Warning the editor about this...

The tournament is actually called NARCh (small aitch -- learned how to spell that from a spelling bee), and it's the North American Rollerhockey Championships. It went to press as NARC It's a monthly and I'm a freelancer, so not much communication with the copy desk.

Next time, should I point it out to my editor (by using brackets) in the copy or make a footnote? Has this have happened to you? If yes, how did you deal with it?

 

Next time add a [CQ].

As in "NARCh [CQ]." It lets the blue pencils know it's not a typo in your mss.

 

To pass something on like this we just add a note at top

Note--NARCh is the official acronym as per the media guide and SID.

 

That's pretty impressive the paper would use a freelancer for the NARCh.

 

Nah. Just a graf.

A prime example was the NARC (North American Rollerhockey Championships) tournament, which took place at Hershey last month, July 15-30. In economic spin-off, it generated an estimated $10.3 million across the GTA, as 382 teams (from children to pros) participated in the international tournament for a total of 940 games.

 

If it was just a graf and there was only one reference to the tournament, why even bother with the acronym in the first place?

 

For future reference.

 

So, is there NARCh Nadness?

 

For Monty Python fans, what about LARCh Madness?

 

I don't know what this thread will morph into, but with copy going straight into production now more and more, I'm no longer in favor of CQing unusual things in the copy itself -- too dangerous. Make it a note at the top.