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They didn't.
It's either TNG and DSC or STT and STD. You can't have it both ways.
I'm just going by common nomenclature. You absolutely can have it both ways, because I didn't name shit. I'm just going by the abbreviations they commonly hold.
But they aren't common nomenclature (as they're only used by people who are being disingenuous), they don't commonly hold (as they are not used by the studio, memory alpha, or really anyone in general other than trolls) and it doesn't fit with the naming scheme of the series. So, like I said, you can't have it both ways.
Yeah, I agree with you that anyone abbreviating Discovery as "STD" is doing it just to be obtuse. That said, the abbreviation rules aren't quite as consistent as I'd like.
There are two series which violate these rules.
To be fair, I never mentioned the abbreviation rules themselves, just the naming scheme of Star Trek shows. The addition of ST to any acronym does line up with that. However, I agree on the Discovery front I disagree on the Lower Decks one. I've never seen anyone call it LOW, it's always been referred to as LD.
Yeah, according to this, there is some inconsistency in how the abbreviations are done across various sites. Some use LOW, some use LD or LDS.
But, as you said, "ST" is never used as part of the abbreviation for a show, only movies.
Perhaps rule 2 is "If it's a spinoff whose subtitle contains at least 3 words". That would be consistent with the evidence.
Lower Decks is LOW officially? Never saw that before. Appropriately degrading, I suppose!
According to this, there is some inconsistency in how the abbreviations are done across various sites. Some use LOW, some use LD or LDS.
Yeah, fans will call it whatever they want. Never knew LOW was the official term, though. I like LD more.