Help:Shortcut

Shortcut: A:SHORT

On the AoPSWiki, shortcuts are designed to make AoPS policy pages (usually in the namespace AoPS Wiki: or Help:) more readily accessible by creating short memorable shortcut phrases which automatically redirect to the guideline page. Entering a shortcut under search and clicking "Search" automatically takes the reader to the policy page, saving time.

Creating Shortcuts

On the page of the shortcut, add the line:

#REDIRECT [[ARTICLE TO GO TO]] {{R from shortcut}}

The {{R from shortcut}} just categorizes the redirect page into a special category of shortcuts.

Typically, shortcuts will be created to AoPS Wiki policy pages and their respective talk pages, though other non-main namespaces that are often traversed also can have shortcuts. Table of general shortcuts:

A:	AoPS Wiki:
AT:	AoPS Wiki talk:
CAT:	Category:
T:	Template:

Afterwards, go to the article which the redirect heads to, and at the top of the page add the code

{{shortcut|[[REDIRECT1]]}}

For additional redirects, use

{{shortcut|[[REDIRECT1]]<br>[[REDIRECT2]]<br>[[REDIRECT3]]}}

This way readers can be informed of the actual shortcuts.

Use

The typical way to use a shortcut is to just enter the shortcut into the search box and hitting "Search". It is also possible to substitute the shortcut name directly into the URL. Shortcuts are case-insensitive.

This article is a tutorial about the AoPSWiki or AoPS Forum.