Help:Shortcuts

Shortcuts in Conworlds are a specialized type of redirection page that can be used to get to a Conworlds project reference page more quickly. Lists of available Conworlds shortcuts can be found at WP:WP = Conworlds:List of shortcuts, WP:WPR = Conworlds:Project shortcuts, and WT:WT = Conworlds:Shortcuts to talk pages.

Procedures

 * Shortcut class redirects should be tagged with R from shortcut so they will auto-categorize in Category:Redirects from shortcut.The template should be added on the same line as the  #redirect Pagename  as with all the '' templates.

Example :  #redirect Pagename .

How to use Conworlds shortcuts
A Conworlds shortcut can be entered into the Conworlds 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 Conworlds "Redirect" reference page, instead of having to type "Conworlds:Redirect". Alternatively, you can use the shortcut in the URL (web address). For example, you are currently viewing the Conworlds:Shortcut page in English. The URL for the English-language page is:

You could get from here to the Conworlds:Redirect project reference page by replacing "Conworlds: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 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 . 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  instead of, for an example see above. Another example is, see also Conworlds header templates.

How to create a shortcut
For an existing page like Conworlds:Template Standardisation create the desired new WP:TS page with a single line: (example, this shortcut already exists)

 #REDIRECTConworlds:Template Standardisation 

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 &amp;redirect=no), edit the target #REDIRECT [&#91;Conworlds:Whatever&#93;], then add if that expression doesn't already appear. But there are some potential traps and pitfalls:
 * 1) 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.
 * 2) If the old target page mentions its shortcut, then that also should be updated, typically in or similar Conworlds header templates.
 * 3) Above all check the shortcut backlinks with "what links here"; changing a shortcut used elsewhere can be highly disruptive.
 * 4) 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.
 * 5) For controversial cases there is a "redirects for deletion" procedure WP:RFD.

List of shortcuts
An incomplete list of shortcuts can be found at Conworlds:List of 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 Conworlds:Project shortcuts and WT:WT with some Conworlds: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: