Wikipedia:Edit summary legend

Edit summary legend This is a list of commonly used edit summary abbreviations. A more concise list is available at quick reference. You can find other Wikipedia terms in the Wikipedia:Glossary. See also Wikipedia abbreviations. For other useful directories and indexes, see Wikipedia:Directory. Note: This page does not lay down any official guidelines on how to fill out an article's edit summary. Wikipedians are encouraged to write accurate and detailed summaries. For more information, see Help:Edit summary. Addition of category cat, +cat Meaning: I added a category to the page [[Category:Whatever]] will put a link to the appropriate category page into the edit summary Addition of comment cm, cmt or re followed by either the comment itself or the topic. Also +com. Meaning: I added a comment to this page Examples: cm rattlesnake re : rattlesnake Addition of navigational template +navtemp Meaning: I added a navigational template to this page Addition or rephrasing of a short text ft followed by the full text that has been added (perhaps with a little context), or the new version of what was changed. Thus the edit summary fully informs about the edit; there's no need to open the article unless you want to read the text in the context of the article. Addition of text +, add, addition, expand Meaning: I have added text to the article, and here's a summary. Example: +Future expeditions or add:Future Expeditions May also be used to indicate that the user has added his support/opposition on consensus building; it is then usually preceded by the section name Examples: → Support: + → Oppose: +me Alphabetization alpha, abc Meaning: I have put this list in alphabetical order. Capitalization cap, caps, capital, cpt, lc, lcase, uc, ucase Wikipedia's article titles are case-sensitive, except for the first letter of the article, which always appears as a capital. Also, according to Wikipedia:Manual of Style, except for compound proper nouns (such as "New York Fire Department") only the first letter of the first word in section headings should be capitalized. The above abbreviations indicate fixing of capitalization mistakes, or lowercasing or uppercasing specific words. cap, capital, cpt indicate general fixing of capitalization. caps is for those instances when every letter of a word is capitalized, when the word is to be made ALL CAPS. lc and lcase mean lowercasing the first letter of some word, and uc and ucase mean uppercasing the first letter of some word. Cleanup cl, cleanup, cu Meaning: "I have made some general 'tidying-up edits.'" These may include reformatting, spelling and grammar fixes, markup fixes, and other such minor edits. Useful if you make many different kinds of small changes in a single edit. Copy edit copyedit, cpyed, ced, c/e, ce, mce Miscellaneous copy editing. It is encouraged that you specify the changes. Examples: copyedit: major reorganization, left original text cpyed: from 'Tell Joe and I to ...' to 'Tell Joe and me to ...' 'It took 4 years to build...' -> 'It took four years to build...' Correction cr Miscellaneous copy editing. Often used when correcting one's own edits, or when correcting obvious mistakes. Examples cr cr after session failed cr were -> where Creation of a new article creation, new Meaning: I have created a new article. If there are remarks you wish to make, add them after two single dashes (-). No other abbreviations need to be used since the article is new. Examples: creation new creation – NPOV check please new – NPOV check please Disambiguation See Removal of ambiguity (this page) Edit that is explained on the article's Talk Page see Talk, see talk Meaning: I have discussed / explained this edit on the article's talk page. If possible, combine with other text, e.g rephrased, see Talk. External links EL, xl, ext lk, ext lks, ext lnk, ext lnks, ext link, ext links, rm el, URL, http Meaning: I have added or removed an external link. If there is possibility for confusion, name the link specifically. Example: ext lk: filipino strategy guide Formatting fm, fmt, frmt, formatting, MoS, mos, MOS, wf, wfy Meaning: "I have applied formatting to this article". For example, to adhere to Wikipedia's Manual of Style, or to make the article look consistent, etc. There is no need to specify the formatted text. Grammar gm, gr, grmr Meaning: I have fixed the grammar of a sentence or sentences. Headers head, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 Meaning: I have fixed header markup or changed header wording. Often seen when a page has been incorrectly laid out with level 3 headers at the top level (=== text ===) instead of level 2 headers (== text ==). Internal links See also: § External links lk, lks, link, links, lnk, ln, wikilink, wl, dl Meaning: I have created a link from this Wikipedia article to another one, or removed a link from this article to another. In the summary, put the link between single apostrophes ('), or copy it from the edit box so that it appears in double brackets [[ ]] This is especially useful when the link is to a new article: people watchlisting the current page are likely to be interested in the new page. Examples: link: 'Train' [[train]] lks: 'snow', 'hail' +wl Interwiki iwk, iw Meaning: I added one or more interwiki links to this page. Merge mrg, mrgd, merged in Meaning: I have merged some other article(s) into this article. All the articles merged should be specified. Example: mrgd: USA & United States of America Miscellaneous misc Miscellaneous edits Use only when a more specific and more useful edit summary is not practical. Manual of Style MOS Meaning: I have made minor edits in conformance with WP:MOS, the English Wikipedia Manual of Style. Compare with: Formatting Move mv Meaning: I have moved the article or part of it to another location. (The new location should be specified.) Or: I have added some material which comes from another article. (Where it comes from should be specified) Examples: mv to 'United States' (mrgd) mv from 'America' Noteworthiness nn Not noteworthy; usually removal of non-noteworthy addition, e.g. rv nn (reverting non-noteworthy [insertion]) Null edit null, nx, ø The edit window has been opened and the page re-saved with no change of text (occasionally necessitated by non-automated changes, like those to templates included in the page). Organization org, reorg, order Meaning: I have changed the order of sections or otherwise altered the organization of the page. Original research OR, NOR Meaning: I believe something to be in conflict with the no original research policy. Point of view POV, NPOV Meaning: I believe something to be in conflict with the neutral point of view policy. Punctuation punc, punct, pct Meaning: I have made edits to rectify punctuation. (Elaborate as needed). Re-categorization re-cat, recat Meaning: I have made changes to a pre-existing category link or links. If the change is specified, put the category link(s) between single apostrophes (') or double brackets (e.g., [[Category:Category name]]). Examples: re-cat recat 'Old category' to 'New category' recat [[Category:Old category]] to [[Category:New category]] Redirect REDIRECT 'Article Name', rd 'Article name', redir 'Article name' Meaning: I have made the page redirect to another place. The page that the article redirects to should be specified. Reference ref, refs Meaning: adding or fixing source citation(s) Examples: +refs fixd ref Removal of ambiguity disambiguation, disambig, disamb, disam, dab, byp disambig Changing a wiki link to a disambiguation page to point to the appropriate page. There is no need to specify any disambiguation changes. Removal of text -, rm, rmv, remove, del Meaning: I have removed some text from the article. Examples: -unnecessary sentence remove: unnecessary sentence Reply r, re Meaning: I have replied to another editor's comment. Note that r is also listed in Revert to a previous edit. Revert to a previous edit revert, rv, r Reverted to a previous edit. This short summary is insufficient on its own—you should always briefly explain the reason for reverting. Examples: rv: accident rv: vandalism revert blanking rv unexpl del—revert unexplained deletion rv changes by User:Second user to last version by User:First user; see talk rvv or rv/v = revert vandalism rvs or rv/s = revert spam rvt or rvte = revert test edit Note that r is also listed in Reply, so rv is preferred. Note that rvv in some fonts reads as rw, so rv/v is preferred. Sandbox sandbox, Sandbox Edit to the Sandbox. This is especially useful for Wikipedians checking the Recent changes as it lets them know that they should ignore it. Snap double redirect snap dbl rdr, fix redir Turned a double redirect into a single redirect Spelling sp, spl, spelling Meaning: Correcting spelling mistakes. It is not usually necessary to specify the spelling change but if you must, format it like this: desparate -> desperate Tweaks tweak, twk, tw, technicals, techs Meaning: A wide range of minor changes (rather than a specific one). Examples: Making article conform to the Manual of style and to consensus Removing stub messages Adjusting categories Fixing typos Rationalising, adding and fixing links Adjusting article layout Using {{Reflist|30em}} if appropriate Typo typo, typos, tpyo, tpyos, ty, tyop, tyops Fixed typos. There is no need to specify the corrected typos. User experienced edit conflict (ec), e/c, or (e/c) Whitespace ws Changes to whitespace