no wikilinkage[edit]

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    • Access All Areas, Sony music project
    • Access Approval Authority
    • Accumulated Adjustments Account, in US Federal Income Tax
    • Acquisition Approval Authority
    • Action Awareness Alert
    • Adaptive Array Antenna
    • Administration, Authorization, and Authentication, in software security
    • Advanced Acoustic Array
    • AEGIS Acquisition Agent
    • Aerospace Engineering, Applied Mechanics, and Aviation
    • Age Anaesthesia Association
    • Air Avenue of Approach
    • Airborne Array Aperture
    • Airborne Assault Area
    • Aircraft Alert Area
    • Airport Airspace Analysis
    • Alaska Activities Adventures Plus Tours
    • Allocations, Assessments, and Analysis
    • Alternate Assembly Area
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    • Area Agency on Aging
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    • Aromatic Amino Acid
    • Assign Alternate Area
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    • Astronaut-Actuated Abort
    • Atheist and Agnostic Association
    • Attitude, Awareness and Accountability, a ski safety program
    • Authorization Accounting Activity
    • Authorized Accounting Activity
    • Automated Airlift Analysis
    • Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, Puerto Rico)
    • Awaiting Aircraft Availability


Removals based on red wikilinkage[edit]

pending article creation

Discussion[edit]

I understand your point about a dab page, but I think it was useful to set this one up this way. It wouldn't make sense to have a separate informational page, linked to from the dab page. JamesMLane 15:39, 30 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • I do understand the advantages of including the list of items above; therefore, I've created a new template, {{WiktionaryAbbr}}, which I've added to the page and I've subsequently copied the lists into the Wiktionary article AAA. How would this solution sit with your impression of utility of the page? User:Ceyockey 20:53, July 30, 2005 (UTC)
  • I have also created a complementary Wiktionary template ... see Wiktionary:Template:wikipediaabbr. User:Ceyockey 21:08, July 30, 2005 (UTC)


There isn't really a policy of not include organizations, because articles about them haven't been written.

Besides as a list of TLA expansions, the page should aim to expand reasonable uses (Wikipedia:Disambiguation and abbreviations). --- User:Docu

Does there have to be a policy? I just don't understand the advantage to furthering the purpose of the disambiguation page as a navigational assistant to having the majority of the items either a) not wikilinked at all (i.e. no possible navigational assistance provided) or b) linked to non-existent articles (an assist for editors but not for readers .. and "reader" and "editor" are not synonyms even in this environment). On a related note, I think there is a general opposition to using Wiktionary for anything on the part of most Wikipedians, considering it some poor cousin or a waste of good computing space. I am opposed to this view and feel that for things like this it is useful. User:Ceyockey 15:01, August 1, 2005 (UTC)


It's new to me that red links are without use to readers. At least, they show that an article isn't available yet, not just that someone forgot to link it (or unlinked it).

Imagine the detour one had to take when im linked to wiktionary:intramuscular instead of linking directly to intramuscular. wiktionary:intramuscular doesn't even have a link to intramuscular.

BTW I think it's great if you also want to use the information on Wiktionary, though Wiktionary might not want a lot of entries about organizations (ok, I'm off topic now, there would probably be a place to discuss this on Wiktionary). -- User:Docu

stupidity[edit]

AAA can also mean the same as asdf... It's a great placeholder for stupid forms... Old games with high score tables that used three letters to set the name ussually had lots of AAA's... 200.230.213.152 20:05, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Association Against Acronyms 81.232.94.183 16:00, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is clearly a false note. Who would care to say such a thing?

AAA bra size[edit]

Where to put AAA brassiere cup size? --User:Brenont 04:23, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Both sexist and false.

Ranking AAA[edit]

Does 'AAA' typically indicate a higher or lower status than 'AA' or 'A'? Or are there examples of both? — Nahum Reduta [talk|contribs] 04:39, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sexist and false. This is getting tiring honestly. Try harder? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:6000:EAC3:7F00:8116:3845:58C9:502C (talk) 07:54, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

games lol[edit]

What about AAA/Triple-A for anti-aircraft artillery? I see AAA in games (first-person shooters) like Call of Duty, Crysis and many more...

Maybe you already have it; if that's the case, i couldn't find it easily and you should make it easier to find. <<< LOOK, A COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.191.213.84 (talk) 19:50, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Another false note.

Credit rating[edit]

Should this be included in the disambiguation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.208.241.183 (talk) 09:56, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It depends on if there is an article about it. For example, AAA also stands for Advanced Academic Achievement (a class one can take, example: https://apps.ppcc.edu/catalog/current/aaa-109-advanced-academic-achievement.htm). But since there is no Wikipedia article for it, it should not be added. --Bringback2ndpersonverbs (talk) 23:47, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Asexual/Aromantic/Agender[edit]

I feel that Asexual / Aromantic / Agender should be included in the list since it is used relatively commonly Magicalr2d2 (talk) 04:11, 31 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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