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In this context, I always thought that PWS meant Personal Weather Station. I guess PWS means both Present Weather Sensor and Personal Weather Station? WP:GNUM gives us guidance, but it is worth comparing "Present Weather Sensor" has 11,600 Google hits and 468 Google Scholar hits; whereas "Personal Weather Station" has 1,240,000 hits and 496 Google Scholar hits. There is also "Personal Weather Sensor" with 4,060 Google hits and 1 Google Scholar hit. It might be helpful if the article stated something about the multiple meanings of PWS. Cxbrx (talk) 15:31, 26 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Strange comment, PWS is not the title of this article, it is Present Weather Sensor. There is a disambiguation page PWS where you can list any article you want to create on Personal Weather Station. As for the notoriety, it is not based on a Google search but its relation with the domain. Pierre cb (talk) 00:49, 27 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Earlier today, before having seen this discussion, I added personal weather station to the disambiguation page PWS, because I was surprised to not see it listed there—it's also the first expansion of "PWS" that I thought of. I hope that satisfies you, Cxbrx. It redirects to a section in the weather station article currently (having formerly been an article, which got merged to become that section), but that's fine—it's a redirect with possibilities. (That's not to say I think the merger should be undone as it stands now, only that that might be appropriate in the future if it's expanded significantly.)
@Pierre cb: You directed me here when you reverted my removal of the disambiguation hatnote saying For other uses of "PWS", see PWS. I believe I was right to remove it—here's why: The introduction to Wikipedia:Hatnote says 3. Mention other topics and articles only if there is a reasonable possibility of a reader arriving at the article either by mistake or with another topic in mind., and the section "Examples of improper use: Disambiguating article names that are not ambiguous" elaborates on that point. As you acknowledged in your above comment, this article is not ambiguously titled as "PWS", and PWS does not redirect here; therefore, a reader is not going to arrive at this article when they're looking for any other meaning of "PWS". Therefore, just like the example given in the guideline, and as I explained in my edit summary, the hatnote is unhelpful here. Anyone who is looking for some other meaning of "PWS" (including "personal weather station") is going to type in "PWS", get to the disambiguation page, and click on the link to whichever meaning they want—without ever visiting this article (and therefore without ever seeing the hatnote). Anyone who has arrived at this article (and therefore might see the hatnote) wasn't looking for some other meaning of "PWS" when they came here (and therefore won't benefit from the hatnote).
@Pierre cb: I have no idea what you're referring to with the sentence As for the notoriety, it is not based on a Google search but its relation with the domain.. If you have a point there that you'd still like to get across, could you link to something that gives context or try phrasing it a different way so it's easier to understand? If I can't understand it, maybe other people can't either.
@PointyOintment: I just think that since the first line is "Present weather sensor (PWS)" and the quiery of Cxbrx indicate that some are confused about PWS, why not enlighten them of other possibilities for the acronym. As for the notoriety, I was just pointing the fact that the subject of an article is not related to the number of hits of its acronym in Google. Pierre cb (talk) 22:49, 25 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
