I'm two weeks into the look at every tag in every diary plan.
Fewer diaries contain tags I don't like which is allowing me to contemplate other changes in tagging style. Abbreviations containing punctuation will be spelled out. For the time being I will be leaving well formed acronyms alone unless I notice that they coexist with abbreviations. FBI, and F.B.I. are both synonymed to Federal Bureau of Investigation.
US Senate
U.S.Senate
U.S. Senate
U. S. Senate Is the root of the US Blues in the title. All mapped to Senate.
Some basic rules regarding best practice for tagging.
Add new tags. The useless ones are not hurting anyone.
Do not use the taggee's title unless he is the Pope. Senator Udall might refer to any of three senators from a distinguished family. First name, second name. When I have a question regarding nicknames of the famous I use the en.wiki as my style guide. Jimmy Carter is an excellent example.
If the taggee requires a middle initial the proper form is:
George space H. space W. space Bush
Election diaries pose problems.
My guess is that useful tags in election diaries will consist of several short tags rather than complicated ones.
Election, Primary, 2013, NYC-Mayor
Is probably more useful than tag salad surprise.
Please note that New York City and Washington DC are cities and that Washington and New York are states.