Wikipedia:Tip of the day/May 31, 2008

Shortcuts

Most Wikipedia project pages (but not actual encyclopedia articles!) have shortcuts to them. This makes it easier to get to a page by simply typing in the shortcut into the search box. The shortcuts redirect to the page you want. Pages with shortcuts have a specific template telling you what the shortcut is. It generally begins with "WP:" (short for "Wikipedia:"). It may be an abbreviation (WP:SR redirects to Simplified Ruleset), a whole word (WP:NOT redirects to What Wikipedia is not), or sometimes something else (WP:-( redirects to Vandalism). There may be more than one shortcut per page.

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