AKBAN-wiki:Shortcut
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"Shortcuts" in AKBAN-wiki are a specialized type of redirection page that can be used to get to a AKBAN-wiki project reference page more quickly. Lists of available AKBAN-wiki shortcuts can be found at WP:WP = AKBAN-wiki:Shortcuts, WP:WPR = AKBAN-wiki:Project shortcuts, and WT:WT = AKBAN-wiki:Shortcuts to talk pages.
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Procedures
- Shortcut class redirects should be tagged with so they will auto-categorize in Category:Redirects from shortcut.Template:IThe template should be added on the same line as the #redirect [[Pagename]] as with all the {{R from ...}} templates.
Example: #redirect [[Pagename]] {{R from shortcut}}.
How to use AKBAN-wiki shortcuts
A AKBAN-wiki shortcut can be entered into the AKBAN-wiki search box to quickly bring you to a reference page.
For example, you can type "WP:R" into the search box and click the "Go" button to get to the AKBAN-wiki "Redirect" reference page, instead of having to type "AKBAN-wiki:Redirect".
Alternatively, you can use the shortcut in the URL (web address). For example, you are currently viewing the AKBAN-wiki:Shortcut page in English. The URL for the English-language page is:
You could get from here to the AKBAN-wiki:Redirect project reference page by replacing "AKBAN-wiki:Shortcut" with "WP:R" in the URL (web address) field (followed by "Enter").
Shortcuts are presented in all capital letters ("All-Caps"), but the search box is case-insensitive. For example, in the search box, you can type "wp:r" instead of "WP:R".
However, using the URL method typically requires that you match the capitalization of the shortcut itself.
Adding shortcut link boxes
A shortcut link box can be added to a page by placing {{ Shortcut | [[WP:<x>]] }} at the top of the text while editing. A note from the "shortcut template" page:
- Please do not use this template on other templates, e.g. to state that the shortcut to Template:Foo is in fact {{Foo}}. There's no need to state the obvious like that, each template uses its own name as a shortcut, by default.
Guidelines with shortcuts pointing to them typically use {{ guideline | [[WP:<x>]] }} instead of {{Shortcut}}, for an example see above. Another example is {{ Style-guideline | [[WP:<x>]] }}, see also AKBAN-wiki header templates.
How to create a shortcut
For an existing page like AKBAN-wiki:Template Standardisation create the desired new WP:TS page with a single line: (example, this shortcut already exists)
#REDIRECT[[AKBAN-wiki:Template Standardisation]] {{R from shortcut}}
Many shortcuts are acronyms, others are abbreviations, quite a lot are simply WP:BAD, but technically they are redirections.
Changing shortcuts
Technically that's easy, click on the shortcut wherever it is, on the page it leads to (a shortcut is a redirect) click on the "redirected from" link (forcing &redirect=no), edit the target #REDIRECT [[AKBAN-wiki:Whatever]], then add {{R from shortcut}} if that expression doesn't already appear. But there are some potential traps and pitfalls:
- If the shortcut is already listed on WP:WP or a similar list like WT:WT please update that entry showing the new target page.
- If the old target page mentions its shortcut, then that also should be updated, typically in {{Shortcut}} or similar AKBAN-wiki header templates.
- Above all check the shortcut backlinks with "what links here"; changing a shortcut used elsewhere can be highly disruptive.
- If it has no backlink folks might still use it directly with search forms, if you're not 100% sure that the old target is unused; so ask about it on the shortcut's talk page.
- For controversial cases there is a "redirects for deletion" procedure WP:RFD.
List of shortcuts
An incomplete list of shortcuts can be found at AKBAN-wiki:Shortcuts, and as expected this page has itself various shortcuts like WP:WP, WP:CUTS, or just WP:.
Other shortcuts for shortcut lists are WP:WPR with some AKBAN-wiki:Project shortcuts and WT:WT with some AKBAN-wiki:Shortcuts to talk pages. Obviously many shortcuts are (ab)used to make a WP:POINT and best described by WP:WOTTA.
On Meta shortcuts start with WM:, the list is at m:WM:WM. As shown, links to shortcuts on other projects work as expected, but redirects (incl. shortcuts) to pages on other projects won't work - this former feature was abused and hence it has been disabled.
Use special pages to find uncategorized or unlisted pages starting with a given prefix, e.g. Special:Prefixindex/CAT: for some category shortcuts.
List of prefixes
Pseudo-namespaces sometimes used include:
| AKBAN-wiki: | |
| WP: | AKBAN-wiki: (in rare cases, User:) |
| WT:, WPT:, WP talk: | AKBAN-wiki talk: |
| Special talk: | AKBAN-wiki talk:Special |
| WPP: | AKBAN-wiki:WikiProject |
| MOS:, MoS:, Mos: | AKBAN-wiki:Manual of Style |
| Me:, ME: | AKBAN-wiki:WikiProject Middle-earth |
| Category: | |
| CAT:, C: | Category: |
| Portal: | |
| P: | Portal: |
| Template: | |
| T:, TP: | Template: or Template talk: |
| Help: | |
| H: | Help: |
See also
- AKBAN-wiki:Project shortcuts (WP:WPR). —WikiProjects and Projects list of shortcuts.
- AKBAN-wiki:Shortcuts to talk pages ((WP:WT) —all 'AKBAN-wiki talk:' namespace (namespace 5) talk pages.
- Category:Redirects from shortcut
- WP:WOTTA, on what NOT to do
- m:WM:WM, shortcuts on Meta
