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This is a concise quick-reference of the most commonly used edit summary abbreviations. For a detailed explanation of these legends, see: Wikipedia's Edit summary legend .
Term
Abbreviated
Description
add
+, add, addition
Addition of something
alphabetization
alpha, abc
Alphabetization of a list
capitalization
cap, capital, cpt, lc, lcase, uc, ucase
Fixing of capitalization
category
+cat, -cat, cat, recat, re-cat
Addition, subtraction or fixing of a category
cleanup
cl, clean, tidy
Many different kinds of small changes in a single edit.
comment
cm, cmt, re
Addition of comment or reply
copyedit
cpyed, ced, c/e, ce
Copy edit
creation
creation, new
Creation of a new article
disambiguation
disambig, disamb, disam, dab, byp disambig
Addition of disambiguation or removal of ambiguity
duplication
dup, dupe
Removal of duplication
external link
EL, xl, ext lk, ext lks, ext lnk, ext lnks, ext link, ext links, URL, http
Addition of external links
formatting
fm, fmt, frmt, MoS, mos, MOS
Formatting, per Manual of Style
short new text (full text)
ft
Addition of short new text, which is fully given in this edit summary
grammar
gr, gm, grmr
Fixing grammar
headers
head, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6
Fixing header markup or changing header wording
interwiki
iwk, iw
Addition of interwiki links (between Wikimedia projects)
links
lk , lks , lnk , ln , wikilink , wl
Addition of internal (Wikipedia) links
merge
mrg, mrgd, merged in
Article merge
miscellaneous
misc
Use only when a more specific and more useful edit summary is not practical.
move
mv, mov
Article move
null edit
null, nx, ø
Saving the page without changing anything, see Null edit .
punctuation
punc, punct, pct
Fixing punctuation
redirect
rd, rdr, redir
Article redirect. Specify what article it redirects to.
redirect fix
snap dbl rdr, fix redir
"Snapping" a double redirect: turning a double redirect into a single redirect.
references
ref, refs
Adding or fixing source citation.
remove/delete
-, rm, rmv, del
Removal of something
revert
rv, rvt, rvrt
Revert to a previous edit
talk
see talk
Explanation of edit on the article's Talk page
spelling
sp, typo, typos
Fixing of typos or incorrect spelling.
wikify
wfy, wky, wkfy
Formatting using wiki markup (as opposed to plain text or HTML ) and add internal links to material, incorporating it into the whole of Wikipedia
