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Italian SOPA-like bill

It's high time somebody wrote the article on that proposed Italian SOPA like bill. I take it from the fact that it not linked here or in the previous report, that we are still missing the article on it. And what is it name? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 00:04, 14 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- It was hyperlinked in the previous report, as DDL intercettazioni on the talk page. Uncle G (talk) 20:58, 14 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Rendering text in both serif and sans-serif typefaces

The Project page headline "Foundation finance reformers wrestle with CoI" illustrates a recurring issue of considering how text looks in both serif and sans-serif typefaces. To a Wikipedian who knows Wikipedia's common abbreviation for conflict of interest, the meaning of "CoI" in a serif typeface is obvious. It is much less so when rendered in a sans-serif typeface, where it looks like the first syllable of College. (The headline appeared on my talk page sans-serif, so I came to the article mainly to discover what "Col", ending with a lower-case l, means.) However, to one who knows the abbreviation, "COI" (all caps) is unambiguous in either a serif or sans-serif typeface.

Does Wikipedia have a guideline about avoiding potential ambiguity in both typeface styles? If not, perhaps we should considered adopting one. In the meanwhile, please consider changing the abbreviation in the headline to all caps.—Finell 20:41, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]