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{{shortcut|[[A:SHORT]]}}
On the AoPSWiki, '''shortcuts''' are designed to make AoPS policy pages (in the namespace <tt>AoPSWiki:</tt>) more readily accessible by creating short memorable shortcut phrases which automatically redirect to the guideline page. Entering a shortcut under search and clicking 'Go' automatically takes the reader to the policy page, saving time.

== Creating ==
On the page of the shortcut, add the line:

<pre><nowiki>#redirect [[ARTICLE TO GO TO]] {{R from shortcut}}</nowiki></pre>

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

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

{| class="wikitable"
| [[Special:Prefixindex/A:|A:]] || AoPSWiki:
|-
| [[Special:Prefixindex/AT:|AT:]] || AoPSWiki talk:
|-
| [[Special:Prefixindex/MOS:|MOS:]] || [[AoPSWiki:Manual of Style]]
|-
| [[Special:Prefixindex/CAT:|CAT:]] || [[A:CAT|Category]]:
|-
| [[Special:Prefixindex/T:|T:]] || [[A:T|Template]]:
|} 

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

<pre><nowiki>{{shortcut|[[REDIRECT1]]}}</nowiki></pre>

For additional redirects, use

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

This way readers can be informed of the actual shortcuts.

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

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