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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editTable of template shortcuts
editShortcut | Redirects to | Number of transclusions, Feb. 2019 | How used | Bypassed by AWB? |
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{{-}} | {{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 |