| 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
| Addition 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, URL, http
| Addition of external 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, tiop, tiops, tyop, tyops, 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
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