Wikipedia:List of non-self-explanatory template shortcuts

Listed below are template shortcuts whose names, often of only 1 to 4 characters, give little or no clue as to their function.

These shortcuts are used to invoke templates of many different types. The short name is visible only when a page is being edited. Many of the short names are converted to the full names when AutoWikiBrowser (AWB) is applied to an article.

The entries in this table are selected from Category:Redirects from template shortcuts and Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Template_redirects. Only those with 10 or more transclusions (February 2019) have been included. (A great many others have no transclusions at all).

See also

• Transclusion count tool
• Wikipedia:WTF? OMG! TMD TLA. ARG!

Table of template shortcuts

Shortcut	Redirects to	Number of transclusions, Feb. 2019	How used	Bypassed by AWB?
{{-}}	{{Clear}}	221624	Page layout	N
{{--}}	{{Em dash}}	123	Typographical	N
{{-r}}	{{No redirect}}	168153	Other Alters the way a wikilink works	N
{{+r}}	{{More citations needed}}	329	Cleanup tag - head of page	Y
{{+R}}	{{More citations needed}}	53	Cleanup tag - head of page	Y
{{±%}}	{{Plusminus%}}	12	Typographical	N
{{1r}}	{{One source}}	825	Cleanup tag - head of page	Y
{{1728}}	{{Cyclopaedia 1728}}	334	Adds box	N
{{Abot}}	{{Archive bottom}}	1216	Page layout	N
{{AbQ}}	{{Articles by Quality}}	3005	Other Puts number of articles of each class for a WikiProject	N
{{Ad}}	{{Advert}}	802	Cleanup tag - head of page	Y
{{AI1}}	{{Annotated image}}	18	Inserts text	N
{{Angbr}}	{{Angle bracket}}	1050	Typographical	N
{{Atop}}	{{Archive top}}	1399	Page layout	N
{{Bc}}	{{Braille cell}}	92	Typographical	N
{{Bda}}	{{Birth date and age}}	2258	Text formatting	Y
{{Brt}}	{{Bus route table}}	85	Inserts table	N
{{Bya}}	{{Birth year and age}}	790	Text formatting	Y
{{C-e}}	{{Col-end}}	11	Page layout	N
{{C-s}}	{{Col-begin}}	11	Page layout	N
{{Cb}}	{{Citation needed}}	15	Cleanup tag - inline	N
{{Cc}}	{{Commons category}}	63	Adds box	N
{{Cfn}}	{{Clarify}}	26	Cleanup tag - inline	Y
{{CI}}	{{Improve categories}}	93	Cleanup tag - head of page	Y
{{Cn}}	{{Citation needed}}	56005	Cleanup tag - inline	Y
{{CN}}	{{Citation needed}}	1841	Cleanup tag - inline	Y
{{Conn}}	{{Connected contributor}}	13	Adds box	N
{{Cns}}	{{Citation needed span}}	224	Cleanup tag - inline	N
{{Cq}}	{{Quote without source}}	19	Cleanup tag - inline	N
{{Ctn}}	{{Citation needed}}	17	Cleanup tag - inline	N
{{Cuic}}	{{Image captions for cleanup}}	64	Cleanup tag - head of page	N
{{Dl}}	{{Dead link}}	472	Cleanup tag - inline	Y
{{DL}}	{{Dead link}}	71	Cleanup tag - inline	Y
{{Dn}}	{{Disambiguation needed}}	1507	Cleanup tag - inline	Y
{{Du}}	{{Double underline}}	238	Typographical	N
{{E18}}	{{Ethnologue18}}	188	Adds link	N
{{E20}}	{{Ethnologue20}}	11	Adds link	N
{{E21}}	{{Ethnologue21}}	30	Adds link	N
{{Facl}}	{{FAC link}}	24	Adds link	N
{{Farl}}	{{FAR link}}	10	Adds link	N
{{Fcn}}	{{Full citation needed}}	89	Cleanup tag - inline	Y
{{FLCR}}	{{County roads in Florida}}	69	Adds box	N
{{FSS}}	{{Friendly search suggestions}}	893	Adds box	N
{{Fv}}	{{Failed verification}}	547	Cleanup tag - inline	Y
{{FV}}	{{Failed verification}}	40	Cleanup tag - inline	Y
{{GBurl}}	{{Google Books URL}}	23	Adds link	N
{{Gcdb}}	{{Grand Comics Database search}}	1044	Adds link	N
{{Gli}}	{{Glossary link internal}}	41	Adds link	N
{{GTLD}}	{{Generic top-level domains}}	50	Adds box	N
{{Hl}}	{{Highlight}}	152	Typographical	N
{{Hn}}	{{Humor note}}	14	Inserts text	N
{{Hs}}	{{Hidden sort key}}	12396	Other Inserts hidden sort key in sortable tables	N
{{Ill}}	{{Interlanguage link}}	22505	Adds link	N
{{I}}	{{Indent}}	22	Typographical	N
{{Medcn}}	{{Medical citation needed}}	279	Cleanup tag - inline	N
{{Mi}}	{{Multiple issues}}	591	Cleanup tag - head of page	Y
{{MI}}	{{Multiple issues}}	143	Cleanup tag - head of page	Y
{{Mrt}}	{{MRT station}}	102	Adds link	N
{{Mrts}}	{{MRT station}}	181	Adds link	N
{{Mtc}}	{{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}}	135	Adds box	N
{{Nbs}}	{{Spaces}}	148	Typographical	N
{{Nicg}}	{{Failed verification}}	34	Cleanup tag - inline	N
{{Nn}}	{{Notability}}	115	Cleanup tag - head of page	Y
{{NN}}	{{Notability}}	17	Cleanup tag - head of page	Y
{{Np}}	{{No ping}}	209	Adds link	N
{{Nr}}	{{Unreferenced}}	173	Cleanup tag - head of page	Y
{{NR}}	{{Unreferenced}}	25	Cleanup tag - head of page	Y
{{Nsmdns}}	{{Zero width joiner em dash zero width non joiner}}	281	Typographical	N
{{Nsndns}}	{{En dash}}	25	Typographical	N
{{Nts}}	{{Number table sorting}}	17812	Other Affects sorting of numbers in tables	N
{{Nw}}	{{Not watching}}	328	Inserts text	N
{{Nycs}}	{{NYCS station}}	395	Adds link	N
{{Od}}	{{Outdent}}	34833	Page layout	N
{{Or}}	{{Original research inline}}	1284	Cleanup tag - inline	Y
{{Or?}}	{{Original research inline}}	43	Cleanup tag - inline	Y
{{OR}}	{{Original research inline}}	404	Cleanup tag - inline	Y
{{Or1}}	{{Original research}}	10	Cleanup tag - head of page	Y
{{P}}	{{Smiley}}	4814	Typographical	N
{{Pb}}	{{Paragraph break}}	947874	Page layout	N
{{Pg}}	{{Political Graveyard}}	44	Inserts text	N
{{Pn}}	{{Page needed}}	550	Inserts text	Y
{{Pse}}	{{Philippine Stock Exchange}}	98	Adds link	N
{{R an}}	{{R from alternative name}}	33	Redirect categorization	N
{{R as}}	{{R from alternative spelling}}	12	Redirect categorization	N
{{R asn}}	{{R from alternative scientific name}}	11	Redirect categorization	N
{{R dia}}	{{R from diacritic}}	14	Redirect categorization	N
{{R fa}}	{{R from ASCII-only}}	11	Redirect categorization	N
{{R fc}}	{{R from fictional character}}	110	Redirect categorization	N
{{R fe}}	{{R from fictional element}}	28	Redirect categorization	N
{{R fod}}	{{R from other disambiguation}}	54	Redirect categorization	N
{{R fw}}	{{R fictional work}}	56	Redirect categorization	N
{{R p}}	{{R printworthy}}	810	Redirect categorization	N
{{R pl}}	{{R from plural}}	13	Redirect categorization	N
{{R po}}	{{R with possibilities}}	12	Redirect categorization	N
{{R pw}}	{{R printworthy}}	200	Redirect categorization	N
{{R rcc}}	{{R from CamelCase}}	10	Redirect categorization	N
{{R rrt}}	{{R to related topic}}	138	Redirect categorization	N
{{R rw}}	{{R from related word}}	18	Redirect categorization	N
{{R se}}	{{R to section}}	15	Redirect categorization	N
{{R sn}}	{{R from short name}}	13	Redirect categorization	N
{{R sp}}	{{R to subpage}}	12	Redirect categorization	N
{{R st}}	{{R from subtopic}}	21	Redirect categorization	N
{{R sw}}	{{R from related word}}	17	Redirect categorization	N
{{R tsh}}	{{R from template shortcut}}	112	Redirect categorization	N
{{R ud}}	{{R from unnecessary disambiguation}}	25	Redirect categorization	N
{{R up}}	{{R unprintworthy}}	757	Redirect categorization	N
{{Re}}	{{Reply to}}	24311	Other Alias of "ping"	Y
{{RE}}	{{Reply to}}	132	Other Alias of "ping"	Y
{{Ric}}	{{Rail icon}}	646	Typographical	N
{{Rip}}	{{More citations needed}}	22	Cleanup tag - head of page	Y
{{Rs}}	{{Unreliable source?}}	368	Cleanup tag - inline	Y
{{Rs?}}	{{Unreliable source?}}	33	Cleanup tag - inline	Y
{{RS}}	{{Unreliable source?}}	42	Cleanup tag - inline	Y
{{Rsa}}	{{R from scientific abbreviation}}	100	Redirect categorization	N
{{Rsh}}	{{R from shortcut}}	657	Redirect categorization	N
{{Rta}}	{{R to anchor}}	88	Redirect categorization	N
{{Rtc}}	{{Redirect template category}}	21	Adds box	N
{{Rwh}}	{{R with history}}	401	Redirect categorization	N
{{Rwp}}	{{R with possibilities}}	238	Redirect categorization	N
{{RwP}}	{{R with possibilities}}	98	Redirect categorization	N
{{S}}	{{Strikethrough}}	496	Typographical	N
{{Sc}}	{{Smallcaps all}}	2697	Typographical	N
{{Sc1}}	{{Smallcaps}}	48	Typographical	N
{{Sc2}}	{{Smallcaps2}}	551	Typographical	N
{{Scp}}	{{Plain link}}	77	Adds link	N
{{Sia}}	{{Set index article}}	107	Adds box	Y
{{SIA}}	{{Set index article}}	2831	Adds box	Y
{{Sir}}	{{Single infobox request}}	30	Adds box	N
{{Snd}}	{{Spaced en dash}}	10204	Typographical	N
{{Snds}}	{{Spaced en dash space}}	4399	Typographical	N
{{Srt}}	{{Self-reference tool}}	113	Adds link	N
{{Stb}}	{{Skip to bottom}}	707	Adds box	N
{{Tdes}}	{{Trade designation}}	161	Typographical	N
{{Tpr}}	{{Talk page of redirect}}	1580	Adds box	N
{{Tps}}	{{Talk page stalker}}	8499	Inserts text	N
{{Tq}}	{{Talk quote inline}}	34243	Text formatting	N
{{Tq2}}	{{Talk quote block}}	364	Text formatting	N
{{Tsh}}	{{Template shortcut}}	475	Adds box	N
{{Tst}}	{{Train station table}}	73	Inserts table	N
{{Tyvm}}	{{Thank you very much}}	80	Inserts text	N
{{U}}	{{User link}}	115879	Adds link	N
{{Ubl}}	{{Unbulleted list}}	68870	Text formatting	N
{{Unr}}	{{Unreferenced}}	44	Cleanup tag - head of page	Y
{{Up}}	{{Increase}}	197	Typographical	N
{{Urs}}	{{Unreferenced section}}	96	Cleanup tag - head of section	Y
{{USFR}}	{{Federal Register}}	74	Adds link	N
{{Vad}}	{{Vertically aligned date}}	660	Text formatting	N
{{Vc}}	{{Unreliable source?}}	50	Cleanup tag - inline	Y
{{VT}}	{{See also}}	33	Inserts text	N
{{Wfm}}	{{Works for me}}	38	Inserts text	N
{{Wi}}	{{Wiktionary redirect}}	160	Adds link	N
{{Wtr}}	{{Wiktionary redirect}}	36	Adds link	Y
{{Ww}}	{{Weasel inline}}	20	Cleanup tag - inline	Y
{{Y}}	{{Aye}}	6757	Typographical	N
{{Yw}}	{{You're welcome}}	12	Inserts text	N