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FIDE is not the arbiter of chess-notation. By far the most common way to express promotion using algebraic notation is e8=Q (note that you do not write P for pawn, only the space it moves to). This is also the only style supported by PGN, the most widely used format for recording games on a computer. e8/Q and e8(Q) are also sometimes used, mostly by ...

According to Wikipedia's Pawn Promotion page, When a pawn moves to the last rank and promotes, the piece promoted to is indicated at the end of the move notation, for example: e8Q (promoting to queen). Sometimes an equals sign (=) or parentheses are used: e8=Q or e8(Q), but neither format is a FIDE standard. (An equals sign is also sometimes used to ...

The new way of notating - algebraic notation - has pretty much completely replaced the old way - descriptive notation. Most people nowadays use algebraic notation, except old players who are very stuck in their ways. However, there is still a purpose in learning descriptive notation: reading old books. Some of my favorite old chess books are only ...

It's much easier to work the game in your head with descriptive notation, so it's good if you're reading the game. Descriptive notation lets you know overtly which piece took which, like PxQ. Having said that, it's not used much anymore, you'll only see it in old references. Algebraic notation was adopted by FIDE because most of the world used it, so it ...

I prefer Descriptive Notation, mainly because it's what I grew up with, and I can visualize the moves without the board (though not good enough to play blindfolded). I have to translate (at least in my head), when reading algebraic notation (and do that easier if I have a picture of a board in front of me).

I still use descriptive notation, and I can read it, and I also have some old chess books with it. Algebraic seems to be used about everywhere now much more often; I play on the Internet Chess Club and that is all they use there. I put in a suggestion for them to have descriptive as an option but they haven't gone that way. It is like some of the other ...