As one of the actionables from this thread last week, I'm working with the bot maintainer /u/OrangeredStilton and /u/KaleidoscopicClouds to set up the bot for AskEngineers. I didn't realize how much of a problem this was, so send your thanks to /u/gnatzors for bringing it up.

How you can help

We need a starter list of acronyms to send to the maintainer, where they'll be tracked on the bot's website. For now I've set up a wiki page, so if you're interested in contributing, head over to the wiki and click edit at the top. You must meet the following requirements:

1. Your reddit account must be at least 365 days old.
2. You must have at least 30 karma in AskEngineers (you can check by going to your user page and clicking show karma breakdown by subreddit on the right-hand side).
3. Read the README on the wiki page before contributing!

>> Link to the wiki page <<

Prioritize adding terms that are more generalized and have cross-industry use, for example:

• ECO = Engineering Change Order
• GD&T = Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
• DFM = Design For Manufacturing
• DFA = Design For Assembly

Lower priority are industry-specific terms, which will take some figuring out after we have a good set of cross-industry terms.

Once we have a good starter list going, I'll send the rest of the info to the maintainer to get the bot running.