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Jack the Ripper?

Someone added that JTR is "a common abbreviation for...Jack the Ripper." Might I ask someone to illustrate how it is common, and perhaps where it is commonly referred to as such? A cite or twomight help a bit (here, not in the dab).- Arcayne () 15:12, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

It is incumbent on you to seek consensus and demonstrate why it should be reverted.
I've copied this over from another forum where you sought to block or ban the Editor that most recently added Jack the Ripper to the JTR disambiguation page:
I support the inclusion of Jack the Ripper in the disambiguation page of JTR. A simple google search, like this one: shows it to be a common and widely used abbreviation for the phrase. It's a simple entry, extremely well supported. Google itself will prompt the user searching for the single term JTR to click on Jack the Ripper as a related term. That JTR is widely used as an acronym for Jack the Ripper is a fact.
Arcayne has failed to elicit a single editor in his quest to delete the encyclopedic record of the general public's use of the abbreviation JTR, indeed he's made no attempt at all. This is simply a continuation of his attack on DG, one done without even a hint of consensus or intellectual basis. No amount of wikilawyering or continued forum shopping will overcome the basic fact: JTR is commonly used by a wide audience as an abbreviation of the phrase "Jack the Ripper". Therefore it's inclusion in the JTR disambiguation page is entirely consistent with all that is Misplaced Pages. But, as we all know, this has nothing to do with the acronym JTR and everything to do with Arcaynes personal vendetta against a Wiki editor.75.57.171.204 (talk) 14:19, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
It's clearly not common except in contexts where unjustified initialisms are used, such as Misplaced Pages and blogs. I propose a comprimise, which violates the MoS in having two links in a disambig entry, but it seems necessary. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 14:38, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
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