Talk:Individual integrated fighting system

ALICE

As I read this I kept seeing references to an acronym, ALICE. I had NO idea what it meant as the first occurrence of it was neither spelled out nor linked to. I had to go search for it. Since there is a page that explains what it is, I am linking to it, as well as following the Wikipedia MoS guidelines on acronyms that states "Unless specified in the "Exceptions" section below, an acronym should be written out in full the first time it is used on a page, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses, e.g. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Common exceptions to this rule are post-nominal initials because writing them out in full would cause clutter. To save space, in "small spaces" (infoboxes, navboxes and tables), acronyms do not need to be written out in full. When not written out in full on the first use on a page, an acronym should be linked. An unambiguous acronym can be linked as is but or ambiguous acronym should be linked to its expansion." per the Acronyms section on the MoS/Abbreviations page. ALICE is not a listed exception, it does not represent post-nomial initials, and is not in an infobox, navbox or table. I am changing the first occurrence to All-purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment and linking to the page discussing that is linked here. WayneyP (talk) 20:02, 14 December 2012 (UTC)