Wikipedia:Shortcut
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Template:Guideline This is a Wikipedia project reference page (part of the "Wikipedia:" project namespace).
"Shortcuts" in Wikipedia are a specialized type of Redirection page that can be used to get to a Wikipedia project reference page more quickly. The list of available Wikipedia shortcuts can be found at Wikipedia:Shortcuts.
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How to use Wikipedia shortcuts
A Wikipedia shortcut can be entered into the Wikipedia 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 Wikipedia "Redirect" reference page, instead of having to type "Wikipedia:Redirect".
Alternatively, you can use the shortcut in the URL (web address). For example, you are currently viewing the Wikipedia:Shortcut page in English. The URL for the English-language page is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut
You could get from here to the Wikipedia:Redirect project reference page by replacing "Wikipedia: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 (the "shortcut template")
can be added to a page by placing
{{Shortcut|[[WP:<x>]]}}
at the top of the text while editing.
Guidelines with shortcuts
pointing to them typically use
{{guideline|[[WP:<x>]]}}
instead of {{Shortcut}}, for an example see above.
Another example is Template:Lts.
Many Wikipedia header templates offer a similar feature, and where available it's arguably better to use this consistent style instead of Template:Tl.
How to create a shortcut
For an existing page like Wikipedia:Template Standardisation create the desired new WP:TS page with a single line: (example, this shortcut already exists)
#REDIRECT[[Wikipedia:Template Standardisation]] {{R from shortcut}}
Many shortcuts are acronyms, others are abbreviations, quite a lot are simply WP:BAD, but technically they are redirections.
List of shortcuts
An incomplete list of shortcuts can be found at Wikipedia:Shortcuts, and as expected this page has itself various shortcuts like WP:WP, WP:CUTS, or just WP:.
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