| Term |
Abbreviated |
Description |
| add |
+, add, addition |
Addition of something |
| alphabetization |
alpha, abc |
Alphabetization of a list |
| capitalization |
cap, capital, cpt, lc, lcase, uc, ucase |
Fixing of capitalization |
| category |
+cat,-cat, cat, recat, re-cat |
Addition, subtraction or fixing of a category |
| comment |
cm |
Addition of comment |
| copyedit |
copyedit, cpyed |
Copy edit |
| creation |
new |
Creation of a new article |
| disambiguation |
dab, disambig |
Addition of disambiguation or removal of ambiguity |
| duplication |
dup, dupe |
Removal of duplication |
| external link |
ext lk, ext lks, ext lnk, ext lnks, URL, http |
Addition of external links |
| formatting |
fm, fmt, frmt, MoS |
Formatting, per Manual of Style |
| short new text (full text) |
ft |
Addition of short new text, which is fully given in this edit summary |
| grammar |
gr, gm, grmr |
Fixing grammar |
| horizontal rule |
hr |
Addition of horizontal rule (----) |
| links |
lk, lks, lnk, lnks |
Addition of internal (Wikipedia) links |
| merge |
mrg, mrgd |
Article merge |
| move |
mv, move |
Article move |
| punctuation |
punc |
Fixing punctuation |
| redirect |
redir, redirect |
Article redirect |
| remove/delete |
-, rm, del |
Removal of something |
| revert |
rv, revert |
Revert to a previous edit |
| talk |
see talk |
Explanation of edit on the article's Talk page |
| spelling |
sp, typo, typos |
Fixing of typos |
| wikify |
wikified, wikify, wiki, wfy, wky, wkfy |
Formatting using wiki markup (as opposed to plain text or HTML) and add internal links to material, incorporating it into the whole of Wikipedia |
