Author Awards and abbreviations
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I have been looking at some of the author award CK data.
I have noticed that that FRAS appeared on its own. Looking at the authors - there was a slight problem.
There are two royal societies which use those initials as a post-nominal for its fellows. Royal Asiatic Society (of Great Britain and Ireland) and the Royal Astronomical Society.
Personally I am of the opinion that we should eschew the abbreviated form altogether - it avoids any collision due to initialism, it isn't immediately obvious to the majority of users what FRAS means (or FRSA for that matter). Also the Royal Astronomical Society have two different fellowship schemes which we might want to distinguish. So I would prefer Royal Astronomical Society (Fellow) and Royal Asiatic Society (Fellow) etc.
Obviously some learned societies also award more than fellowships - for example the Royal Astronomical Society awards just over 20 medals, prizes and special lectureships. I am unsure as to whether to enter them in the form Chapman Medal (2024) or Royal Astronomical Society (Chapman Medal, 2024). In that case I suppose it doesn't really matter but in another case the award is the Gold Medal which they award in two disciplines. I think it is highly likely that other organisations also award a Gold Medal.
I have noticed that that FRAS appeared on its own. Looking at the authors - there was a slight problem.
There are two royal societies which use those initials as a post-nominal for its fellows. Royal Asiatic Society (of Great Britain and Ireland) and the Royal Astronomical Society.
Personally I am of the opinion that we should eschew the abbreviated form altogether - it avoids any collision due to initialism, it isn't immediately obvious to the majority of users what FRAS means (or FRSA for that matter). Also the Royal Astronomical Society have two different fellowship schemes which we might want to distinguish. So I would prefer Royal Astronomical Society (Fellow) and Royal Asiatic Society (Fellow) etc.
Obviously some learned societies also award more than fellowships - for example the Royal Astronomical Society awards just over 20 medals, prizes and special lectureships. I am unsure as to whether to enter them in the form Chapman Medal (2024) or Royal Astronomical Society (Chapman Medal, 2024). In that case I suppose it doesn't really matter but in another case the award is the Gold Medal which they award in two disciplines. I think it is highly likely that other organisations also award a Gold Medal.
