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How to Understand Abbreviations in wikiHow Recent Changes
This article provides an understanding of the activity in Recent Changes, which is also known as RC. Please continue to update this list with your favorite abbreviations and acronyms.
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A line on the Recent Changes page may appear similar to this:
- ● (diff) (hist) . . N ! Make a Paper Hat; 12:34 . . Zack (Talk | contribs) (MT PaperCraft, some ce)
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Abbreviations in Recent Changes
| ABBREVIATION | MEANING | DEFINITION |
| ! |
Needs to be patrolled!
||Indicates the edit still needs to be patrolled. |
|
|---|---|---|
| diff | "difference" | Click on this link to view two versions of an article. The left column is a previous revision. The right column is a current revision. |
| hist | "history" | Click on this link to view the history of an article. It includes the editor, date and time of each edit. |
| N | "new" | Indicates a new article or page. |
| newusers | New Users | Click on this link for a list of new registered users. |
| m | "minor" | Indicates a minor edit rather than a major revision. |
Abbreviations Used Within the Edit Summary
These abbreviations and acronyms are used by editors to clarify an edit.
| ABBREVIATION | MEANING | DEFINITION |
| caps | "capitalization" | Capitalization was corrected. |
|---|---|---|
| cat | "category" | The article was categorized. |
| ce | "copyedit
"||Spelling, grammar and punctuation was corrected. |
|
| FA | "Featured Article" | The article was nominated for featured status. |
| MT | "moved to" | The article was moved to another category. |
| nfd | "nominate for deletion" | The article was nominated for deletion. |
| oops | An editor quickly corrected their edit. | |
| pic | "picture" | An image was added. |
| q&d | "quick & dirty merge" | Two articles were quickly merged together. |
| redir | "redirect" | An article was redirected to display a second article in its place. |
| rm | "remove" | Text was removed. |
| rvv | "revert" | The article was reverted to a previous revision. |
| sp | "spelling" | Spelling was corrected. |
| wp | "whitespace policing" | Whitespace was removed. |
| WIP | Work in Progress | user may come back to work on it later |
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