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A separate bulleted section addressing ahistoric prefixes?

I think it's pretty common knowledge among people interested in maritime history that some modern authors, internet commenters, video game developers, etc will use prefixes like "KMS" or "IJN" for Nazi German and Imperial Japanese warships respectively. However I don't think a lot of people were merely a casual interest in the subject (for example, someone who only became interested in this subject recently after playing World of Warships or something) are necessarily aware that these prefixes aren't historic and are merely being applied retroactively by modern authors retroactively.

With that in mind, I propose another bullet point section be added after "Prefix Conventions" specifically to address the fact that these prefixes aren't historically authentic and that any modern use is an anachronism. I see a few places where this is touched on (like the Imperial Japanese row on the table), but a separate section could go a little more in depth about it. To be clear, I'm not proposing this section contain its own table with lists of every anachronistic prefix anyone has ever come up with, as that could theoretically get out of hand. But instead a section specifically to address what I've already mentioned and list a few of the most common examples. ZackAkai (talk) 17:04, 18 March 2023 (UTC)