Tech, Bureaucrats, emailconfirmed, Administrators (Semantic MediaWiki), Curators (Semantic MediaWiki), Suppressors, Administrators, threadmoderator
119,411
edits
... I think it's safe to say this A) no longer applies, and B) is no longer needed. And with that, we've finally moved on from 2011. Onto 2012.
No edit summary |
(... I think it's safe to say this A) no longer applies, and B) is no longer needed. And with that, we've finally moved on from 2011. Onto 2012.) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
||
| (5 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{shortcut|T:SHORT}} | {{shortcut|T:SHORT}} | ||
'''Shortcuts''' are abbreviations which are used to quickly find policy | '''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 [[ | 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 | 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. | All shortcuts — which is to say all the redirect pages — should be placed in [[:category:shortcuts]] for easy maintenance. | ||
<dpl> | <dpl> | ||
| Line 14: | Line 12: | ||
columns=5 | columns=5 | ||
redirects=only | redirects=only | ||
</dpl> | </dpl> | ||
[[Category:Policies|Shortcuts]] | |||
[[ | [[Category:The Hub|Shortcuts]] | ||