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Wikivoyagers
sometimes use their own brand of jargon which can be confusing for new users. This glossary attempts to explain some of the words and phrases used in discussions, edit summaries, or on
IRC
List
edit
??
Any two-letter code followed or preceded by ":", such as
fr:
for French or
ja:
for Japanese, means
another language version of Wikivoyage
. In old edit summaries, this usually means that an
inter-language link
to the version has been added (such links aren't added explicitly any more). Followed by an article name ("fr:Paris") they refer to the article on that language version; with an additional "w:" ("w:fr:Paris") they refer to a Wikipedia article in that language.
7±2 rule
A rule of thumb:
avoid long, undifferentiated lists
by splitting content into groups of 7±2 items.
anr
Wikivoyage:Avoid negative reviews
, a guideline that states (with a few exceptions) that a place not worth visiting is not worth listing and should be simply removed from the guide entirely.
article
A page in the
main namespace
of the wiki.
BJAODN
Wikivoyage:Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense
, a final resting post for inadvertent bloopers which were removed from the guide long ago. Otherwise Wikivoyage doesn't do comedy, except for deliberately-silly April 1 collaborations, archived as
Wikivoyage:Joke articles
breadcrumbs
A list of a destination's parent regions in the
Wikivoyage:Geographical hierarchy
, as determined by
{{
isPartOf
}}
links. For instance, since London is in England in the United Kingdom, its breadcrumbs are "
Europe
Britain and Ireland
United Kingdom
England
London
".
bump
Bring up my post – a request for more comments on an unanswered question or issue.
city
An
urban area
, which may be a village, town or real city, and its surroundings. This is the usual bottom-level of the Wikivoyage geographic hierarchy, where the bulk of specific information on individual venues and points of interest is concentrated. Some large cities are further subdivided into
districts
, and there are also park, airport and "rural area" articles, the latter on a collection of adjacent towns or a large rural area.
copyvio
Any content which is a
copyright violation
, usually stuff copied from other websites without permission.
cotm, Cotm, CotM
Collaboration of the month
c/e
short for copy edited, usually used in edit summaries
CVB
Convention and Visitors' Bureau, a destination marketing organisation promoting one city, county or region. A very powerful two-edged sword: these groups can make
valuable constructive contributions
because of their up-to-date on-the-ground local knowledge, or can just as readily break an entire destination page by copy-pasting massive blocks of
promotional text
from existing advertising materials. In general, travel guide pages should be original content to comply with our
free licence
, avoid
duplicate content penalties
on search engines and
be worded as
travel guide
instead of a
promotional brochure
dab, disamb, disambig
A page that
disambiguates
two or more destinations which share the same name.
destination, destination guide
An article which describes a geographic place (district, city, region, park, rural area, etc.). These form the bulk of Wikivoyage, although there are
Wikivoyage:Other ways of seeing travel
to deal with special cases such as itineraries, phrasebooks, dive guides and travel topics.
discover
Wikivoyage:Discover
displays brief facts about individual destinations; each appears on the
Main Page
for three consecutive days. Somewhat similar to Wikipedia's
DYK
trivia in style, but facts from any article (not just newly-created articles) may be nominated.
district
One small piece of a large city, such as the Paris
arrondissements
or one small piece of an individual NYC
borough
dmoz, +dmoz
DMOZ was a human-curated directory of web links, originally hosted by Netscape/AOL. The original project is defunct (although other sites have archived the data for relaunch) and the "dmoz:" interwiki prefix for such links no longer works from Wikivoyage.
docent
A Wikivoyager
willing to field questions
from other travellers about a specific destination.
dotm, DotM
Destination of the Month
. The current DotM is the showcase article on the Main Page, while DotM candidates are being considered for displaying in the future. There are also OtBP and FTT, articles on less touristed destinations or other topics, discussed and shown alongside the DotMs.
dynamic map
map which has been automatically generated
by adding
{{
listing
}}
s or
{{
marker
}}
s to an OpenStreetMap
{{
mapframe
}}
base map.
en.voy
English-language Wikivoyage, from the shortcuts
en:
(for the English language wiki) and
voy:
(which is used to
link back here
from other Wikimedia projects). Likewise, "de.voy" is
Wikivoyage auf Deutsch
(German) and similarly for other languages. The corresponding prefix to link
to Wikipedia
(WP, en.wp) from here is
w:
and a direct link to Wikidata is
d:
expedition
targeted sub-project
analogous to WikiProjects on Wikipedia. For instance,
Wikivoyage:Search Expedition
is a co-ordinated effort for search engine optimisation.
ext, extguide, extlinks, xl
Removing
external links
or the long-since-deprecated "External links" sections (see
Where did the "External links" sections go?
).
Extguide
means removing a link to an external travel guide. Often used as -ext.
fmt, format
Content reformatted to follow Wikivoyage conventions, usually meaning the
Article skeleton templates
and the
Manual of Style
FTT
Featured Travel Topic
. A good non-destination article that is featured on the Main Page for a month, just like DotM and OtBP
geo
Wikivoyage:Geocoding
, using
MediaWiki templates
to indicate the (lat, long) co-ordinates of the destination. See
{{
geo
}}
gong
Wikivoyage:Goals and non-goals
describes the mission and scope of the project, as well as some things the project isn't meant to do (but some people might think it should).
guide
An
article status
rating higher than "usable" but lower than "
star
". Typically, a "guide" article has a lot of things to see and do and lots of places to eat and sleep, so that someone who wanted to visit the destination could use the article as their guide. A guide lacks some of the "finishing touches" (maps, formatting, editorial, writing, photos) that make a real star. A
featured article candidate
must be at least at "guide" level before it's ready to be nominated.
GPX, GeoJSON
A list of geographic (lat, long) co-ordinates in specific machine-readable formats; GPX was originally created to allow tracks and waypoints to be downloaded to satellite navigation devices, while GeoJSON is used to draw tracks and boundaries on
dynamic maps
IPO, isPartOf, #isIn
A reference to
Template:IsPartOf
, a tool to add
breadcrumb navigation
for a destination. Sometimes used to say "I added the isPartOf template here." Short for "is part of", like "Siberia is part of Russia".
itinerary
One of various
ways to see travel
, unlike a
destination
(our standard article, which lists the most notable points of interest for a single place) or a
travel topic
(which is a freeform description of one subject, such as
air travel
), an
itinerary
lists things to see and do in a linear sequence through multiple destinations - for instance, the
Trans-Siberian Railway
's itinerary runs east from
Moscow
to
Vladivostok
and the
Orient Express
runs east from
Paris
to
Constantinople
Kartographer
Mediawiki extension
used to generate
dynamic maps
on destination articles; see
{{
mapframe
}}
{{
mapshape
}}
{{
listing
}}
and
{{tl:marker}}
listing
A single entry for one venue to "see", one activity to "do" or one establishment at which to "eat", "drink" or "sleep". The basic building block of most destination articles, this at a minimum should have the name, location, contact info and a short description. See
{{
listing
}}
marker
A single point on a
dynamic map
, which includes a name, (lat, long) co-ordinates and possibly a link without a full listing. See
{{
marker
}}
MoS
Wikivoyage's
Manual of Style
, which defines how Wikivoyage articles should be formatted. "MoSing" means converting ad-hoc formatting to follow the Manual of Style.
namespace
Every Wikivoyage page belongs to one of the
Namespaces
; which one depends on what the page is for and where it fits in the site.
NCO
No advice from Captain Obvious
. Government
travel advisories
are infamous for advice like "don't leave unsecured valuables in open view" which are true everywhere but tell the voyager little.
NPOV
Neutral point of view. The idea that all content should be presented fairly and without bias, and a philosophical cornerstone on Wikipedia. Wikivoyage does
not
subscribe to this strictly, because
the traveller's view comes first
: instead, a "
Be fair
" policy is applied.
OOS
short for
ut
cope.
OSM
OpenStreetMap
, a collaborative open-source project which is used as a source for many of the base maps on this site.
otbp, OtBP
Off the Beaten Path
. A showcase article for a smaller, less well-known destination than the Destination of the Month.
outline, +outline
Adding an
article skeleton
template (sometimes by means of a
Mediawiki template
). Also, an article that has only this framework content, or little else. See also
Outline articles
and
Article status
pcotw, Pcotw, PCotW
Previous collaboration(s) of the week
pcotm, Pcotm, PCotM
Previous collaboration(s) of the month
phrasebook
an article which provides brief translations of
a list of common phrases
into another language.
plunge forward, pf
From
Wikivoyage:Plunge forward
. As a response to requests for permission, means "Go ahead and do it!" As a response to criticisms, means "Do it yourself!"
POV
Point of view; content (allegedly) written from a biased perspective. Unlike Wikipedia, this is not banned on Wikivoyage, as long as you
stay fair
. The opposite of NPOV.
ppf
Please plunge forward. See above.
pub
The
Travellers' pub
is the place to ask questions when you're confused, lost, afraid, tired, annoyed, thoughtful, or helpful.
RA
Wikivoyage: Requested articles
, a list of proposed topics and destinations for which we do not yet have coverage.
RC
Special:RecentChanges
, a list of recent modifications to the wiki.
Wikivoyage:Recent changes patrol
is the task of keeping an eye on recent changes, possibly to revert or undo changes which are actively
harming the project
RDF
Resource Description Framework
. Machine-readable descriptions that were used to generate the
breadcrumb navigation menus
for articles. No longer used.
region
An article giving an overview of a large geographic area, anything from one piece of one province to a grouping of several countries. Regions may be further divided into subregions with individual cities or districts under them.
RFC
Wikivoyage:Requests for comment
, a pointer to active discussions on other pages. The pointer is removed from the list once the discussion reaches a consensus or ends.
redirect
A redirection page is a page that automatically sends the user to another page - for instance,
Peking
redirects to
Beijing
as a historic or alternate name for the same destination. See
How to redirect a page
revert, rv, rvt, rollback
Restoring an article to a previous version. Used for
unwanted edits
like graffiti, vandalism, spam or whenever the reverting Wikivoyager feels that previous edit(s) worsened the quality of an article. Reverting
hard
means reverting more than one user's edits.
SEO
Wikivoyage:Search engine optimisation
, improvements made to articles to remove/replace outdated content or text which duplicates other websites in favour of new, original content.
shared
The former "shared" site for all the different language versions of Wikivoyage. Images were uploaded to this site, and news and discussions took place that affected all language versions. This role has now been taken over by Wikimedia Commons and Wikimedia Meta.
skeleton
A blank framework with the standard article section headers (Understand, Get in, Get around, See, Do, Buy, Eat, Drink, Sleep, Connect, Go next...) which appear in every destination article. The term "article template" has also been used, but its use is declining to avoid confusing skeletons (
Wikivoyage:Article skeleton templates
) with
MediaWiki templates
such as
{{
listing
}}
and
{{
mapframe
}}
sleep test
Whether an article passes the "Can you sleep there?" criterion in
Wikivoyage:What is an article?
guideline that defines whether places should have their own articles.
sp
Spelling
correction(s).
star
An outstanding article that has all the right content formatted and presented in exactly the right way. Star articles, in our opinion, are in coverage and usability comparable to or better than equivalent articles in commercial guidebooks. See also
Star articles
and
Article status
static map
map
hand-drawn using SVG-based tools such as Inkscape;
drawing static maps
is more time-consuming than the
{{
mapframe
}}
and
{{
marker
}}
approach of
geocoding
co-ordinates for a
dynamic map
, but is superior for
high-level region maps
which change infrequently.
stub
An article without much content, or without the headers used by
article skeleton templates
. See also
Stub articles
and
Article status
sweep
A process by which discussions in the
Wikivoyage:Travellers' Pub
are archived to individual project talk pages.
TMI
Too Much Information. Usually refers to content that goes on at length describing a specific attraction, information that's not really relevant to travel, or which will be very difficult to keep current because it changes too often.
tout
The bane of travel. On wiki, a
conflict-of-interest
editor who contributes solely to
self-servingly promote
an individual
business
, a specific chain of businesses or one local destination in a biased,
promotional manner
. In travel, touts are hucksters who'd loiter around train and bus depots to "tout" their employer's business to arriving voyagers in return for a hidden commission or kickback.
travel topic
An article type for
miscellanea and general travel issues
which don't fit elsewhere. Either the topic isn't specific to one place (such as
amusement parks
border crossing
or
flying
) or the theme is too specific to fit a general-purpose destination guide. While
North America
is a destination,
fast food in the United States and Canada
is a
travel topic
ttcf
A prime directive,
Wikivoyage:The traveller comes first
. Our
goal
is to serve the voyager; our coverage of conditions at any destination will place the impact on travel ahead of other considerations. That doesn't necessarily mean NPOV, but we will
be fair
usable
An
article status
rating higher than "
outline
" but lower than "guide".
vfd
Listing an article or upload on the
votes for deletion
page for discussion prior to possible deletion, as per the Wikivoyage
deletion policy
wiaa
Wikivoyage:What is an article?
, a guideline which describes Wikivoyage's project scope and the "can you sleep there?" test, in which articles are created for towns, cities and regions (defined to create articles of reasonable size) while individual venues such as restaurants and museums are given
{{
listing
}}
s in their respective host cities.
WMF
Short for Wikimedia Foundation.
wp
Short for Wikipedia. Usually used to mean that
a link to Wikipedia
has been added.
wt
Short for Wikitravel, a rival project. See
Wikivoyage:Wikivoyage and Wikitravel
wv
Short for Wikivoyage
wta
Wikivoyage:Words to avoid
, a collection of laudatory, clichéd, vague or meaningless terminology more suited for a
promotional brochure
than a useful travel guide.
wycsi
Wikivoyage: Where you can stick it
, the classification of individual establishments into the standard skeleton categories - attractions in "see", activities in "do", shopping in "buy", restaurants and nightlife in "eat" and "drink", accommodations in "sleep"
xl
Refers to our
Wikivoyage:External links
policy
Global jargon
edit
Some global jargon used for global matters on Meta-Wiki may also be relevant here.
Request pages
edit
SRG
Steward requests/Global
GSR
Global sysops/Requests
SRCU
Steward requests/CheckUser
SRGP
Steward requests/Global permissions
SRP
Steward requests/Permissions
SRUC
Steward requests/Username changes
Permissions
edit
GR
has several meanings, but most commonly refers to global rollback or
GlobalReplace
(script on Commons)
GS
global sysop
GRN
global renamer
GAFH or AFH
global abuse filter helper
GAFM or AFM
global abuse filter maintainer
FR
Commons file mover
See also
edit
Wikivoyage:Shortcuts
Wikipedia:List of Internet slang phrases
- a general list of Internet jargon from Wikipedia
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