Wikipedia:List of non-self-explanatory template shortcuts

Listed below are template shortcuts whose names, often of only 1 to 4 characters, give little or no clue as to their function.

These shortcuts are used to invoke templates of many different types. The short name is visible only when a page is being edited. Many of the short names are converted to the full names when AutoWikiBrowser (AWB) is applied to an article.

The entries in this table are selected from Category:Redirects from template shortcuts and Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Template_redirects. Only those with 10 or more transclusions (February 2019) have been included. (A great many others have no transclusions at all).

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Table of template shortcuts

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Shortcut Redirects to Number of transclusions, Feb. 2019 How used Bypassed by AWB?
{{-}} {{Clear}} 221624 Page layout N
{{--}} {{Em dash}} 123 Typographical N
{{-r}} {{No redirect}} 168153 Other Alters the way a wikilink works N
{{+r}} {{More citations needed}} 329 Cleanup tag - head of page Y
{{+R}} {{More citations needed}} 53 Cleanup tag - head of page Y
{{±%}} {{Plusminus%}} 12 Typographical N
{{1r}} {{One source}} 825 Cleanup tag - head of page Y
{{1728}} {{Cyclopaedia 1728}} 334 Adds box N
{{Abot}} {{Archive bottom}} 1216 Page layout N
{{AbQ}} {{Articles by Quality}} 3005 Other Puts number of articles of each class for a WikiProject N
{{Ad}} {{Advert}} 802 Cleanup tag - head of page Y
{{AI1}} {{Annotated image}} 18 Inserts text N
{{Angbr}} {{Angle bracket}} 1050 Typographical N
{{Atop}} {{Archive top}} 1399 Page layout N
{{Bc}} {{Braille cell}} 92 Typographical N
{{Bda}} {{Birth date and age}} 2258 Text formatting Y
{{Brt}} {{Bus route table}} 85 Inserts table N
{{Bya}} {{Birth year and age}} 790 Text formatting Y
{{C-e}} {{Col-end}} 11 Page layout N
{{C-s}} {{Col-begin}} 11 Page layout N
{{Cb}} {{Citation needed}} 15 Cleanup tag - inline N
{{Cc}} {{Commons category}} 63 Adds box N
{{Cfn}} {{Clarify}} 26 Cleanup tag - inline Y
{{CI}} {{Improve categories}} 93 Cleanup tag - head of page Y
{{Cn}} {{Citation needed}} 56005 Cleanup tag - inline Y
{{CN}} {{Citation needed}} 1841 Cleanup tag - inline Y
{{Conn}} {{Connected contributor}} 13 Adds box N
{{Cns}} {{Citation needed span}} 224 Cleanup tag - inline N
{{Cq}} {{Quote without source}} 19 Cleanup tag - inline N
{{Ctn}} {{Citation needed}} 17 Cleanup tag - inline N
{{Cuic}} {{Image captions for cleanup}} 64 Cleanup tag - head of page N
{{Dl}} {{Dead link}} 472 Cleanup tag - inline Y
{{DL}} {{Dead link}} 71 Cleanup tag - inline Y
{{Dn}} {{Disambiguation needed}} 1507 Cleanup tag - inline Y
{{Du}} {{Double underline}} 238 Typographical N
{{E18}} {{Ethnologue18}} 188 Adds link N
{{E20}} {{Ethnologue20}} 11 Adds link N
{{E21}} {{Ethnologue21}} 30 Adds link N
{{Facl}} {{FAC link}} 24 Adds link N
{{Farl}} {{FAR link}} 10 Adds link N
{{Fcn}} {{Full citation needed}} 89 Cleanup tag - inline Y
{{FLCR}} {{County roads in Florida}} 69 Adds box N
{{FSS}} {{Friendly search suggestions}} 893 Adds box N
{{Fv}} {{Failed verification}} 547 Cleanup tag - inline Y
{{FV}} {{Failed verification}} 40 Cleanup tag - inline Y
{{GBurl}} {{Google Books URL}} 23 Adds link N
{{Gcdb}} {{Grand Comics Database search}} 1044 Adds link N
{{Gli}} {{Glossary link internal}} 41 Adds link N
{{GTLD}} {{Generic top-level domains}} 50 Adds box N
{{Hl}} {{Highlight}} 152 Typographical N
{{Hn}} {{Humor note}} 14 Inserts text N
{{Hs}} {{Hidden sort key}} 12396 Other Inserts hidden sort key in sortable tables N
{{Ill}} {{Interlanguage link}} 22505 Adds link N
{{I}} {{Indent}} 22 Typographical N
{{Medcn}} {{Medical citation needed}} 279 Cleanup tag - inline N
{{Mi}} {{Multiple issues}} 591 Cleanup tag - head of page Y
{{MI}} {{Multiple issues}} 143 Cleanup tag - head of page Y
{{Mrt}} {{MRT station}} 102 Adds link N
{{Mrts}} {{MRT station}} 181 Adds link N
{{Mtc}} {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}} 135 Adds box N
{{Nbs}} {{Spaces}} 148 Typographical N
{{Nicg}} {{Failed verification}} 34 Cleanup tag - inline N
{{Nn}} {{Notability}} 115 Cleanup tag - head of page Y
{{NN}} {{Notability}} 17 Cleanup tag - head of page Y
{{Np}} {{No ping}} 209 Adds link N
{{Nr}} {{Unreferenced}} 173 Cleanup tag - head of page Y
{{NR}} {{Unreferenced}} 25 Cleanup tag - head of page Y
{{Nsmdns}} {{Zero width joiner em dash zero width non joiner}} 281 Typographical N
{{Nsndns}} {{En dash}} 25 Typographical N
{{Nts}} {{Number table sorting}} 17812 Other Affects sorting of numbers in tables N
{{Nw}} {{Not watching}} 328 Inserts text N
{{Nycs}} {{NYCS station}} 395 Adds link N
{{Od}} {{Outdent}} 34833 Page layout N
{{Or}} {{Original research inline}} 1284 Cleanup tag - inline Y
{{Or?}} {{Original research inline}} 43 Cleanup tag - inline Y
{{OR}} {{Original research inline}} 404 Cleanup tag - inline Y
{{Or1}} {{Original research}} 10 Cleanup tag - head of page Y
{{P}} {{Smiley}} 4814 Typographical N
{{Pb}} {{Paragraph break}} 947874 Page layout N
{{Pg}} {{Political Graveyard}} 44 Inserts text N
{{Pn}} {{Page needed}} 550 Inserts text Y
{{Pse}} {{Philippine Stock Exchange}} 98 Adds link N
{{R an}} {{R from alternative name}} 33 Redirect categorization N
{{R as}} {{R from alternative spelling}} 12 Redirect categorization N
{{R asn}} {{R from alternative scientific name}} 11 Redirect categorization N
{{R dia}} {{R from diacritic}} 14 Redirect categorization N
{{R fa}} {{R from ASCII-only}} 11 Redirect categorization N
{{R fc}} {{R from fictional character}} 110 Redirect categorization N
{{R fe}} {{R from fictional element}} 28 Redirect categorization N
{{R fod}} {{R from other disambiguation}} 54 Redirect categorization N
{{R fw}} {{R fictional work}} 56 Redirect categorization N
{{R p}} {{R printworthy}} 810 Redirect categorization N
{{R pl}} {{R from plural}} 13 Redirect categorization N
{{R po}} {{R with possibilities}} 12 Redirect categorization N
{{R pw}} {{R printworthy}} 200 Redirect categorization N
{{R rcc}} {{R from CamelCase}} 10 Redirect categorization N
{{R rrt}} {{R to related topic}} 138 Redirect categorization N
{{R rw}} {{R from related word}} 18 Redirect categorization N
{{R se}} {{R to section}} 15 Redirect categorization N
{{R sn}} {{R from short name}} 13 Redirect categorization N
{{R sp}} {{R to subpage}} 12 Redirect categorization N
{{R st}} {{R from subtopic}} 21 Redirect categorization N
{{R sw}} {{R from related word}} 17 Redirect categorization N
{{R tsh}} {{R from template shortcut}} 112 Redirect categorization N
{{R ud}} {{R from unnecessary disambiguation}} 25 Redirect categorization N
{{R up}} {{R unprintworthy}} 757 Redirect categorization N
{{Re}} {{Reply to}} 24311 Other Alias of "ping" Y
{{RE}} {{Reply to}} 132 Other Alias of "ping" Y
{{Ric}} {{Rail icon}} 646 Typographical N
{{Rip}} {{More citations needed}} 22 Cleanup tag - head of page Y
{{Rs}} {{Unreliable source?}} 368 Cleanup tag - inline Y
{{Rs?}} {{Unreliable source?}} 33 Cleanup tag - inline Y
{{RS}} {{Unreliable source?}} 42 Cleanup tag - inline Y
{{Rsa}} {{R from scientific abbreviation}} 100 Redirect categorization N
{{Rsh}} {{R from shortcut}} 657 Redirect categorization N
{{Rta}} {{R to anchor}} 88 Redirect categorization N
{{Rtc}} {{Redirect template category}} 21 Adds box N
{{Rwh}} {{R with history}} 401 Redirect categorization N
{{Rwp}} {{R with possibilities}} 238 Redirect categorization N
{{RwP}} {{R with possibilities}} 98 Redirect categorization N
{{S}} {{Strikethrough}} 496 Typographical N
{{Sc}} {{Smallcaps all}} 2697 Typographical N
{{Sc1}} {{Smallcaps}} 48 Typographical N
{{Sc2}} {{Smallcaps2}} 551 Typographical N
{{Scp}} {{Plain link}} 77 Adds link N
{{Sia}} {{Set index article}} 107 Adds box Y
{{SIA}} {{Set index article}} 2831 Adds box Y
{{Sir}} {{Single infobox request}} 30 Adds box N
{{Snd}} {{Spaced en dash}} 10204 Typographical N
{{Snds}} {{Spaced en dash space}} 4399 Typographical N
{{Srt}} {{Self-reference tool}} 113 Adds link N
{{Stb}} {{Skip to bottom}} 707 Adds box N
{{Tdes}} {{Trade designation}} 161 Typographical N
{{Tpr}} {{Talk page of redirect}} 1580 Adds box N
{{Tps}} {{Talk page stalker}} 8499 Inserts text N
{{Tq}} {{Talk quote inline}} 34243 Text formatting N
{{Tq2}} {{Talk quote block}} 364 Text formatting N
{{Tsh}} {{Template shortcut}} 475 Adds box N
{{Tst}} {{Train station table}} 73 Inserts table N
{{Tyvm}} {{Thank you very much}} 80 Inserts text N
{{U}} {{User link}} 115879 Adds link N
{{Ubl}} {{Unbulleted list}} 68870 Text formatting N
{{Unr}} {{Unreferenced}} 44 Cleanup tag - head of page Y
{{Up}} {{Increase}} 197 Typographical N
{{Urs}} {{Unreferenced section}} 96 Cleanup tag - head of section Y
{{USFR}} {{Federal Register}} 74 Adds link N
{{Vad}} {{Vertically aligned date}} 660 Text formatting N
{{Vc}} {{Unreliable source?}} 50 Cleanup tag - inline Y
{{VT}} {{See also}} 33 Inserts text N
{{Wfm}} {{Works for me}} 38 Inserts text N
{{Wi}} {{Wiktionary redirect}} 160 Adds link N
{{Wtr}} {{Wiktionary redirect}} 36 Adds link Y
{{Ww}} {{Weasel inline}} 20 Cleanup tag - inline Y
{{Y}} {{Aye}} 6757 Typographical N
{{Yw}} {{You're welcome}} 12 Inserts text N