As a returning player (who only played casually when I used to play)
I find most of this discussion useless.
Why?
1. All too often,
experienced players can't agree on hardly anything.
2. Especially dedicated players use so much shorthand/abbreviations that many readers (like myself) have no idea what they're talking about most of the time anyways.
This causes an elitist rift where the most experienced players at least sometimes help each other out a bit ... but are less helpful for new or casual players, because:
Even when you elite players agree,
us casual part-timers, newly returning, and new players
will often have no clue what you're saying.