Forum:Abbreviations in Titles

I notice RAN is creating a lot of articles with, like, "aft1987" or "bef1987" in the title. I really hate abbreviations. While I'm largely a kibitzer in this area (since I don't deal with people), for future articles can we just use "before" and "after"? (And "about" instead of "c1765"?) Respectfully, Zephyrinus 21:05, 9 June 2007 (UTC)