Unofficial terminology is terminology developed by the community, separate from the official terminology provided by Google. Articles using unofficial terminology are marked with a warning callout.
Acceptance
There is no formal process for introducing unofficial terms into the wiki. Acceptance is at maintainer discretion. In general, a term should be:
- Necessary — it fills a gap not covered by official terminology.
- Unambiguous — its meaning is clear and consistent in the contexts where it is used.
- In use — it has meaningful adoption in the community (e.g. in the Spreadsheets Discord Community or on Stack Overflow), or has been coined for a concept sufficiently important to warrant a dedicated term.
Parallel terminology
Where multiple competing terms exist for the same concept (e.g. “QUERY smush” on Reddit and Discord vs. “QUERY smash” on Stack Overflow), the wiki will note all known variants. The canonical term used as the article title is at maintainer discretion.
Relationship to official terminology
Where an official term exists, it should be preferred. Unofficial terms should not contradict or redefine official terminology.