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'''Shortcuts''' are abbreviations which are used to quickly find policy amd help pages. Such pages tend to have long names, which these prefixes effectively work around. These shortcuts are visible in the upper right hand corner of policy and help pages.
'''Shortcuts''' are abbreviations which are used to quickly find policy and help pages. Such pages tend to have long names, which these prefixes effectively work around. These shortcuts are visible in the upper right hand corner of policy and help pages.


Their nomenclature is pretty straighforward:<pre>T:FIRST_SYLLABLE_OF_FIRST_WORD</pre>Thus, the shortcut for [[tardis:blocking policy]] is [[T:BLOCK]], the shortcut for [[tardis:vandalism policy]] is [[T:VAN]], and so on. The main exception to this policy is [[T:MOS]], but only because "MOS" is a common abbreviation for the [[tardis:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]].
Shortcuts are also extremely useful in linking to particular ''sections'' of help and policy pages, as can be seen at [[Tardis:Manual of Style]].
[[category:policies]][[category:The Hub]]
 
Their nomenclature is pretty straightforward:<pre>T:SHORTCUT IN ALL CAPS</pre>Thus, the shortcut for [[Tardis:blocking policy]] is [[T:BLOCK]], the shortcut for [[Tardis:vandalism policy]] is [[T:VAN]], and so on. The choice of shortcut is somewhat arbitrary, but the term should be as short as possible, without losing a clear sense of what the article or section is about. Names should also be chosen with other, similar pages in mind. For instance [[T:USER]] would probably not be a good shortcut because there are three different policies that apply to users.
 
All shortcuts — which is to say all the redirect pages — should be placed in [[:category:shortcuts]] for easy maintenance.
 
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[[Category:Policies|Shortcuts]]
[[Category:The Hub|Shortcuts]]

Latest revision as of 17:45, 21 November 2024

Shortcut:

Shortcuts are abbreviations which are used to quickly find policy and help pages. Such pages tend to have long names, which these prefixes effectively work around. These shortcuts are visible in the upper right hand corner of policy and help pages.

Shortcuts are also extremely useful in linking to particular sections of help and policy pages, as can be seen at Tardis:Manual of Style.

Their nomenclature is pretty straightforward:

T:SHORTCUT IN ALL CAPS

Thus, the shortcut for Tardis:blocking policy is T:BLOCK, the shortcut for Tardis:vandalism policy is T:VAN, and so on. The choice of shortcut is somewhat arbitrary, but the term should be as short as possible, without losing a clear sense of what the article or section is about. Names should also be chosen with other, similar pages in mind. For instance T:USER would probably not be a good shortcut because there are three different policies that apply to users.

All shortcuts — which is to say all the redirect pages — should be placed in category:shortcuts for easy maintenance.


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