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| Term | Abbreviated | Description |
|---|---|---|
| add | +, add, addition | Addition of something |
| alphabetization | alpha | Alphabetization of a list |
| capitalization | cap, capital, cpt, lc, lcase, uc, ucase | Fixing of capitalization |
| category | +cat, cat | Addition or fixing of a category |
| comment | cm | Addition of comment |
| copyedit | copyedit | Copy edit |
| creation | New | Creation of a new article |
| disambiguation | dab, disambig, disambiguation | Addition of disambiguation or removal of ambiguity |
| duplication | dup, duplication | Removal of duplication |
| external link | ext lk, ext lks, ext link, ext links, external link, external links | Addition of external links |
| formatting | fm, fmt, formatting, MoS | Formatting |
| short new text | ft | Addition of short new text, which is fully given in this edit summary |
| grammar | gm | Fixing grammar |
| horizontal rule | hr | Addition of horizontal rule (----) |
| links | lk, lks, link, links | Addition of external links |
| merge | merge | Article merge |
| move | mv, move | Article move |
| 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 | tiop, tiops, tyop, tyops, typo, typos | Fixing of typos |
| wikify | wikified, wikify, wiki, wfy, wkf, wikification | Formatting using wiki markup (as opposed to plain text or HTML) and add internal links to material, incorporating it into the whole of Wikipedia |
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