Wikipedia:Tip of the day/May 31, 2006

Shortcuts

Most Wikipedia related articles (but not actual encyclopedia articles!) have shortcuts to them. This makes it easier to get to that 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 always begins with "WP:" (short for "Wikipedia:"), and then text that is different for each page. They may be an abbreviation (WP:SR redirects to Wikipedia:Simplified Ruleset), a whole word (WP:NOT redirects to Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not), or sometimes something else (WP:-( redirects to Wikipedia:Vandalism). There may be more than one shortcut per page.