User:Colonel Warden/glossary
The following table may help in understanding my usage, especially in edit summaries, where I am inclined to be terse.
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Usage
!Meaning |
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1st draft
|the first version of a new article or section |
+
|an addition. + 1 indicates an addition of an entry in a list, +2 = two entries &c. |
-
|a subtraction or removal |
&c.
|et cetera. In an edit summary, this indicates other changes besides the headlined one. |
ack.
|a simple response to acknowledge a message |
alt.
|alternative |
amend
|alter, change, refactor or replace |
braces
|curly brackets |
caps
|capital letter(s) |
cat |
citation
|a reference to a source |
clarify
|to make clearer |
Colonel Warden
|a nom de guerre which was also used by Winston Churchill when travelling incognito. |
dab |
endorse
|to support another statement |
expand
|to develop and make larger. This includes developing a redirect into a stub or full article. |
false
|counterfactual, incorrect or untrue |
ft:
|full text - used in edit summaries to indicate the new text |
improper
|contrary to good practise and procedure |
improve
|to make better |
ital
|italic |
k
|keep - typically found at AFD |
links to sources
|usually a reference to the {{tl|find}} template which displays useful links to books, journals, &c. |
my hovercraft is full of eels
|incomprehensible phrases such as this are likely to be English humour |
oppose
|to contradict another statement |
pip-pip!
|an affected farewell salutation, also found in the works of P.G.Wodehouse |
prod |
re
|about, regarding or related to |
rebut
|counter or disprove another statement |
red link
|a link to an article or category which does not exist and so is displayed in red |
redirect to
|replace with a redirect |
restructure
|rearrange or reorganise |
revert
|to return to a previous version |
rewrite
|to write again as a fresh start |
sk
|speedy keep - typically found at AFD |
sort
|rearrange in order - usually alphabetical |
sp.
|a spelling correction |
stale
|old, inactive or obsolete |
sundry edits
|a number of edits which cannot easily be summarised |
tag
|a template, especially an intrusive banner upon an article |
tidy
|housekeeping such as removing old or stale discussions |
trim
|contract, précis, prune or tighten |
tsk
|an expression of disapproval |
tweak
|a minor edit |
typo
|a typographical mistake or typing error |
ugh
|an expression of distaste |
!vote
|a not-vote - the local way of describing a formal contribution to a poll-like discussion such as WP:AFD. |
wipe
|blank a section which is no longer required such as a notification on my talk page. |