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This is a list of abbreviation templates.

Instructions

  • Click on a red template link, and create a new page there.
  • Enter text using this format:
''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|Wikipedia guideline: Be bold in updating pages]]''
  • Make sure there are no spaces or line breaks at the end of the edit box.

Procedures

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Guidelines

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Pagename Templates
Wikipedia:Assume good faith Template:WP:AGF, Template:WP:ASG, Template:WP:AFG, Template:WP:GF, Template:WP:FAITH
Wikipedia:Avoid self-references Template:WP:ASR, Template:WP:SELF
Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words Template:WP:AWW
Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages Template:WP:BB, Template:WP:BBIUP, Template:WP:BBIEP, Template:WP:BOLD
Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons Template:WP:LIVING, Template:WP:BLP
Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and series boxes Template:WP:CLS, Template:WP:CSL
Wikipedia:Categorization Template:WP:CG
Wikipedia:Deletion guidelines for administrators Template:WP:DGFA
Wikipedia:Disambiguation Template:WP:D, Template:WP:DISAM, Template:WP:DAB
Wikipedia:Doppelganger account Template:WP:DOPP
Wikipedia:Edit summary Template:WP:ES
Wikipedia:Footnotes Template:WP:FN, Template:WP:FN3
Wikipedia:Guide to layout Template:WP:GTL
Wikipedia:How to break up a page Template:WP:BREAK
Wikipedia:Lead section Template:WP:LS, Template:WP:LEAD
Wikipedia:Lists Template:WP:LIST
Wikipedia:Logos Template:WP:L
Wikipedia:Lyrics and poetry Template:WP:L&P
Wikipedia:Manual of Style Template:WP:STYLE, Template:WP:MOS, Template:WP:SG
Wikipedia:Manual of Style (abbreviations) Template:WP:ABB
Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers) Template:WP:MOSDATE, Template:WP:MOSNUM
Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings) Template:WP:MOSHEAD
Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links) Template:WP:MOS-L
Wikipedia:Manual of Style (pronunciation) Template:WP:MOS-P, Template:WP:MOSIPA
Wikipedia:Manual of Style (titles) Template:WP:MOS-T
Wikipedia:Naming conventions Template:WP:NC
Wikipedia:Notability (companies and corporations) Template:WP:CORP
Wikipedia:Notability (fiction) Template:WP:FICT
Wikipedia:Notability (music) Template:WP:MUSIC
Wikipedia:Notability (web) Template:WP:WEB
Wikipedia:Revert only when necessary Template:WP:ROWN
Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages Template:WP:SIG, [[Template:WP:%7E~~]], [[Template:WP:%7E%7E~~]], [[Template:WP:%7E%7E%7E~~]]
Wikipedia:Sister projects Template:WP:SISTER
Wikipedia:Spam Template:WP:SPAM, Template:WP:NOSPAM
Wikipedia:Speedy keep Template:WP:SK
Wikipedia:Spoiler warning Template:WP:SW
Wikipedia:Straw polls Template:WP:STRAW
Wikipedia:Stub Template:WP:STUB
Wikipedia:Subpages Template:WP:SP, Template:WP:SUBP, Template:WP:DNUS
Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines Template:WP:TPG
Wikipedia:Talk pages Template:WP:TP
Wikipedia:Template standardisation Template:WP:TS
Wikipedia:Third opinion Template:WP:3O
Wikipedia:Wheel war Template:WP:WW

Policy

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Wikipedia:Blocking policy Template:WP:BAN, Template:WP:BANS, Template:WP:BP, Template:WP:PWN
Wikipedia:Bots Template:WP:B
Wikipedia:Candidates for speedy deletion Template:WP:CSD
Wikipedia:Category deletion policy Template:WP:CDP
Wikipedia:Civility Template:WP:CIVIL
Wikipedia:Copyrights Template:WP:C
Wikipedia:Deletion of vanity articles Template:WP:DVAIN
Wikipedia:Deletion policy Template:WP:DP
Wikipedia:Don't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point Template:WP:POINT
Wikipedia:Edit war Template:WP:EW
Wikipedia:Harassment Template:WP:HA, Template:WP:STALK
Wikipedia:Ignore all rules Template:WP:IAR
Wikipedia:Image use policy Template:WP:IUP
Wikipedia:Neutral point of view Template:WP:NPOV
Wikipedia:No original research Template:WP:NOR
Wikipedia:No personal attacks Template:WP:NPA
Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines Template:WP:POLICY, Template:WP:RULES
Wikipedia:Resolving disputes Template:WP:DR
Wikipedia:Semi-protection policy Template:WP:SEMI, Template:WP:SPP
Wikipedia:Simplified Ruleset Template:WP:SR
Wikipedia:Sock puppetry Template:WP:SOCK
Wikipedia:Three revert rule Template:WP:3RR
Wikipedia:Undeletion policy Template:WP:UNDEL
Wikipedia:Username Template:WP:NIU, Template:WP:NOU, Template:WP:U, Template:WP:UN
Wikipedia:Vandalism Template:WP:VAND, Template:WP:VANDAL, Template:WP:-(
Wikipedia:Vanity guidelines Template:WP:VAIN, Template:WP:VANITY
Wikipedia:Verifiability Template:WP:V
Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not Template:WP:NOT, Template:WP:WI, Template:WP:WIN, Template:WP:WWIN, Template:WP:WWPIN, Template:WP:ISNOT, Template:WP:ALSONOT
Wikipedia:Wikipedia is an encyclopedia Template:WP:ENC
Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary Template:WP:WINAD

Process

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Pagename Redirects
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard Template:WP:AN
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RR Template:WP:AN/3RR, Template:WP:3RRV
Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Template:WP:AC
Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Clerks Template:WP:AC/C
Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Clerks/Administration Template:WP:AC/C/A
Wikipedia:Articles for creation Template:WP:AFC
Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Today Template:WP:AFC/T
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion Template:WP:AFD, Template:WP:LFD
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/Today Template:WP:AFD/TODAY
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/Yesterday Template:WP:AFD/Yesterday
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maintenance Template:WP:AFDM
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Old Template:WP:AFD/Old
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Precedents Template:WP:AFDP
Wikipedia:Association of Member Investigations Template:WP:AMI
Wikipedia:Association of Members' Advocates Template:WP:AMA
Wikipedia:Categories for deletion Template:WP:CFD
Wikipedia:Cleanup Template:WP:CLEANUP
Wikipedia:Copyright problems Template:WP:CP, Template:WP:CV
Wikipedia:Current surveys Template:WP:CS
Wikipedia:Cut and paste move repair holding pen Template:WP:SPLICE
Wikipedia:Deletion review Template:WP:VFU
Wikipedia:General complaints Template:WP:GC
Wikipedia:Images for cleanup Template:WP:IFC
Wikipedia:Images for deletion Template:WP:IFD
Wikipedia:Long term abuse Template:WP:LTA
Wikipedia:Maintenance Template:WP:WM
Wikipedia:Mediation Committee Template:WP:MC
Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion Template:WP:MFD
Wikipedia:Peer review Template:WP:PR
Wikipedia:Proposed deletion Template:WP:PROD
Wikipedia:Proposed mergers Template:WP:PM
Wikipedia:Redirects for deletion Template:WP:RFD conflict
Wikipedia:Reference desk Template:WP:RD
Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities Template:WP:RD/H
Wikipedia:Reference desk/Miscellaneous Template:WP:RD/M, Template:WP:RD/MISC
Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science Template:WP:RD/S
Wikipedia:Requested articles Template:WP:RA
Wikipedia:Requested moves Template:WP:RM conflict
Wikipedia:Requested pictures Template:WP:RP
Wikipedia:Requests for adminship Template:WP:RFA, Template:WP:VFA
Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration Template:WP:ARBREQ, Template:WP:RFAR
Wikipedia:Requests for comment Template:WP:RFC, Template:WP:RFROAA
Wikipedia:Requests for investigation Template:WP:RFI
Wikipedia:Requests for expansion Template:WP:RFE
Wikipedia:Requests for mediation Template:WP:RFM conflict
Wikipedia:Requests for page protection Template:WP:RFPP, Template:WP:RFP, Template:WP:RPP
Wikipedia:Requests for summaries Template:WP:RFS
Wikipedia:RFA summary Template:WP:RFASUM
Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion Template:WP:SFD
Wikipedia:Templates for deletion Template:WP:TFD
Wikipedia:Untagged images Template:WP:UI

Collaboration and community

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General information, help, and tutorials

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Pagename Templates
Help:Contents Template:WP:HELP
Help:Edit summary Template:WP:EDIT
Help:Interwiki linking Template:WP:INTER
Help:Moving a page Template:WP:MOVE, Template:WP:MV
Help:Redirect Template:WP:REDIR
Wikipedia:Administrators' how-to guide Template:WP:AHTG
Wikipedia:As of Template:WP:AO
Wikipedia:Boilerplate text Template:WP:BPT
Wikipedia:Boilerplate request for permission Template:WP:BRP
Wikipedia:Bug report Template:WP:BUG
Wikipedia:Bypass your cache Template:WP:CACHE
Wikipedia:Category Template:WP:CAT
Wikipedia:Clueless newbies Template:WP:CN, Template:WP:NOOB
Wikipedia:Dealing with AOL vandals Template:WP:AOLIP
Wikipedia:Did you know Template:WP:DYK
Wikipedia:Extended image syntax Template:WP:EIS
Wikipedia:FAQ Template:WP:FAQ
Wikipedia:Google test Template:WP:GT
Wikipedia:Guide to deletion Template:WP:GAFD, Template:WP:GD, Template:WP:GTD
Wikipedia:Guide to improving articles Template:WP:IA
Wikipedia:Help desk Template:WP:HD
Wikipedia:HiddenStructure Template:WP:HIDE
Wikipedia:How to archive a talk page Template:WP:ARCHIVE
Wikipedia:How to edit a page Template:WP:HEP, Template:WP:HOW
Wikipedia:How to fix cut and paste moves Template:WP:CPMV
Wikipedia:How to fix your signature Template:WP:SIGHELP
Wikipedia:How to use tables Template:WP:HTUT
Wikipedia:HOWTOs Index Template:WP:HOWTO
Wikipedia:Image description page Template:WP:IDP
Wikipedia:Image sleuthing Template:WP:IS
Wikipedia:Instant Messaging Wikipedians Template:WP:IM
Help:Interlanguage links Template:WP:IL
Wikipedia:IRC channels Template:WP:IRC, Template:WP:CHAT
Wikipedia:Kate's Tool Template:WP:KATE, Template:WP:KT
Wikipedia:List of images Template:WP:LI
Wikipedia:Mailing lists Template:WP:ML
Wikipedia:Media copyright questions Template:WP:MCQ
Wikipedia:MediaWiki custom elements Template:WP:NAV
Wikipedia:Minor edit Template:WP:ME
Wikipedia:New articles (Australia) Template:WP:NAA
Wikipedia:NPOV dispute Template:WP:NPOVD
Wikipedia:Piped link Template:WP:PIPE
Wikipedia:Portal Template:WP:DOOR
Wikipedia:Protected page Template:WP:PP, Template:WP:PROT
Wikipedia:Public domain Template:WP:PD
Wikipedia:Public domain resources Template:WP:PDR
Wikipedia:Recent Changes Template:WP:RC
Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol Template:WP:RCP
Wikipedia:Redirect Template:WP:R, Template:WP:RDR, Template:WP:REDIRECT
Wikipedia:Requested templates Template:WP:RT
Wikipedia:Researching with Wikipedia Template:WP:RES
Wikipedia:Sandbox Template:WP:SB, Template:WP:SAND
Wikipedia:Section Template:WP:SECT, Template:WP:TOC
Wikipedia:Shortcut Template:WP:SHORT
Wikipedia:Shortcuts Template:WP:, Template:WP:WP, Template:WP:CUTS
Wikipedia:Special pages Template:WP:SPEC
Wikipedia:Speedy deletions Template:WP:SD, Template:WP:PSPTBD, Template:WP:PSTBD
Wikipedia:Summary style Template:WP:SS
Wikipedia:Template messages Template:WP:MT, Template:WP:TM conflict
Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup Template:WP:TC, Template:WP:TM/CLEAN
Wikipedia:Template messages/Deletion Template:WP:TDEL, Template:WP:TM/DEL
Wikipedia:Template messages/Disputes Template:WP:TD, Template:WP:TM/DISP
Wikipedia:Template messages/Maintenance Template:WP:TMAIN, Template:WP:TM/MAIN
Wikipedia:Template messages/Talk namespace Template:WP:TTALK, Template:WP:TM/TALK
Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace Template:WP:TUSER, Template:WP:UTM, Template:WP:USETEMP
Wikipedia:Template namespace Template:WP:TMP
Wikipedia:TeX markup Template:WP:MATH, Template:WP:TEX
Wikipedia:Tutorial Template:WP:T
Wikipedia:Topical index Template:WP:TI
Wikipedia:URLs Template:WP:URL, Template:WP:URLS
Wikipedia:Using the Wayback Machine Template:WP:WBM
Wikipedia:What links here Template:WP:WLH
Wikipedia:Where to ask a question Template:WP:ASK, Template:WP:AQ
Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers Template:WP:HI
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Pagename Templates
Wikipedia:Featured articles Template:WP:FA
Wikipedia:Featured article candidates Template:WP:FAC
Wikipedia:Featured article removal candidates Template:WP:FARC
Wikipedia:Featured content Template:WP:FC, Template:WP:FEATURED
Wikipedia:Featured lists Template:WP:FL
Wikipedia:Featured list candidates Template:WP:FLC
Wikipedia:Featured pictures Template:WP:FP
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates Template:WP:FPC
Wikipedia:Featured pictures visible Template:WP:FPV
Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates Template:WP:FPCAN
Wikipedia:Featured portals Template:WP:FPORT
Wikipedia:Village pump Template:WP:VP, Template:WP:PUMP
Wikipedia:Village pump sections Template:WP:VPS
Wikipedia:Village pump (assistance) Template:WP:VPA, Template:WP:VP/A
Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous) Template:WP:VPM
Wikipedia:Village pump (news) Template:WP:VPN
Wikipedia:Village pump (perennial proposals) Template:WP:VPE
Wikipedia:Village pump (policy) Template:WP:VPP, Template:WP:VP/P
Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals) Template:WP:VPR
Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) Template:WP:VPT, Template:WP:VP/T

Wikipedia and the Wikipedia community

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Pagename Templates
Wikipedia:Announcements Template:WP:A
Wikipedia:Articles that are more comprehensive than on Encyclopedia Britannica Template:WP:AMCEB
Wikipedia:Awareness statistics Template:WP:AS
Wikipedia:Community Portal Template:WP:CBB, Template:WP:NAC, Template:WP:WASSUP
Wikipedia:Facebook Template:WP:FB
Wikipedia:Glossary Template:WP:G
Wikipedia:Goings-on Template:WP:GO, Template:WP:GOON
Wikipedia:Great editing in progress Template:WP:GEIP, Template:WP:GEP
Wikipedia:Legal disclaimer Template:WP:DNGLA
Wikipedia:List of administrators Template:WP:LA
Wikipedia:List of banned users Template:WP:BU, Template:WP:LOBU
Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of edits Template:WP:1000, Template:WP:TOP1000
Wikipedia:Meetup Template:WP:MU
Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks Template:WP:FORKS
Wikipedia:Missing Wikipedians Template:WP:MW, Template:WP:MWP
Wikipedia:Most vandalized pages Template:WP:MVP
Wikipedia:Press coverage Template:WP:PC
Wikipedia:Sites using MediaWiki Template:WP:SUM
Wikipedia:Standard user greeting Template:WP:SUG
Wikipedia:Statistics Template:WP:S, Template:WP:STAT
Wikipedia:Syndication Template:WP:RSS
Wikipedia:Testimonials Template:WP:WOW
Wikipedia:Userboxes Template:WP:UBX conflict
Wikipedia:Wikipedia Essays Template:WP:ESSAYS
Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost Template:WP:SIGN

Miscellany

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Wikipedia culture, humor, games, and essays

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Pagename Templates
Wikipedia:Assume bad faith Template:WP:ABF
Wikipedia:Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense Template:WP:BJ, Template:WP:BJAODN, Template:WP:-), Template:WP:-O
Wikipedia:Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense/Current Template:WP:BJAODN/Current, Template:WP:o)
Wikipedia:Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense: The Next Generation/People for deletion Template:WP:PFD
Wikipedia:Clinic for Wikipediholics Template:WP:CLINIC
Wikipedia:Complete bollocks Template:WP:BALLS, Template:WP:CB
Wikipedia:Department of Fun Template:WP:DOF, Template:WP:FUN
Wikipedia:Don't be a duck Template:WP:DUCK
Wikipedia:Don't stuff beans up your nose Template:WP:BEANS
Wikipedia:Editcountitis Template:WP:ITIS
Wikipedia:Extreme article deletion Template:WP:EAD
Wikipedia:Fancruft Template:WP:CRUFT
Wikipedia:How many legs does a horse have? Template:WP:HORSE
Wikipedia:Ignore some rules Template:WP:ISR
Wikipedia:Lamest edit wars ever Template:WP:LAME
Wikipedia:List of really, really, really stupid article ideas that you really, really, really should not create Template:WP:STUPID
Wikipedia:Mind Benders Template:WP:MIND
Wikipedia:Process is Important Template:WP:PI
Wikipedia:Read the archives Template:WP:RTA, Template:WP:RTFA
Wikipedia:Six degrees of Wikipedia Template:WP:6DOS, Template:WP:6DOW
Wikipedia:Snowball clause Template:WP:SNOW
Wikipedia:Staying cool when the editing gets hot Template:WP:COOL
Wikipedia:Unusual articles Template:WP:UA
Wikipedia:Unusual requests Template:WP:HUH, Template:WP:UR
Wikipedia:Vanispamcruftisement Template:WP:VSCA
Wikipedia:Volunteer Fire Department Template:WP:FD
Wikipedia:Wikiholiday Template:WP:WH
Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not for things made up in school one day Template:WP:NFT
Wikipedia:The Wikipedian's Prayer Template:WP:PRAY
Wikipedia:Wikipediholic Template:WP:HOLIC

Other

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Category:Articles that need to be wikified Template:WP:WIKIFY
Category:Wikipedia categories in need of attention Template:WP:CINA
Template:AddBJAODN Template:WP;-)
Template:In the news Template:WP:ITN
Template:Opentask Template:WP:CLIPPY
Wikipedia:Barnstars Template:WP:BARN, Template:WP:STAR, Template:WP:BS
Wikipedia:Project shortcuts Template:WP:WPR
Wikipedia:Shortcuts to talk pages Template:WT:WT

Defunct, obsolete, rejected, or historical pages

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Special:Log/block Template:WP:BL
Special:Log/delete Template:WP:GONE, Template:WP:DL
Special:Log/protect Template:WP:PL
Special:Statistics Template:WP:ST
Wikipedia:Avoid using meta-templates Template:WP:AUM
Wikipedia:Cleanup/Leftovers Template:WP:LO
Wikipedia:Dealing with disruptive or antisocial editors Template:WP:DWDAE
Wikipedia:Scientific point of view Template:WP:SPOV
Wikipedia:Semi-policy Template:WP:SEMP
Wikipedia:Utilities Template:WP:UT
Wikipedia:What's in, what's out Template:WP:WIWO