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Glossary[ସମ୍ପାଦନା]

Note: while the definitions below may be useful for understanding and communicating onprojectanddiscussion pages,and withedit summaries,remember toexplain jargonin encyclopedic articles, and write them in language which is readily understandable without specific knowledge of the Wikipedia project.

Do not overdo the use of Wikipedia jargon such as shortcuts on talk pages and edit summaries, either, at least not without providing explanatory links to the appropriate pages. SeeWikipedia:WTF? OMG! TMD TLA. ARG!for an essay on this.

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This is aglossaryof terms commonly used onWikipedia.For more help, seeWikipedia:Help,Wikipedia:FAQ,orWikipedia:Contributing FAQ.For abbreviations often used inedit summaries,seeWikipedia:Edit summary legend.For common shorthands used inArticles for Deletion(AfD), see theWikipedia:Guide to deletion.For a list of common abbreviations used within Wikipedia seeWikipedia abbreviations.For common abbreviations and slang phrases outside Wikipedia, seeList of Internet slang phrases.See alsoWikipedia:Manual of Style (abbreviations),Wikipedia:WikiProject Glossaries,andList of acronyms and initialisms.

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: – en:, de:, ja:, etc.; The English-, German-, Japanese-, etc.-language Wikipedia. Often used inedit summariesto indicate changes tointerwikilinks. For a full list of codes, seeISO 639.For a full list of Wikipedias, seem:Complete list of language Wikipedias available.
ø: The character ø is sometimes used inedit summariesto indicate anull edit.
!=: "Is not equal to". This usage comes from therelational operatorin such languages as C.
!vote,WP:VOTE,WP:NOTAVOTE: Read as "not-vote" (the exclamation mark means 'not' in many programming languages). Something that looks like a vote but should not be considered a vote. The term!voteis somewhat tongue-in-cheek.See alsoWikipedia:Polling is not a substitute for discussion.
+: Used to show minor addition to text. Used inedit summaries.
?: Used to show correction of odd minor error. Used inedit summaries.

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1RR: Voluntary or imposed (sometimes byArbCom) one-revertrule.See alsoWikipedia:Revert only when necessary#One-revert rule.
2RR: Voluntary or imposed two-revert rule
3RR: Abbreviation forthree-revert rule
0RR: Voluntary or imposed zero-revert rule.SeeWikipedia:Revert only when necessary#Zero-revert rule.

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Abcdise, ABCDise, Abcdize, ABCDize: Term sometimes used inedit summariesto indicate that the edit was to move list or other items into Alpha betical order.
Admin: Short forAdministrator.A user with extra technical privileges for "custodial" work on Wikipedia – specifically, deleting and protecting pages, and blocking abusive users.See alsosysop.
AfC, AFC: Thearticles for creationproject which reviews some articles created via theArticle wizard.
AfD, AFD: TheWikipedia:Articles for deletionpage. The AfD of an article refers to the discussion wherein Wikipedians consider whether an article should be kept or deleted.SeeWikipedia:Guide to deletionfor explanation of some terms used on AfD.
AGF,WP:AGF: Abbreviation for "assume good faith",a guideline whereby one should not assume that an unwanted or disputed edit was done maliciously.See alsoHanlon's razor.
AIV: Abbreviation for "Administrator intervention against vandalism",a place and procedure for notifyingWikipedia administratorsabout chronic vandalism.
AMA: Abbreviation for "Association of Members' Advocates",an advocacy scheme by and for Wikipedians. It failed to achieve widespread acceptance and was closed down.
AN: Abbreviation for "Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard",a discussion location forWikipedia administrators.
ANI: Abbreviation for "Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents",whereWikipedia administratorsdiscuss issues which may or may not need urgent administrator attention.
Anchor: AnHTMLterm for code that lets you link to a specific point in a page, using the "#" character. You can use them to link to asectionof a page, e.g.,Wikipedia:How to edit a page#Links and URLs.
Anon: Abbreviation for "anonymous user". As a user does not necessarily lose his or her anonymity by registering or logging in, this term should be avoided.SeeIP user.
AOTW, AotW: Abbreviation ofWikipedia:Article of the week,the former appellation ofWikipedia:Collaboration of the week.
ArbCom, Arbcom, ARBCOM: Abbreviation forWikipedia:Arbitration Committee
Arbitration: The final step in thedispute resolutionprocess.See alsoWikipedia:Arbitration Committee(ARBCOM).
Arb: Short forarbitrator- a member of theWikipedia:Arbitration Committee.
Archive: Asubpageof aTalk pageto which some parts of the discussion are transferred, to reduce the size of the Talk page. Rarely, the term may refer to theWikipedia:Historical archivepage, for outdated historical material.See also:Help:Archiving a talk page.
Armwaving: Same asHandwaving.
Article: An encyclopedia entry. All articles are pages, but there are also pages that are not articles, such as this one.See alsoWikipedia:What is an article.
Astroturf: Used only as a verb,astroturfingrefers to attempts at creating the impression of agrassrootsmovement by the use ofsock puppets and meat puppetsto make an idea, poll, article, or deletion discussion seem to have more support than it actually has; alternately, the practice of making entries on sites such as Wikipedia to make an idea seem to have more support. In effect, a technique for "stacking the deck".
AUSC: TheAudit Subcommittee.Monitors and overseesCheckUserandOversightuse, and handles complaints concerning use of those privileges.
Autoconfirmed: Anewly registered useris still subject to some of the same restrictions as anonymous users – for example, inability to move articles or edit semi-protected pages, although some restrictions, such as the restriction on anonymous users creating pages, are lifted. When a user is autoconfirmed, these restrictions end. Currently, a new user must make ten edits and wait four days to be autoconfirmed.
AWB: Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser,a semi-automated Wikipedia editor.

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WP:BAD

SeeBJAODN.

Bad faith nomination

A bad faith nomination is the nomination of a page, or more pages (usually for deletion atAFD) for disingenuous reasons such asmaking a pointorvandalism.

Ban

Banning is the extreme, last resort action by which someone is prevented from editing Wikipedia for a certain length of time, limited or unlimited. Typical reasons for banning include a long history of biased edits (violation ofNPOV), persistent adding of incorrect or doubtful material, refusal to cooperate with others, or extreme incivility and threats. Banned users are not necessarily blocked, however, it is one mechanism to enforce a ban. Any username or IP judged to be the same person can be blocked without any further reason. See also:Block.

Balancing theMain Page

Copy editingthe content on variousMain Pagesections so the text on both the leftToday's featured article/Did you knowcolumn and the rightIn the news/On this daycolumn are roughly about equal ( "balanced" ), so there are no large blank spaces at the bottom of either column. Depending on the circumstances, this may also involvetemporarilyposting an additional hook or event onto one of the Main Page sections, beyond what the maximum number is stated on that particular section's guidelines.

Banner

A banner is a template that is placed across the top of an article's talk page or at the top of a category to indicate specific details relating to the article or category's maintenance. They are often specifically linked to a WikiProject to indicate that the article or category falls within the jurisdiction of that project, but may also be related to article maintenance or protection. "Banner" may also simply mean the administrator whobansa troublesome editor.

Bar

Aplaceholder name.SeeFoo

Barnstar

Barnstarsare a light-hearted system of awards given to Wikipedian editors by other editors to acknowledge good work or other positive contributions to Wikipedia. They take the form of an image posted to an editor'stalk page,usually in the form of a five-pointed star. There is a wide variety of different types of barnstar, each indicating a different reason for the award having been given.

BASC

TheBan Appeals Subcommittee,where users can appeal against their ban (or long-term block) after all other appeal processes have failed for them.

Be Bold, be bold, BOLD, WP:BOLD

The exhortation that users should try to improve articles and fix mistakes themselves by editing, rather than complain about them. SeeWikipedia:Be bold in updating pages.

BEANS,WP:BEANS

A reference to theessayon not warning people to do things they wouldn't have thought of doing (it just gives them ideas):Don't stuff beans up your nose

BJAODN

Abbreviation forWikipedia:Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense,a now-inactive page. The verb,BJAODNed,refers to the act of something being posted on the page with that name, and was often used at Wikipedia namespace articles involving heavy user participation, such as the Reference desk or AfD/TfD pages.

Blanking

Removing all content from a page. Newcomers often do this accidentally. On the other hand, if blanking an article is done in bad faith, it isvandalism.If blanking is done to a vandalized brand-new page, it is maintenance, and the page will be deleted by anadministratorwithin a few hours if no dispute arises.{{Delete}}should be added to the blanked page to draw attention to it, rather than just blanking it. Newcomers often mistake blanking fordeletion.

Block,WP:BLOCK

Action by a sysop, removing from a certain IP address or username the ability to edit Wikipedia. Usually done against addresses that have engaged in vandalism or against users who have been banned – seeWikipedia:Blocking policy.See also:Ban.

BLP,WP:BLP

Abbreviation forWikipedia:Biographies of living persons— official Wikipedia policy, whereby articles about living people must be handled with great care.

Blue link, bluelink

Awikilinkto an article that already exists shows up blue (or purple if it has been recently visited by that reader/editor).See alsoSea of blue,red link,andWikiProject Red Link Recovery.

Boilerplate text

A standard message which can be added to an article using atemplate.For example,{{stub}}is expanded to the following:

This article is astub.You canhelpWikipedia byexpanding it.

SeeWikipedia:Boilerplate text,andBoilerplate (text).

Bot

A program that automatically or semi-automatically adds or edits Wikipedia-pages.SeeWikipedia:Bots,Rambot,Vandalbot.

Broken link

A link to a nonexistent page, usually coloredred,depending on your settings.See also:edit link,red link,andWikipedia:Red link.

Broken redirect

Redirect to a non-existing page. Common opinion is that these should be removed.

Bureaucrat

A Wikipedia Administrator who has been entrusted with promoting users to sysops.See alsoCrat,Wikipedia:Bureaucrats.

BURO

NOT:Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy

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Cabal: Sometimes assumed to be a secretive organization responsible for the development of Wikipedia, the word is usually used as a sarcastic hint tolighten upwhen discussions seem to become a little too paranoid. Discussions involving the term may have links toPOV / NPOVissues,adminproblems, or pretty much anything to do with the foundation of Wikipedia. The termTINC( "There Is No Cabal" ) is occasionally encountered, used humorously in such a way as to suggest that maybe there is a cabal after all. The term is comparable to the use of the termSMOFin science fiction fandom.CompareTroll.See alsom:Cabal,There Is No Cabal,Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal.
CamelCase: CamelCase(camel case or camel-case)—originally known as medial capitals—is the practice of writing compound words or phrases in which the elements are joined without spaces, with each element's initial letter capitalized within the compound and the first letter is either upper or lower case—as in "LaBelle", BackColor, "McDonald's" or "iPod". See alsoWikipedia:CamelCase and Wikipedia.
Canvassing,WP:CANVAS: Canvassing is sending messages to multiple Wikipedians with the intent to inform them about a community discussion. Under certain conditions, canvassing is acceptable to notify other editors of ongoing discussions (seeFriendly messages), but inappropriate messages, written to influence the outcome rather than to improve the quality of a discussion, are considered disruptive since they compromise the consensus building process. SeeWikipedia:Canvassing.
Cat, cat.: "Category" or "categorize". Often pluralized as "cats" or "cats."
Category: A category is a collection of pages automatically formed by the Wikipedia servers by analyzing category tags in articles. Category tags are in the formCategory:Computers.The part after the ":" is the name of the Category. Adding a category tag causes a link to the category and any super-categories to go to the bottom of the page. As stated, it also results in the page being added to the category listing. A list of basic categories to browse through can be found atCategory:Fundamental categories,though a more user-friendly way to find a category is atWikipedia:Browse.
Category declaration: A category name placed at the bottom of any page. Pages are made members of categories by the use of the category declarations. Some people refer to category declarations as category tags. A category declaration looks like [[category:foo bar]] where foo bar is the title of the category page.
CC-BY-SA: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike.Wikipedia's articles are released under this license.See alsoWikipedia:Copyrights.
CCI: Contributor copyright investigations
CDT: Current date and time
CE: Copy-edit
CfD, CFD: TheWikipedia:Categories for discussionpage (previously known asWikipedia:Categories for deletion)
CFM: Category for merging
CfR: Category for renaming
Chatty: A term used for articles which seem to present their content in the manner of a casual conversation with the reader. Chatty articles may needcleanup.
Checkuser: An access level with which a user can see the IP addresses of logged-in users, usually to determine if someone is usingsockpuppetsto violate policy. Currently only granted to certain members of theArbitration Committeeand other trusted users.See alsoWikipedia:CheckUser.
Child: Asubpageor (more often)subcategory.CompareParent.
Civil: Civility
CLS: Cats, lists, boxes
Cleanup: The process of repairing articles that contain errors of grammar, are poorly formatted, or contain irrelevant material. Cleanup generally requires only editing skills, as opposed to the specialized knowledge that is more often called for bypages needing attention.See also:Wikipedia:Cleanup process.
Climbing the Reichstag: A humorous way of indicating that an editor has over-reacted during an argument such as an edit-war in order to gain some advantage. This has similar consequences to – and is as unwelcome as –WP:POINT(qv).See also:Activities of "Fathers for Justice",Wikipedia:No climbing the Reichstag dressed as Spider-Man.
cmt: Comment.
CNR: Same asXNR.
COI: Acronym forWikipedia:Conflict of interest.
COIN: Acronym forWikipedia:Conflict of interest noticeboard.
Comment out: To hide from normal display whilst retaining the material for editors to see. This is done by inserting the characters  at the end. These character strings are used to delimit comments in HTML code.
Commons: Wikimedia Commonsis an online repository of free-use images, sound and other media files.
Community Portal: One of Wikipedia's main pages. It can often be found on the sidebar (on the left side in most skins), and is a page that lists important notices, the collaboration of the week, outstanding tasks that need to be addressed, and several other useful bits of information and resources. The Community Portal is useful for picking an article or topic to work on or read.
Consensus,WP:CON: The mechanism by which all decisions on Wikipedia are nominally made. Not the same as a "majority vote" (cfPolling is not a substitute for discussion). SeeWikipedia:Consensusfor more information.
Contribs,contributions: Short for contributions. A user has made these edits. SeeHelp:User contributions.
Contributor: SeeEditor.
Convenience links: Links to unofficial copies of reliable sources (not to the original publisher) in addition to a formal citation of the reliable source. Has the advantage over books, paid websites, and websites that need registration of easy accessibility. Sometimes disputed because of violations of copyright, linking to partisan websites, possible distortions or those reliable sources, or because it may contain comments on the reputable sources that other editors do not like. SeeWikipedia:convenience links
Copyedit: A change to an article that only affects formatting, grammar, and other presentational aspects.See alsoCopyeditandWikipedia:How to copy-edit.
Copyvio, CopyVio, copy vio, copyviol: Copyrightviolation. Usually used in an edit summary when deleting copyrighted material added without complying with Wikipedia copyright verification procedures.See alsoCV,Wikipedia:Copyrights.
COTW: Collaboration of the week,an article needing improvement that is selected by vote to be the subject of widespread cooperative editing for a week.
'Crat: Short forBureaucrat,used only occasionally.
Cross-namespace redirects: Aredirectwhich links from one type ofnamespaceto another. Examples include words in the article namespace which redirect to project pages in the Wikipedia namespace. Although they are not considered standard practice, some are created to facilitate searching, especially for new users.See alsoXNR,CNRWikipedia:NamespaceandWikipedia:Cross-namespace redirects(essay).
Cruft: A somewhat dismissive term used to describe an article or group of articles that are too focused on a specific topic, covering it in too much detail for a general encyclopedia. The term is often used as a suffix for terms such asPokécruft(Pokémon-cruft) andRoadcruft(cruft articles about roads). Cruft articles are often on topics such as minor characters from television series, or very specific lists of songs (such as "List of songs which includes the word 'death' in the lyrics" ). Cruft is often deleted or merged into other articles by the Wikipedia community.
CSB: WikiProject Countering systemic biasor, more rarely, an adjective for a topic of concern to the WikiProject, e.g., "This does not seem to be a CSB article." Systemic bias is the tendency for Wikipedia articles to be biased towards a European or American view of things, simply because most editors are European or American.
CSD,WP:CSD: Criteria for speedy deletion,a policy detailing the circumstances when articles etc. can be removed from Wikipedia without discussion. Also lists the templates needed to nominate something for speedy deletion.
Cut-and-paste move, cut and paste move, cut 'n' paste move, cut-n-paste move, etc.: Moving a page by taking the text of the page, and putting it into the edit window for the second page. Generally considered worse than the 'move page' option, because it splits the page and its edit history. Cut and paste moves can be fixed by administrators.See alsoWikipedia:How to fix cut and paste moves.
CV, cv: Abbreviation ofCopyvio.
CVG: Computer and video games.

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Dab, WP:D: Abbreviation ofDisambiguation(or disambiguate[d]) (from theWikipedia:DisambiguationshortcutWP:DAB).
Dablink, DAB link, etc.: 1. Abbreviation of "disambiguation link"; a link that leads to adisambiguation page; 2. Todisambiguatealinkwithin the text of a page; 3. A link at the top of an article to one or more other articles with similar titles (ahatnote), or the addition of such
DAB page, dab page: Same asdisambiguation page.
Data dump: To import material from outside sources into Wikipedia without editing, formatting and linking (Wikifying). This is frowned upon by mostWikipedians,and is often acopyvio.
Db, DB: 1. An abbreviation for "delete because". Almost alltemplatesthat are used torequest speedy deletionaccording tothe procedurehave this prefix (e.g.,{{db-advert}},{{db-nonsense}},{{db-band}}.See alsoSpeedy.; 2. Wikipedia'sdatabase
Dead-end page: Page that has no links to existing other pages, except interlanguage links.Special:Deadendpageslists them, but this function is disabled in some Wikimedia projects for performance reasons.
De-admin: SeeDe-sysop.
De-bold: To remove a phrase's bold typeface, because it is not the first reference to the title or a synonym of the topic (which should be bold), or that it is not the topic of the article at all. Common situations when one would de-bold include: bold foreign words (should instead be italicized) and bold Wikilinks (which, according to currentManual of Style,should be plain).See alsoun-bold.
Deletionist: Someone who actively attempts to delete pages that others prefer to keep. Deletionism is the idea that Wikipedia should follow the same rules for inclusion as existing paper encyclopedias (mostlyEncyclopedia Britannica). Often used as a derogatory term. The term 'inclusionist' for the opposite party is less used.See alsom:deletionism,m:inclusionism,andDeletionism and inclusionism in Wikipedia.
Delrev, DRV: Abbreviation forDeletion review.
Deorphan, De-orphan: To make a page no longer anorphan.See alsoWikipedia:Orphan
Deprecated: 1. Techie-speak for "tolerated in or supported by a system but not recommended (i.e., beware: may well be on the way out)".; 2. The term is also used to refer to pages, templates or categories that have beenorphanedor are no longer used.; 3. In non-technical English, the word means, "deplored or strongly disapproved of".
De-sysop: Take away someone's sysop status.Used very rarely,in cases where someone has voluntarily elected to resign such status, or is judged to havemisused their sysop powers.See alsode-admin,Wikipedia:Requests for de-adminship.
Developer, dev: Usually capitalized. A user who can make direct changes to Wikipedia's underlying software and possibly also the database, often being one of theMediaWikidevelopers(see next definition)or otherWikimedia Foundationtechnicians. Technically, it is the highest user access level, but Developer privileges are generally only used at request. Sometimes referred to by other terms such as "system administrators" or "sysadmins", to distinguish from MediaWiki developers.See alsom:Developersfor a list of developers and further information.; Usually not capitalized. One of the developers of theMediaWikisoftware; often but not always a Wikipedia Developer(in the above sense).
De-wikify, dewikify: To remove (de-link) some of thewikificationof an article. This can be done to removeself-referencesor excessive common-noun wikification (also known as thesea of blueeffect).
Dicdef, dictdef, dic def, dic-def: Short for a dictionary definition. This term is commonly used onWikipedia:Articles for deletionwhen referring to an article that is more similar to a dictionary article than an encyclopedia one. Usually a reason for transwikifying toWiktionary.See alsoWikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary.
Diff: The difference between two versions of page, as displayed using thePage historyfeature, or fromRecent Changes.The versions to compare are encoded in theURL,so you can make a link by copying and pasting it – for instance when discussing a change on an article's talk page.See alsoHelp:Diff.
Disambiguation, disambig: The process of resolving the conflict that occurs when articles about two or more different topics have the same natural title.See alsodab,Wikipedia:Disambiguation.
Disambiguation page, DAB page, dab page: A page that contains various meanings of a word, and refers to the pages where the various meanings are defined. In cases when there is a prevailing meaning of the term, disambiguation pages are named "subject (disambiguation)".
Double redirect: Aredirectwhich leads to another redirect. Counterintuitively, this will not bring one to the final destination, so it needs to be eliminated by linking directly to the target redirect. Double redirects are generated when moving a page that has redirects leading to it.See alsoRepoint.
Dupe: Short for a duplicate article. Often used when identifying a duplicate page that needs to bemergedwith another.
DRV: SeeDelrev.
DYK: An abbreviation forTemplate:Did you know.

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EC, ec, e.c., Ec, (e/c), etc.: Same asEdit conflict.
Edit conflict: Also, rarely "edconf". Appears if an edit is made to the page between when one opens it for editing and completes the edit. The later edit does not take effect, but the editor is prompted to merge their edit with the earlier one. Edit conflicts should not be confused withedit wars.See alsoHelp:Edit conflict.
Editcountitis: A humorous term for having an unhealthy obsession with the number of edits that a person makes to Wikipedia, usually applied to one trying to make as many edits as possible. Often cited onRequests for Adminshipregarding people who judge people on sheer edit count rather than personal merit.See alsoWikipedia:Editcountitis.
Edit creep, editcreep, edit-creep: The tendency for high quality articles to degrade over time. Articles usually achievegood articleorfeatured articlerecognition because a small core of people knew the subject well and researched it carefully. Subsequently, new readers continue to alter the page. The average contribution may weaken the piece through bad copyediting, poor syntax, recitation of popular misconceptions, or giving undue weight to a subordinate topic.(By way of analogy toscope creep.)
Edit link: SeeBroken link.
Edit summary: The contents of the "Summary:" field below the edit box on the "Edit this page" page.See alsoHelp:Edit summary.
Editor: Anyone who writes or modifies articles in a Wikipedia. That includes you.Other terms with the same meaning:contributor,user.
edit war: Two or more parties continually making their preferred changes to a page, each persistently undoing the changes made by the opposite party. Often, an edit war is the result of an argument on a talk page that could not be resolved. Edit wars are not permitted and may lead to blocks.Sometimes termed "revert war",see also thethree revert rule.
Emphazi: SeeSuitly Emphazi.
Eponymous: An eponymous category is a category that has the same name as an article and vice versa. For exampleGeorge W. Bushand the eponymousCategory:George W. Bush.See alsokey article.
Esperanzify: Motion to close a process or other "Wikipedia:" namespace page by preserving the page itself,tagging it historical(and adding explanation on why the page was closed), and redirecting (or deleting) subpages. This is the solution that was implemented to closeWikipedia:Esperanza,a goodwill "club" that was shut down.
External link, ext. ln., extlink, ext lk, EL, etc.: A link to a website not owned byWikimedia.The alternatives are aninternal link,wikilinkorfree linkwithin Wikipedia, and aninterwiki linkto a sister project.See alsoWikipedia:External links,Wikipedia:Spam.

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FA: Featured article,an article that has been selected as representing "the best of Wikipedia". Articles become featured articles when aFACgets consensus for promotion.
FAC: Featured article candidate,an article that has been proposed for consideration to befeaturedas one of the best in Wikipedia.
Fancruft: SeeCruft.
FARC: Featured article removal candidate,afeatured articlewhose "featured" status is considered for removal, either because the featured article criteria or the article itself changed.
FfD, FFD, IfD, IFD: An abbreviation forFiles for deletion(previously Images and media for deletion).
FIST: Free Image Search Tool,which will look for free images for articles, either manually listed or by category
Float, floating: To add coding to a template, image, or other feature so that it appears in a specific position on the page.SeeWikipedia:Picture tutorial#Thumbnails,Help:Table#Floating table,andHelp:Section#Floating the TOCfor examples.
Foo: Aplaceholder name,used to provide a generic example. Thus, "an article on the culture of Foo", means "an article on the culture of any of the places under discussion, or any that it may also apply to". When two placeholders are required, Bar is usually used as the second (e.g., "an article on the Foo of Bar" ).See alsoFoobar.
Forest fire: Aflame warwhich spreads, seemingly uncontrollably, beyond the pages where it began into unrelated articles' talk pages. A forest fire becomes progressively more difficult for any user to keep track of. On Wikipedia, this is less of a problem than on otherwikis,due to well-established boundaries foruser conduct,clear guidelines forarticle content,and a formaldispute resolution process.See alsowildfireandMeatBall:ForestFire.
Fork: A splitting of an entity to satisfy different groups of people – in Wikipedia, this can either mean a project-wide split, in which a group of users decides to take a project database and continue with it on their own site (which is perfectly legal under theGFDL,and one of an editor's least disputedrights), or the split of an article, usually to accommodate differentPOVs.The latter is often called aPOV forkand generally regarded as highly undesirable.
fmt: Format. Abbreviation commonly used in edit summaries to signify formatting of the page, orwikification.
FP: Featured pictures,a picture that has been selected as representing "the best of Wikipedia". Pictures become featured pictures when aFPCgets consensus for promotion.
FPC: Featured picture candidate,a picture that has been proposed for consideration to befeaturedas one of the best in Wikipedia.
Free link: A link pointing to another page within Wikipedia or its sister projects by using the wiki markup double square-brackets "[[" and "]]". Sometimes they are referred to aswikilinks orinternal links. Unless otherwise specified in a user's monobook.css, these links usually show up asblueif they are working and you haven't visited them before,redif they arebroken,andpurpleif they are working and you have visited them before; note that they do not have the arrow symbol characteristic of an external link.
Friendly notices: A contributor who sends friendly notices as a means ofcanvassingappropriately must ensure that theseneutrallyworded notifications are sent to a small number of editors, intending to improve rather than to influence a discussion and while avoidingexcessive cross-posting.SeeWikipedia:Canvassing.

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GA: Good article.
Gadget: Agadgetis a JavaScript tool that can be enabled from your Wikipedia preferences.
Gdanzig: An edit war over which of several possible names should be used for a place. The word is a portmanteau ofGdańskandDanzig,the two names about which a venerable edit war ensued. SeeTalk:Gdansk/Vote.
Geogre's Law: A law attributed toUser:Geogre(although he may not have been the first person, and has certainly not been the only person, to observe this correlation), and most frequently referred to inWikipedia:Articles for deletion.Paraphrased, the law states that there exists a strongcorrelationbetween the lack of proper capitalization of a person's name in the title of a biographical article, and the failure of the subject of that article to satisfy thecriteria for inclusion of biographies.
GFDL: GNU Free Documentation License.Many of Wikipedia's articles are released under this license.See alsoWikipedia:Copyrights.
GFE: Agood faithedit; A good faith editor.See alsogiffee
Ghits, G-hits, GHits: "Google hits" – the number of successful searches for a particular word or phrase using theGooglesearch engine. Sometimes used as a very rough assessment of notability onAFD.See alsoGoogle test.
Giffee: Same asGFE,definition 2.
Godwin's Law: Godwin's Lawis particularly concerned with logical fallacies such asreductio ad Hitlerum,wherein an idea is unduly dismissed or rejected on the ground of it being associated with persons generally considered "evil". Godwin's Law is: "As an online discussion grows longer, theprobabilityof a comparison involvingNazisorHitlerapproaches 1. "It is often cited as soon as it occurs as a flag that discussions have gone on too long or gotten out of hand on a particular topic.
Google test: Running sections or titles of articles through theGooglesearch engine for various purposes. The four most common are to check for copyright violations, to determine which term among several is the most widely used, to decide whether a person is sufficiently notable to warrant an article and to check whether a questionable and obscure topic is real (as opposed to the idiosyncratic invention of a particular individual).See alsoGhits,Wikipedia:Google test.
GPL: GNU General Public License.Wikipedia's softwareis released under this license.
gr: Grammar, used in edit summaries to indicate that a grammar problem is being corrected

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Hagiography: Wording that is excessively fulsome, adulatory or glowing in a biographical article, to the point of violatingNPOV.SeeHagiography.
Handwaving, armwaving: An assertion not supported by evidence; most frequently seen inarticles for deletiondiscussions, when editors may assert that a subject isnotable,but fail to make a convincing case. Such arguments are usually given less weight.See alsoHandwave.
Hatnote: A short note placed at the top of an article before the primary topic.See alsoWikipedia:Hatnote.
History: All previous versions of an article, from its creation to its current state. Also calledpage history.See also:Help:Page history.
Hopelessly POV: Describing an article which, in the opinion of some Wikipedians, is so closely tied to a particular point of view as to be inherently in violation ofWikipedia policyand unable to be made neutral. Other Wikipedians consider the accusation "hopelessly POV" as being merely an excuse to suppress certain points of view.

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IANAL, IANaL: An abbreviation for "I Am Not a Lawyer", indicating that an editor is about to give their opinion on a legal matter as they understand it, although they are not professionally qualified to do so, and may not fully understand the law in question. May be generalized to other fields, e.g.,IANAA(administrator),IANAD(doctor).
IAR,Ignore All Rules: A policy which states simply "If aruleprevents you from improving or maintainingWikipedia,ignore it."There are several essays on what this means, includingWikipedia:What "Ignore all rules" means.
IAW: An abbreviation for "in accordance with", as in "IAWWP:RS"^[୧]
ICBH: An abbreviation for I couldn't be happier.
FfD, FFD, IfD, IFD: An abbreviation for Images and media for deletion, the old name forFiles for deletion.
Inclusionist: A user who is of the opinion that Wikipedia should contain as much information as possible, often regardless of presentation or notability. There are varying degrees ofInclusionism– radical Inclusionists vote "Keep" on everyAfDthey come across, while more moderate ones merely express their desire for a wide variety of topics to be covered, even if they do not fit the standard criteria for inclusion in an encyclopedia, or if the articles in question have quality problems.
Infobox: A consistently formatted table which is present in articles with a common subject. SeeHelp:InfoboxandWikipedia:Manual of Style (infoboxes)for a how-to guide.See also:navbox,taxobox.
Internal link: Seefree link,wikilink.
Interwiki: A link to a sister project; this can be aninterlanguage linkto a corresponding article in adifferent languagein Wikipedia, or a link to a project such as Wikibooks, Meta, etc. The abbreviationsiwori/ware often used inedit summarieswhen an interwiki link has been added or changed.
IP, IP contributor, IP user, IP editor: Aneditorwhocontributes without an account.See also:anon.
IPA: International Phonetic Alphabet,widely used on Wikipedia to indicate pronunciation.See alsoHelp:IPA,Help:IPA for English,the more detailedIPA chart for English dialects,andWikipedia:Manual of Style (pronunciation).
IRC: Internet Relay Chat.
IRL: Abbreviation for "In real life"
Isolated, isolated article: Anisolated articleis an article that cannot be reached via a series of links from theMain Page.See alsoOrphan.
ITHAWO: I thought he already was one. Used about people listed in 'admin' requests.
ITN: Abbreviation forTemplate:In the news
i/w, iw: SeeInterwiki.

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Janitor: SeeAdmin.
Jimbo: Jimmy Wales,co-founder of Wikipedia

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Key article: A category'seponymousarticle, or any other article which deals directly with the subject of a category.
Kill / Kill with fire / Kill with a stick: Dysphemismsfor "deleting" a page, expressing some disgust for the existence of the page.

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Language link: SeeInterwiki.
Laundry list: SeeWikipedia:Embedded listandWikipedia:WikiProject Laundromat.
Lead, Lede: The introduction or "lead paragraph" of a Wikipedia article; the section before the table of contents and first heading.
Link: SeeHelp:Contents/Links.^{[clarification needed]}
Link farm: Link farms are articles or sections of articles consisting entirely of external or internal links. Some pages consisting of internal links are acceptable (such as disambiguation pages and list articles); others are likely to be candidates for deletion, as are any consisting entirely of external links.
Link rot: Because websites change over time, many external links from Wikipedia to other sites cannot be guaranteed to remain active. When an article's links becomes outdated and no longer work, the article is said to have undergonelink rot.
List: SeeWikipedia:Lists.
Listify: To delete a category and turn the contents into a list. Sometimes used inCFDdiscussions as shorthand for saying that "this group of articles would be better if presented as a list, rather than as a category."
Lk: Landmarks: Major landmarks
Lugo: A meme associated with stagnation or the lack of sufficient updates on theMain page.It originated from an incident in 2008, when an image of President of ParaguayFernando Lugostayed up on theIn the newssection for well over a week.See also:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-01-31/Dispatches- Wikipedia Signpost article on the process and history ofIn the news.

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m: On theRecent changespage,m(lower case, bold) indicates aminor edit.
Magic word, magicword, magic-word: a symbol recognized by theMediaWikisoftware and which when seen in the non-commented text of the page, triggers the software to do something other than display that symbol, ortranscludea page with that name, but instead to use the symbol directly.
Main Page: The page to which every user not specifying an article is redirected. TheMain Pagecontains links to current events, presents certain articles (like afeatured articleof the day and links to Wikipedia's newest articles), and serves as an entry point to browsing all articles by topic or other classification. Links to sister projects and other-language Wikipedias are also a prominent feature on the Main Page. Due to its high exposure, all content on the Main Page isprotected.
Main Page balance: SeeBalancing the Main Page.
Mainspace: The main articlenamespace(i.e. not a talk page, not a "Wikipedia:" page, not a "User:" page, etc.)
Mastodon: Refers to thefight or flightreflex that sometimes happens while editing Wikipedia. Generally mentioned to request for calm. "Nobody ever got trampled to death because they were editing an encyclopedia." Frequently misspelled "mastadon".See also the essayno angry mastodons.
MC: The Mediation Committee.SeeWikipedia:Mediation Committee.
Meat puppet: An account created only for the illegitimate strengthening of another user's position in votes or discussions. Unlike asock puppet,the account is used by another person. Meat puppets are treated exactly like sock puppets in most cases, making the distinction between them largely academic.
MedCab, Medcab, MEDCAB: The Mediation Cabal.SeeWikipedia:Mediation Cabal.
MedCom, Medcom, MEDCOM: The Mediation Committee.SeeWikipedia:Mediation Committee.
Mediation: An attempt by a third party to resolve an edit war or other conflict between users. There exists aWikipedia:Mediation Committeewhich can do so on a more or less official basis as the penultimate step in theWikipedia:dispute resolutionprocess, and aWikipedia:Mediation Cabalwhich acts as an informal alternative.See also:Wikipedia:What is mediation?;Wikipedia:Mediation.
MediaWiki: The software behind Wikipedia and its sister projects, as well as several projects not related to Wikimedia, and a namespace.ContrastWikimedia.See alsoWikipedia:MediaWiki,Wikipedia:MediaWiki namespace.
Meh: Common edit summary used by many Wikipedians. Generally used for minor edits that no one is expected to care about. Also use (in edit summary or directly in talk page posts) in response to posts that the editor feels are uninteresting or pointless, or proposals not worth considering.
Merge: Taking the text of two pages, and turning it into a single page.SeeHelp:Merging and moving pages
Mergist: A user who adheres to the principle ofMergism,which is a compromise between theInclusionistandDeletionistprinciples. A Mergist is of the opinion that while many topics merit inclusion, not every topic deserves its own article, and tries to combine these "side" topics into longer, less specific articles.
Meta: A separatewiki([୧]) used to discuss general Wikimedia matters. In the past, this has been calledMetapedia,Meta Wikipedia,Meta Wikimedia,and many other combinations.See alsoWikipedia:Meta.
Meta page, meta-page: A page that provides information about Wikipedia. Meta pages are more correctly referred to asproject namespacepages. Meta pages should not be confused with a page on Meta-Wikimedia.See alsoWikipedia:Meta page.
MfD, MFD: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion.
Minor edit: A minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. An edit of this kind is marked in its page's revision history with a lower case, bolded "m" character (m).
Mirror: A website other than Wikipedia that uses content original to Wikipedia as a source for at least some of its content.See alsoWikipedia:Mirrors and forks.
Mop: A term used to refer to administrator duties (compareJanitor). Often seen in the phraseto give someone a mop(i.e., to make someone into an administrator).
MOS, MoS: Found inedit summariesto indicate that a change has been made to make an item comply with Wikipedia's standard writing style ( "Manual of Style" ). Often found in compound forms such as "MOSNUM" ( "Manual of Style/Dates and numbers" ) and "MOSCAPS" ( "Manual of Style/Capital letters" ).See alsoNC,Wikipedia:Manual of Style.
Move: Changing the name and location of an article because of a misspelling, violation of naming convention, misnomer, or inaccuracy. Involves either renaming the page or moving it and constructing a redirect to keep the original link intact.See alsoHelp:Renaming (moving) a page.

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N: On theRecent changespage,N(upper case, bold) indicates a new page or article.
N/a: An abbreviation fornew article,often used in edit summaries. Easily confused with the common non-Wiki use, "not applicable" or "not available".
Namespace: A way to classify pages. Wikipedia has namespaces for encyclopedia articles, pages about Wikipedia (project namespace),user pages(User:), special pages (Special:),templatepages (Template:), andtalk pages(Talk:, Wikipedia talk:, and User talk:), among others.See alsoWikipedia:Namespace.
Navbox, Navigation template: Anavboxis a type of template placed at the bottom articles to enable the reader to navigate easily to other articles on related topics.See also:Infobox,taxobox.
NC, NCs: Found inedit summariesto indicate that a change has been made to make an item comply with Wikipedia's standard naming conventions.See alsoMOS,Wikipedia:Article titles.
Newbie test, noob test, newb test: An edit made by a newcomer to Wikipedia, just to see if "Edit this page"reallydoes what it sounds like. Newcomers should useWikipedia:Sandboxfor this purpose.See alsoWikipedia:Introduction.
NN, nn: Found in comments atWikipedia:Articles for deletionand in edit summaries, indicating that the article's subject isnotnotableenough for a Wikipedia entry.
nom: Short for "nomination" or "nominator". Often found on deletionprocess pagesas part of the phraseDelete per nom,indicating a voter's assent to and/or agreement with the main nomination for deletion.
NOR: The Wikipedia policy thatNo Original Researchis allowed in citing sources in articles.
Notice board, noticeboard: A page that acts as a forum for a group of users, who use it to coordinate their editing. Most notice boards are by geographic location, like theUK Wikipedians' notice board;a notable exception is theAdministrators' noticeboard.
NPOV, NPoV: Neutral point of view,or the agreement to present possibly subjective content in an objective, neutral, and substantiated manner, so as not to cause edit wars between opposing sides. As a verb, to remove biased statements or slanted phrasing. As an adjective, it indicates that an article complies with Wikipedia's NPOV policy.
NPP: Wikipedia:New Pages Patrol.
Null edit: A null edit is made when an editor opens the edit window of a document then re-saves the page without having made any text changes. This is sometimes done as a lazy way topurge– to update the functioning of templates (which require articles containing them to be edited in order for any changes to take effect). The term also applies to making a very small, non-substantive change (e.g., removing an unneeded blank line or adding one) in order to get the article history to register a change, for the purpose of leaving an edit summary that responds to a previous one.
Nupedia: A Wikipedia predecessor project that shut down in 2003. It is currently inactive and there are no plans to resurrect it.See also:Wikipedia:Nupedia and Wikipedia.
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OBE: Abbreviation forOvercome By Eventsor Overtaken By Events.
OP: Abbreviation forOriginal post(or "Original poster" ). Can also stand forOpen Proxy.Or, in the context ofIRC,"op" can refer to "ChanOp" (Channel Operator), and to "get ops" or "be opped" means to attain a higher access level within a channel.
Open tasks: Atemplate(found at{{opentask}}) that lists several more or less janitorial tasks that are pending or needed. It is found on thecommunity portalas well as on manyuser pages.The term is also occasionally used within individual WikiProjects to refer to work which has been discussed but which still needs to be completed.
Open Ticket Request System: Refers to the people and software that surround the handling of email sent to theWikimedia Foundation.
Original post, original poster: In a discussionthread,refers to the topic/person/message which started the discussion. Depending on context, OP may stand for either "original post" (the message which started the thread), or "original poster" (the person who started the thread). Often used on Wikipedia's discussion pages and commonly seen on theWikipedia:Reference desk.
Original research: In Wikipedia,original research(sometimes abbreviatedOR) is material added to articles that has not been published already by a reputable source. As an encyclopedia,Wikipedia is notthe appropriate place to publish original research, nor can it be used for substantiation of article content.
Orphan, orphan article, orphaned article, orphan image, orphaned image: Anorphaned articleis an article with no links from other pages in the main articlenamespace.Anorphaned imageis an image with no links from any pages at all. You can view lists oforphaned articlesandimages.ଛାଞ୍ଚ:Cclcontains orphaned articles organized by month.See alsoWikipedia:OrphanandWikiproject Orphanage.
OTRS: Abbreviation forOpen Ticket Request System.See alsoWikipedia:Volunteer response team.

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Page: Any individual topic within Wikipedia; theweb pagewithout the top, bottom and sidebars. Pages include articles, stubs, redirects, disambiguation pages, user pages, talk pages, documentation andspecial pages.
Parent; Parent category: A larger, more general category of which the category under discussion is a subcategory (for example,Category:Aquatic organismsis a parent category ofCategory:Fish). CompareChild.See alsoHelp:Categorization.
Parent-only category: A category which only contains subcategories
Patent nonsense: A humorous pejorative applied to articles that are either completely unintelligible or totally irrelevant. SeeWikipedia:Patent nonsense.
Patrol: Wikipedia:Recent changes patroland/orWikipedia:New page patrol.May also be used as a synonym for "review closely".
PD: Material not presently under copyright and thus available for use without permission.Public domain
Peer Review: A request to have fellow Wikipedians review and help improve an article. Wikipedia has a page specifically for posting such a request and offering up your work for review. SeeWikipedia:Peer Review.
Permastub: Anystubarticle which is unlikely to grow to a more respectable size; an article on a subject about which little can ever be written. These articles are often potential candidates formerginginto larger articles.
Permcat: Apermanentcategory– that is, a category into which an article is assigned to aid reader navigation, as opposed to a temporary assignment relating to a process such ascleanuporstub sorting.
Permalink,permanent link: A link to a specific version of a Wikipedia page, which will not reflect later edits to the page.
Per, per nom, perX: A comment on a page such asRFAorAFDmay be accompanied by the note "per nom", which means "for the reasons given by the nominator". Similarly, a comment may be noted "per X" where X is the name of one of the other commenters, or a reference to some page that explains the reasoning.See alsoWikipedia:What does 'per' mean?.
Personal attack: A comment that is not directed at content, but rather insults, demeans or threatens another editor (or a group of editors) personally, with obvious malice. To maintain a friendly and productive atmosphere, personal attacks are forbidden per Wikipediapolicyand may be grounds forblockingin serious and/or repeated cases.See also:Wikipedia:No personal attacks,Wikipedia:Remove personal attacks.
Phase I: Thewiki software UseModWiki.Wikipedia used this software before January 25, 2002.
Phase II: The wiki software written byUser:Magnus Manskeand adopted by Wikipedia afterJanuary 25,2002(Magnus Manske Day).
Phase III: A rewritten and improved version of the Phase II software. It was eventually renamed toMediaWiki.Wikipedia currently uses MediaWiki version 1.43.0-wmf.12 (94ed029) (see alsoSpecial:Version).See alsoWikipedia:MediaWiki,m:MediaWiki.
Phase IV: A dream proposal for the next generation of Wikipedia software made back when complete rewrites were in vogue. Development is now focused on incremental progress.See alsom:Wikipedia4.
Pipe, Piped link: A link where the text displayed in the article is not the name of the link target. Such links are created using thepipe character"|" e.g., [[Target article|Displayed text]]. Thepipe trickis a software feature that generates the displayed text for the editor in certain circumstances. Piped links may also be used to sort pages in categories by other than their name, e.g., if [[Category:Foo|Bar]] is placed on an article, the article will be listed Alpha betically at "Bar" in category "Foo", irrespective of its title.See alsoWikipedia:Piped link,Help:Pipe trick,andm:Help:Piped link#Automatic conversion of the wikitext.
POINT,WP:POINT: "Thou shalt not deliberately skew any page, nor create or nominate for deletion any page, nor in any other way vandalize Wikipedia, in order to try to prove your point!".See alsoWikipedia:Don't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point.
Pokémon test: A heuristic for assessing the relevance or legitimacy of prospective article topics, which holds that any topic more notable than the most obscure species of Pokémon may deserve a Wikipedia article.See alsoWikipedia:Pokémon test.
Portal: Portal
POTD, PotD: Picture of the day
POV, PoV: Point of view.Originally referred to each of many perspectives on an issue, which may need to be considered and balanced in an encyclopedic article. Today, more often used as a synonym for "biased",as in" That reply was POV, not neutral ".
POV warrior, PoV warrior: An editor who aggressively distorts coverage of certain topics to suit his/her biases despite community norms of neutrality and the Wikipedia policy ofNPOV.
Prejudice: As in,"delete without prejudice"and variations, based on thelegal term.Deletion without prejudice indicates that there is a problem with the present version of the article (e.g., lack of sources) and that recreation of the article is viable if that problem is fixed. Deletionwithprejudice indicates that there's a problem with the subject of the article, and that it should not be recreated in any form (althoughdeletion reviewcan overturn this).
Process page: Awikispacepage dedicated to discussion and (usually) voting on specific pages or users, or for similar administrative reasons. Examples includeCFD,RFA,andAFD.
Prod, PROD: Proposed deletion.A process by which articles that do not qualify forspeedy deletionbut are able to be uncontroversially deleted can be removed from Wikipedia without going through a fullAfDprocess. Can be used as both a noun and a verb (To prod an article).See alsoWikipedia:Guide to deletion.
Project namespace: Theproject namespaceis anamespacededicated to providing information about Wikipedia. Pages in the project namespace always start with "Wikipedia:".
Proseline: From "prose" and "timeline": chronological list of events narrated in a prose form, usually a lot of paragraphs that begin with a date or time ( "On January 21, 2008, 'proseline' was added to the Wikipedia glossary page..." ). Usually occurs in articles about ongoing events where editors are adding information as it becomes available. Generally seen as bad style that should be avoided.See alsoWikipedia:Proseline.
Protected page: This term indicates a page that cannot be edited except by administrators, or in some cases, established users. Usually this is done to cool down an edit war.See alsoWikipedia:This page is protected.
Protologism: A word that is created and used in the hope that it will become widely used and an accepted part of the language. A successful protologism becomes aneologism.The term protologism has been adopted asjargonfor use withinWiki communities,but is not in common usage outside this context. "Protologism" itself can be considered either a protologism or neologism. Coined byMikhail Epsteinfrom Greekprotos,first + Greeklogos,word.See alsoprotologismandlist of protologisms.
The Pump: A nickname forWikipedia:Village pump.See alsoVP.

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Quarto: Wikimedia Quartois a multilingual quarterly newsletter published by the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. It can be read onlinehere.

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RA: Wikipedia:Requested articles,a place to ask people to create articles that should exist but do not.
Random page: The Random page link is on the left of each page for mostskins.It will take you to a Wikipedia article that is chosen by a computer algorithm without any deliberate pattern or meaning to the choice.
Randy in Boise: A generic name for editors who don't give enough deference to experts. SeeWikipedia:Randy in Boise.
RC: An abbreviation forRecent changes
RC Patrol: A group of volunteer editors who examineRecent changeslogs for vandalism and other undesirable edits.
Re: Remark or Regarding
Reader-facing template: See:Wikipedia:Neutral point of view.^{[clarification needed]}
Re-creation: A posting of the same or substantially the same text as a deleted article by a new user, or of the same text or different text of a deleted article by the original creator. Sometimes misspelled "recreation".
Recent changes: A dynamically generated page (found atSpecial:Recentchanges) that lists all edits in descending chronological order. Sometimes abbreviated as RC. Recent changes are checked regularly by editors doingRC patrol,which means checking all suspicious edits to catchvandalismas early as possible. Other ways of watching recent changes are theRecentchanges IRC channel,orCryptoDerk's Vandal Fighter,which announce changes in realtime.
Redirect,redir: A page title which, when requested, merely sends the reader to another page. This is used for synonyms and ease of linking. For example,impressionistmight redirect toimpressionism.For an introduction to what a redirect is, seeHelp:Redirect.For the guidelines on handling redirects on Wikipedia, seeWikipedia:Redirect.
Red link, redlink: Awikilinkto an article that does not exist shows up red.See alsoblue link,WikiProject Red Link Recovery,andWikipedia:Red link.
Refactor: To restructure a document, usually applied to the ordering and summarizing oftalk pages.See also:Wikipedia:Refactoring talk pages
Reincarnation: A new user account created by abanneduser to evade theblock.Seesock puppet.
Render: In the context of the World Wide Web,renderingis the operation performed by the user's browser of converting the Web document (inHTML,XML,etc. plus image and other included files) into the visible page on the user's screen.
Repoint, re-point: To change the destination article of aredirect,either to avoid adouble redirector to change the redirect so that it leads to a more appropriate article. The termretargetis also frequently used.
Rescope, re-scope: To change the subject matter of an article, a template or – most frequently – a category to one that is more acceptable for editorial or encyclopedic purposes. If by doing so the subject area is broadened, the termupscopeis sometimes used.
Retarget, re-target: SeeRepoint.
Revdel: Abbreviation forRevision deletion.Not to be confused withDelrev,which is short for Deletion review, a completely different process.
Revert: An edit that reverses edits made by someone else, thus restoring the prior version.See alsoHelp:Reverting
Revert war: SeeEdit war.
RfA, RFA: Can meanWikipedia:Requests for adminshipor (rarely)Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration,depending on the context. The latter is frequently abbreviatedRfArto avoid the ambiguity.
RfA Cliché #1: Sometimes used in support atWikipedia:Requests for adminship,to indicate that one thought the candidate already was an admin. See alsoITHAWO.
RfAr, RFAR: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration.
RfC, RFC: Wikipedia:Requests for comment,part of thedispute resolutionprocess. A request for comment is an informal process for soliciting input from Wikipedians about a question of article content or a user's conduct.
RfD, RFD: TheWikipedia:Redirects for deletionpage.
RfM, RFM: Request formediation,part of thedispute resolutionprocess.See also:Wikipedia:Requests for mediation.
RHS: The right-hand side of themain page.On en-wiki, includesITNandOTD(also known asSA).
RL: SeeIRL
Rm: Remove. Used in edit summaries to indicate that a particular piece of text or formatting has been deleted.
Rmv: 1. Remove (Rm) vandalism. Used in edit summaries when good edits were made after vandalism, requiring the editor to sort out the vandalism, as opposed to a simple reversion.See alsorvv.; 2.Same asRm.
Rogue admin: Accusatory term for a Wikipediaadministrator,suggesting that the accused person systematically abuses their administrative access. Such accusations are rarely found to be justified or particularly productive.See alsorouge admin.
Rollback: To change a page back to the version before the last edit. Sysops androllbackershave special tools to do this more easily. SeeWikipedia:Rollback feature
Rollbacker: A class of users who can use therollbackfeature. This feature is automatically enabled for all administrators.
Rouge admin: A misspelling of "rogue admin"occasionally used by vandals and trolls. Now used jokingly by many Wikipedia administrators, usually to describe themselves performing actions that the affected users may not like (such as blocking vandals and deleting bogus pages).
RS: Wikipedia:Reliable sources– a guideline that articles should be based on reliable published sources.
Rv: Revert.An edit summary indicating that the page has been reverted to a previous version, often because ofvandalism.See alsoHelp:Reverting.
Rvt: Same asRv.
Rvv: Revertof vandalism.See alsoRv.

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s/word1/word2/: Replaceword1withword2.Used in edit summaries. It is a reference to the command for "find and replace" in languages such assedandPerl."s/word1/word2/ "means" replace all occurrences ofword1withword2"(sstands for "substitute" ).
Salt: (from "salt the earth") Administrators can prevent the creation of a page through the protection interface. This is useful for articles that have been deleted but repeatedly recreated.See alsoWP:SALT.
Sandbox: Asandboxis a page that users may edit however they want. Though it is meant to help users experiment and gain familiarity withWiki markup,the public sandbox atWikipedia:Sandboxis often filled with strange things andpatent nonsense.In addition to the public sandbox, users may create private sandboxes onsubpagesof theiruser page.
Scap: A scap occurs whenMediaWiki,the software that runs Wikipedia, is updated. Scap stands for "sync-common-all-php",the internal script used to deploy the update.
Sea of blue: The hard-to-read effect of far too manyblue linksin an article, caused by over-wikilinking.See alsoDe-wikify.
Section editing: Using one of the '[edit]' links to the right of each section's title, one can get an edit window containing only the section of the page that'sbelowthe [edit] link. This makes it easier to find the exact spot where one wants to edit, and helps you avoid anedit conflict.You can turn section editing off in yourpreferencesunder the "Enable section editing via [edit] links" option.
Self-link: A Wikilink contained in an article that points the reader to that same article, e.g., linkingVice Presidentin the article "Vice President".Such links are automatically displayed asstrongly emphasized textrather than links, but the more complex case of a link whichredirectsto the same article is not, and should be de-wikified.
Self-ref, selfref, self-ref: When used in terms like "no self-refs", this refers to the guidelineWikipedia:Self-references to avoidwhereby articles should generally not refer to the Wikipedia project directly or implicitly. Self-ref can also refer to the template{{selfref}}.
Self-revert: An editor self-reverts when he or sherevertsor undoes an edit that he or she had previously made. This may be because the editor was merely making a test, or because the editor later realised his or her edit was faulty, or because he or she wishes to show good faith after athree-revert ruleviolation.SeeRevert.
SfD, SFD: TheWikipedia:Stub types for deletionpage.
Sharpen cat: To place an article within a more specific category, e.g., placing a biography article fromCategory:KenyaintoCategory:Kenyan people.In addition,sh catin edit summaries.
Sheep vote: A vote on Wikipedia that seems to be cast just to go along with the flow. E.g., onRfA,this can typically be a vote such as "Supportbecause x, y, and z are supporting. "The opposite is called awolf vote.
Shortcut: Aredirectused withinWikispaceto enable editors to get to a project page more quickly.See alsoWikipedia:Shortcutfor the policy on these redirects, andWikipedia:List of shortcutsfor a complete list.
Skin: The appearance theme inSpecial:Preferences.Currently, nine are available: Chick, Classic, Cologne Blue, Monobook, Modern, MySkin, Nostalgia, Simple, and Vector.
SME: An acronym forsubject matter expert.
Smerge: A contraction of "slightmerge"or" selective merge ", sometimes used inArticles for deletiondiscussions. This is for when a topic deserves mention in another article, but not to the extent and detail that is already included (a partialmerge and redirect).
Snap: Retargeta double redirect to point to the ultimate target.
SNG: A Subject specific Notability Guideline, seeCategory:Wikipedia notability guidelines
Snowball clause: Sometimes entries onprocess pagesare closed early when it becomes obvious that they have "a snowball's chance in Hell" of passing the process. This removal is "per the Snowball clause". The verb "snowballing" is sometimes used for this action.See alsoWikipedia:Snowball clause.
Sock puppet, sock: Another user account created secretly by an existing Wikipedian, generally to manufacture the illusion of support in a vote or argument. Also, particularly onAfD,a friend of an existing Wikipedian who has created an account solely for the purpose of supporting that Wikipedian in a vote (this special case is often called ameat puppet). It is not always possible to tell the difference.See alsoWikipedia:Sock puppet.
Soft redirect: A very short article or page that essentially points the reader in the direction of another page. Used in cases where a normal redirect is inappropriate for various reasons (e.g., it is a cross-wiki redirect).See alsoWikipedia:Soft redirect.
Sort key: A device to make an article file Alpha betically (in a category or other list of articles) other than by the article title, e.g., "John Smith" under "Smith, John", or "The Who" under "Who, The". Can be assigned to a specific category, or as a {{DEFAULTSORT:}}.See alsoHelp:Category#Sort key.
sp: Short forspelling correctionorspace.Used inedit summaries.
SPA: Short forSingle Purpose Account.If that single purpose is disruptive (e.g., vote stacking, or attacking some user) the account tends to be indefinitely blocked.
Spamectomy: Removing spam from an article so that it is less of a POV issue.
Speedy: Abbreviation forSpeedy delete(or "speedy rename" as appropriate). Can also be used as a verb – e.g.,"I think the article should be speedied"."Speedy" on Wikipedia does not mean "now, immediately", but rather something that can be done without further discussion.
Speedy delete: Deletion of a page without prior discussion. Pages can be speedily deleted only under very specific circumstances; seeWikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletionfor those.
Speedy keep: The closing of a vote on a deletion wikispace page (likeAFD) before the normal end of the voting period. This happens when the nomination has been faulty (e.g., abad faith nomination) or when there is overwhelming evidence that the page should be kept (e.g., overwhelming support for keeping it, or a history of deletion attempts that have ended in the same way).
Split: Separating a single page into two or more pages.
Sprot, sprotect, sprotection: Short forsemi-protect[ion].Articles that are semi-protected cannot be edited by unregistered or newly registered users.
Steward: AnAdministratorwho has been empowered to change any user's status on any Wikimedia Foundation project, including granting and revoking Administrator status and grantingbureaucratstatus.See alsoWikipedia:Administrators#Stewards.
Strike out, strike-through, strikethrough, etc.: To place text in strike-through (HTML<del>...</del>,<strike>...</strike>,or<s>...</s>) tags. This is very rarely used in articles, but is relatively common in votes and discussions when a contributor changes his or her opinion. As not to cause confusion, the outdated comments are struck out (~~like this~~). The inserted material (HTML<ins>) tag is sometimes used with it to show a replacement for the struck material (like this). Generally, one should strike out only one's own comments. Some editors prefer to simply remove or alter their updated material, though this is discouraged if others have responded to it and their responses would no longer make sense after the change.Note:Neither<strike>nor<s>will exist any longer in HTML 5/XHTML 2, so<del>is recommended.
Stub: An article considered too short to give an adequate introduction to a subject (often one paragraph or less). Stubs are marked with stub templates, a specific type ofcleanuptemplate, which add the articles to stub categories sorted by subject matter.See alsoWikipedia:Find or fix a stubandWikiproject Stub Sorting.
Subarticle, sub-article: 1. An article that has been split from an original, larger main article to keep the main article readable and to better develop the sub-topic of the split into a richer article in its own right.Contrastsubpage.See alsoWikipedia:Summary style.; 2. A page in multi-page list that was split to reduce list article size.See alsoWikipedia:Stand-alone lists.
Subpage,sub-page: A page connected to a parent page, such asSomepage/Arguments.You can only create subpages in certain namespaces. Do not use subpages in the main article space.Contrastsubarticle.See alsoWikipedia:Subpages.
Subst,subst'ing: Short for "substituting"a template, which permanently copies its contents and breaks the link with the source template page. Contrasttransclusion,a live updated reference to the source template page.
Substub: A very shortstubarticle, usually consisting of only one sentence.
Succession box: A type oftemplate,usually placed at the foot of an article, linking to articles on the immediate predecessors of and successors to the subject of the article. Thus, for example, an article on the tenth president ofFoowould be linked by succession box to articles on the ninth and eleventh presidents.CompareInfobox.
Suitly emphazi: A phrase with no known exact meaning, but which has a general allusion to positive things, such as improvement, or a request for clarification or elucidation. Originally started as an in-joke on the Wikipedia Reference desk. (Seeherefor the original usage.)
SUL: Abbreviation for"Single user login",which refers to the process of unifying individual accounts with the same name across Wikimedia projects into one global account.
Sysop, Sys-op, Sys-Op: A less-used name forAdministrator.See alsoDe-sysop.
Systemic bias: In Wikipedian terms, this refers to the preponderance of Wikipedia articles relating to subjects specific to English-speaking and/or Western countries, as opposed to those from the rest of the world. It may also refer to a bias for articles that may be of particular interest to those who have an affinity towards computers and the Internet, since they are more likely to edit Wikipedia.See alsoWikiProject Countering systemic bias.

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Tag: 1. A wikitemplate,in general.; 2. Specifically, a template that will assign an article to a category (most often astubtemplate); 3. Specifically, a template applied to an article that indicates that it needs cleanup or that something about it is disputed.; 4. Specifically, a template applied to a page that indicates that it has been nominated for deletion.; 5. Specifically, aWikiProjectbanner template applied to a talk page.; 6. Frequently: Acategory.Alternative forcategory declaration.; 7. Verb: To apply any such template to a page, or to add a category.; 8. AnHTML element.See alsoHelp:HTML in wikitextandHelp:Table; 9. Amediawiki tag,brief message applied next to certain revisions by the software
Talk page: A page reserved for discussion of the page with which it is associated, such as the article page.Very confusingly,the link to a talk page is labelled "discussion". All pages within Wikipedia (except pages in the Special namespace, and talk pages themselves!) have talk pages attached to them.See alsoWikipedia:Talk page.
Talk page stalker,TPS: A humorous term for an editor who involves themselves in discussions on other users' talk pages (often after a previous conversation with that user has left the page on the editor's Watchlist). TPS involvement should be constructive or humorous, and is distinguished fromwikistalking.
Task force: A smaller group of editors in a WikiProject dedicated to a more specific field within the scope of the parent project. Task forces are located on WikiProject subpages. They generally have a less formal bureaucratic structure than full-fledged WikiProjects.See alsoWikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide/Task forces.
Taxobox: A type ofinfobox,a taxobox is ataxonomytable positioned at the right side of an entry for a species or organism (or for agenusorfamily), giving a chart of thekingdom,phylum,etc. of the creature. Taxoboxes are also used for similar standardized tables.See alsoWikipedia:Taxobox.
Template: A way of automatically including the contents of one page within another page, used forboilerplate text,navigational aids, etc.See also:Wikipedia:Template namespace.
Templatise, Templatize: To delete a list or category and turn the contents into atemplate,usually either anavboxorinfobox.Sometimes used inCFDdiscussions as shorthand for saying that "this group of articles would be better if presented in template form rather than as a category."See also:listify.
Test edit: Same asnewbie test.
TfD, TFD: TheWikipedia:Templates for discussionpage.
Thread: Atalk page discussion,usually with more than 2 indented replies. May refer to either a complete second level section (i.e. a section with heading surrounded by ==) of posts as is defined by talk page archiving bots. For this type of thread, the age is the time interval from the most recent post to current time. It can also refer to an individual sequence of indented paragraphs.
Three-revert rule: A rule whereby no one is allowed toreverta single article more than three times in one day (with a few exceptions). SeeWikipedia:Three-revert rule.
TLDR, tl;dr: Short for "Too long; didn't read". For example where a reply to a query isverylong and detailed.SeeWikipedia:Too long; didn't read.
TINC: Short for "there is no cabal".SeeCabal.
Tl: Short for "template". Also the name of a specific template,{{tl}},which provides a template link, i.e., links a page to a template without allowing the template's code to operate on that page.
TOC, ToC: An article (or other page)'stable of contents,which lists the subsection headings within the page. This is usually close to the top left of the page, but may be placed at the top right,floated,or omitted entirely.
top: On a user's list of contributions,(top)indicates that the article has not been edited by anyone else since the user last edited it.
Trainwreck: A nomination of a group of related pages for deletion or renaming which fails due to the disparate nature or worth of the pages. The deletion process often becomes messy with editors wishing to keep some pages but delete or rename others. Usually the discussion is closed as a procedural "keep", with some or all of the pages later nominated separately. See for exampleWikipedia:Articles for deletion/Warcraft character articles.
Transclusion: Transclusion is the inclusion of the content of a document into another document by reference. In Wikipedia, it is typically the use of the template functionality of MediaWiki to include the same content in multiple documents without having to edit those documents separately.See alsoWikipedia:Transclusion costs and benefits.
Translation: The English-language Wikipedia should have only pages in English. Non-English pages, listed onWikipedia:Pages needing translation into English,are subject to deletion unless translated.See also:Wikipedia:Translationfor requests for translations into English of pages from foreign-language Wikipedias.
Transwiki: Move a page to another Wikimedia project, in particularWiktionary,Wikibooks,orWikisource.See alsom:TranswikiandWikipedia:WikiProject Transwiki
Troll: A user who incites or engages in disruptive behavior (trolling). There are some people who enjoy causing conflict, and there are those who make a hobby of it. However, these are few in number and one shouldalwaysassume good faithin other editors. Calling someone a troll in a dispute is a bad idea; it has an effect similar tocalling someone a Nazi– no further meaningful debate is likely to occur.See alsom:What is a troll?
Trout, trout-slapping: A rebuke. SeeWikipedia:Trout.
Tweak: A small edit. SeeTweaking.
Tyop: A silly misspelling oftypo.Used as an edit summary when correcting typos.See alsoWikipedia:typo.

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Umbrella nomination: A nomination (e.g., onCfD) that contains several items (e.g., categories) which are normally nominated individually. Can become atrainwreck.
Unencyclopedic: Saying that something is unencyclopedic to imply that it would not be expected to appear in an encyclopedia, and thus in Wikipedia. (One must remember however that Wikipedia isnot a paper encyclopedia,and hence does not have the space limitations of a paper encyclopedia).See alsoWikipedia:Unencyclopedic.
Unregistered user: SeeIP user.
Un-wiki: Going against the character of aWiki.Usually, saying that something is "un-wiki" means that it makes editing more difficult or impossible.
Un-wikify, unwikify: Same asde-wikify.
Upmerge: A term frequently used oncategories for discussionandstub types for deletion,it means "merge into parent category". In the case of stub types, this usually means to keep any associated template but to link it with the parent category rather than the category under discussion. In contexts such asWikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals,creating anupmerged templatemeans a stub template, only, feeding into a more general stub type.
Upscope: Aportmanteauofupmergeandrescope.Seerescope.
User: SeeEditor.
Userbox: A small box which is stored in the template space, and which includes a small piece of information about a user (such as "This user likes cheese" ). Many users use userboxes on their user page, although some look down upon it.See alsoWikipedia:Userboxes.
Userfy: Wikipedia:Userficationis the process by which material posted in a Wikipedia article, project, or template space is moved into theuser space:into a user page orsubpage.A common case is where an inexperienced user who is not a notable person has created an article about himself/herself. The article would be deleted after userfying – moving its content to a user page.
User page: A personal page forWikipedians.Most people use their pages to introduce themselves and to keep various personal notes and lists. They are also used by Wikipedians to communicate with each other via the user talk pages. The process of Registration does not generate user pages automatically. A user page is linked to as [[User:SomeUserNameHere|SomeUserNameHere]] and appears asSomeUserNameHere.See alsoWikipedia:User page.
Userspace draft: A draft created in a user's "userspace". SeeHelp:Userspace draft.

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Vandal: One who engages in significant amounts ofvandalism.
Vandalbot: Some kind ofbotbeing used for vandalism or spamming. Recognizable by the fact that one or a few IP-addresses make many similar clearly vandalistic edits in a short time. In the worst cases, these have created or vandalized hundreds of pages in several Wikipedias in a time span of only minutes.See alsom:Vandalbot.
Vandalism: Deliberate defacement of Wikipedia pages. This can be by deleting text or writing nonsense, bad language, etc. The term is sometimes improperly used to discredit the views of an opponent inedit wars.Vandalism can be reported atWikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism.See alsoWikipedia:Vandalism.
VandalProof: A tool for finding and removing vandalism.See alsoUser:AmiDaniel/VandalProof.
VFD: Used to refer to the "Votes for deletion" page. Although this has been replaced with "AFD"(WP:AFD), you may still see the term in older talk pages.
Village pump: The main community forum of Wikipedia (found atWikipedia:Village pump), where proposals, policy changes, technical problems and other internals are announced and discussed in front of a wider audience than a topic-specific page would have.
VP: Shorthand forVillage pumpor forVandalProof.

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Wall of text: An unusually long paragraph, presenting a solid block of text of a dozen or more lines. Walls of text are visually unappealing and difficult to read. A wall of text in an article may simply be a sign of an inexperienced editor unfamiliar with Wikipedia markup, or may be a sign of a more serious issue such as copy-and-paste copyright violation. A wall of text in a talk page may be taken to be a sign of soapbo xing orshotgun argumentation.See also:Wikipedia:Too long; didn't read(TLDR, TL:DR, WP:TLDR)
Watchlist: A set of pages selected by the user, who can then click onMy watchlistto see recent changes to those pages.See also:Help:Watching pages.
Weasel words: Phrases such as "Some say that..." or "It has been argued..." that introduce a point of view without attributing it more specifically.SeeWikipedia:Weasel words;see alsoWikipedia:Neutral point of view#Attributing and substantiating biased statements.
Wheel war: A dispute between Wikipediaadministratorswho use the privileges of Wikipedia administrators (such asblocking) as weapons in anedit war.See also:Wikipedia:Wheel war,Wheel war.
WikiBlame: Atoolfor searching past versions of a particular article for a particular string of text. Usually used to determine who added the string of text. It is an external tool, available atwikipedia.ramselehof.de/wikiblame.phpor via the "Revision history search" link on the article's history page.
Wikibooks: A Wikipedia sister project that works to develop free textbooks, manuals, and other texts online.See alsoWikibooks.
Wikibreak,wikivacation, Wikiholiday, Wiki-break, etc.: When aWikipediantakes a break fromWikipedia.See alsoWikipedia:Wikibreak.
WikiCrime, wikicrime: An egregious case of or clear pattern of editing that violates Wikipedia policies, such asvandalism,spam,disruptive editing,tendentious editing,canvassing,hoa xing,adding unverifiable information,self-aggrandizement or promotion,removing well-sourced or adding unsourced information to suit personal biases,etc.SeeWP:WikiCrime.
WikiFairy, Wikifaerie, Wiki-fairy, etc.: A Wikipedian who beautifies wiki entries by organizing messy articles, and adding style, color and graphics. The efforts of WikiFairies are normally welcome, though they do not necessarily create new articles or affect the substantive content of the articles they edit. WikiFairies are considered to be basically friendly, likeWikiGnomes.See alsoWikiOgre,Wikipedia:WikiFairy.
Wikify, wfy, wikiize, wiki-ise, etc.: To format usingWiki markup(as opposed toplain textorHTML). It commonly refers to adding internal links to material (Wikilinks) but is not limited to just that. To wikify an article could refer to applying any form of wiki-markup, such as standard headings and layout, including the addition of infoboxes and other templates, or bolding/italicizing of text. Noun:wikification;gerund:wikifying.See alsoWikipedia:How to edit a page,Category:Articles that need to be wikified,Wikipedia:Guide to layoutandWikipedia:Make only links relevant to the context.
WikiGnome, wikignome, Wiki-Gnome, wiki-gnome, etc.: A Wikipedian who makes minor, helpful edits without clamoring for attention or praise for what they did.See alsoWikiFairy,WikiOgre,Wikipedia:WikiGnome.
WikiHate, wikihate: Counterproductive editing attitude and behavior,especiallytendentious,biasedandpersonally antagonistictypes ofedit-warring.SeeWP:WikiHate.
Wikilawyering: Attempting to inappropriately rely on technicalities in alegalisticmanner with respect toWikipedia:PoliciesorWikipedia:Arbitration.SeeWikipedia:Wikilawyering
Wikilink, wl: A link to another Wikipedia page or to ananchoron the same page, as opposed to anexternal link.For policy, seeWikipedia:Only make links that are relevant to the contextandWikipedia:Build the web.For mechanics, seeWikipedia:Canonicalization,Help:Section#Section linking,Wikipedia:How to edit a page#Links and URLs,andWikipedia:Citing sources/Further considerations#Wikilinks to full references.See alsofree linkandpiped link.
WikiLove, wikilove: A general spirit of collegiality and mutual understanding among Wikipedians. The term pre-dates Wikipedia. WikiLove is achieved throughwikiquette,civility,assumption of good faithabout other editors,neutrality,respect forpolicies and guidelines,andcalm editing and discussion.SeeWP:WikiLove.
Wiki markup, wikitext, wiki text, wiki-text, etc.: Code like HTML, but simplified and more convenient, for example'''boldfaced text'''instead of<B>boldfaced text</B>.It is the source code stored in the database and shown in the edit box.Searchingby the Wikipedia software is done in the wikitext, as opposed to searching by external major search engines, which is done in the resulting HTML. The size of a page is the size of the wikitext.See alsoWikitext,Help:Wiki markup,Wikipedia:How to edit a page,Wikipedia:Guide to layout.
Wikimedia: ProperlyWikimedia Foundation, Inc.(WMF), a non-profit organization that provides a legal, financial, and organizational framework for Wikipedia and its sister projects and provides the necessary hardware.ContrastMediaWiki.
WikiOgre, Wiki-ogre, wikiogre, etc.: A Wikipedian who makes large edits from time to time but generally keeps toWikiGnomery.See alsoWikipedia:WikiOgre,WikiFairy
Wikiportal: Pages intended to be the main pages for Wikipedians interested in a specific area of knowledge, helping both to find the information on the specific topic and to develop articles connected with it.See alsoWikipedia:Portal.
Wikipediholic, Wikiholic: A wikipedian who obsesses over the project to the point where interacting with Wikipedia becomes akin to apsychological addiction.
Wikipe-tan, Wiki-tan: One of the personifications of Wikipedia. She is the mascot character of various WikiProjects.See alsoWikipedia:Wikipe-tan.
WikiProject: An active group of Wikipedia editors working together to improve a specific group of articles, usually those on one or more related topics. This often involves an attempt to standardize the content and style of the articles using an agreed standard format.See alsoWikipedia:WikiProject.
Wikiquette: The etiquette of working with others on Wikipedia.See alsoWikipedia:Etiquette.
Wikiquote: A Wikipedia sister project to create a free online collection of quotations.See alsoWikiquote.
Wikislap: Providing someone with the URL of a Wikipedia article when he or she expresses a lack of knowledge about a particular topic.
Wikisource: A Wikipedia sister project to create a free online compendium of primary source texts.See alsoWikisource.
Wikispace: The Wikipedianamespace.SeeWikipedia:Namespace#Pseudo-namespacesandWikipedia:Shortcuts(Wikipedia:WP).
Wikispam: Articles or sections created to promote a product or othermeme.Spammingcan also include adding extraneous or irrelevant links to promote an outside site, particularly for commercial purposes.
Wikispecies: A Wikipedia sister project. It is a wiki-based, species directory that provides a solution to the problem that there is no central registration of species data in Wikipedia. Wikispecies will provide a central, more extensive database for taxonomy. Wikispecies is aimed at the needs of scientific users rather than general users.
Wikistalking,wikihounding: The singling out of one or more editors, and joining discussions on multiple pages or topics they may edit or multiple debates where they contribute, in order to repeatedly confront or inhibit their work, with an apparent aim of creating irritation, annoyance or distress to the other editor. Note that editors can and do follow others ingood faithwith constructive intent; it is the manner and motivation which distinguishes wikistalking.
Wikistress, Wiki-Stress, wiki-stress, etc.: Personal stress or tension induced by editing Wikipedia, or more often by being involved in minor conflict with another editor. Some users maintain a Wikistress meter on their user page. SeeWikistress template,The Bosch Wikistress Meter,Wikistress
WikiTerrorism, wikiterrorism, WikiTerror, wikiterror: A melodramatic term for the act of purposely trying to damageWikipediaon a large scale. It can bevandalism,but it could includetrolling,edit warring,or anything that could disrupt Wikipedia on a large scale. WikiTerrorism could also be "blitzing" Wikipedia, or vandalizing several articles in rapid succession. Such actions should bereported immediately to administratorsand will usually beblocked.Some may consider this term in bad taste or hyperbolic.
Wiktionary: A Wikipedia sister project to create a free online dictionary of every language.See alsoWiktionary.
WMF: See "Wikimedia"entry.
Wolf vote: A vote on Wikipedia which seems to be cast just to go against the flow. E.g., on RfA, this can typically be a vote such as "Oppose because x, y, and z are supporting." The opposite is called asheep vote.
WP: 1. Common abbreviation forWikipedia,especially for pages in the Wikipedianamespace.See alsoWikipedia:Namespace#Pseudo-namespacesandWikipedia:Shortcuts.; 2. Also sometimes used as an abbreviation forWikiProject(see alsoWPP).
WPP: Abbreviation forWikiProject.

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XfD, XFD: Generic term for the collection of deletion discussion pages such asMfD,AfD,RfD,IfD,et al. where the "X" stands in forMiscellany,Article,Image,Redirect etc.; "fD" stands for "fordeletion "(ordiscussion in some cases)
XNR: Acronym forCross-namespace redirects.Used mainly atWikipedia:Redirects for discussionto emphasize for deletion. Sometimes given asCNR.