A list of three-letter templates that could probably be expanded to a more obvious name, e.g. {{tlc}} → {{template link code}}.
To be evaluated
edit- COI
- CTB
- CVD
- CVE
- CWR
- EAN
- EFC
- Efn
- EGA
- EGX
- EHC
- EIN
- Ell
- ELM
- ELU
- EPH
- Epi
- Eqm
- ETA
- ETp
- EUN
- EWR
- Fba
- Fbb
- Fbc
- Fbl
- Fbm
- Fbo
- Fbs
- Fbu
- Fbw
- Fed
- FEI
- Fhm
- Fhu
- Fhw
- FIE
- FIG
- FIL
- FIS
- Flb
- FLC
- Flw
- FMA
- FR1
- Fsu
- Fsw
- FTZ
- Fvs
- IAI
- ICF
- ICS
- Idh
- IDP
- IEC
- IFT
- IHF
- Ihj
- Ihw
- Iih
- Iil
- IJF
- Ilh
- In5
- IOC
- IOF
- IPA
- IPI
- ISA
- Ish
- Iso
- ISP
- Ivm
- IWF
- IWP
- Jct
- JFM
- JMA
- JPL
- KIC
- Ksw
- KWh
- L&S
- Lbb
- Lbc
- Lbf
- Lbm
- Lbs
- LCC
- LCL
- LDE
- LDS
- LFP
- LPL
- Lrm
- Lro
- LSJ
- LSR
- LT*
- LVD
- M+J
- Man
- Max
- Mby
- Mem
- MGH
- MGI
- MGP
- Min
- MM*
- MMI
- MNC
- MOS
- MPC
- MPL
- MPW
- MRF
- MSC
- MTV
- N/a
- NCJ
- Nee
- NHS
- NLM
- NMA
- No.
- No2
- NRG
- Num
- NWS
- Nwt
- OEB
- OGL
- OSF
- OSM
- OTI
- Owl
- P&p
- P-1
- Pax
- PDB
- Per
- PGR
- PIE
- PIM
- Piw
- PMC
- POb
- POV
- Ppn
- PPo
- PSA
- Psf
- PUA
- PUz
- Q&A
- QID
- Ran
- RAS
- Ref
- RGA
- RGB
- Rhm
- Rhw
- RIB
- RJL
- Rle
- Rlm
- Rlo
- Rlw
- Rma
- RNE
- ROb
- RPG
- RPN
- RPo
- RUz
- Rwd
- SBC
- Sbj
- SBK
- SBN
- Sbu
- Sbw
- SCI
- SEP
- SES
- Sfn
- SIB
- Sky
- Sm.
- Smh
- Spd
- Sqc
- Squ
- Sqw
- STK
- STN
- STV
- Svb
- Sym
- T3T
- TAT
- TBA
- TBD
- TDA
- Tdy
- TES
- TFA
- ThB
- Tim
- Tiw
- TKI
- Tug
- Txs
- Txw
- UCC
- UFC
- UPA
- UPC
- UPL
- URN
- US$
- UTC
- Utc
- UTZ
- UWP
- UWW
- Vbu
- VSA
- VTE
- WBF
- WdH
- WDL
- Whb
- WKD
- WNN
- WP1
- Ws2
Part of a block/series
editI'll take care of each of these families at some point for consistency across the lot. Primefac (talk)
- Formatting stuff
- Baseball
- Beach soccer
- Basketball
- Beach handball
On HouseBlaster's list, which I will deal with all at once. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they)
- Figure out how to deal with {{Vie}} and everything else in Category:Austroasiatic multilingual support templates.
- Category:Military abbreviation templates:
- Category:Medal icon templates
- Cricket
- Rugby union
Second opinion requested
edit- FBI - Template:Federal Bureau of Investigation already exists. I don't love that the abbreviation and the full name are different things... HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 01:41, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
- Template:Federal Bureau of Investigation should be moved to Template:Infobox Federal Bureau of Investigation per standard naming convention of infobox, the navbox can then either usurp its name or be renamed to Template:Federal Bureau of Investigation navbox which in this case might be better. Gonnym (talk) 18:34, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
- FIA - worth expanding? HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 01:41, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
- Fs2 - looks like we need Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2020 February 1#Template:Football squad player2 to be resolved first? It also has a bunch of sub templates (e.g. Template:Fs2 start). HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 01:41, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
- IDG - seems to be the official name of the company, but the main article is at International Data Group. HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 01:41, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
- IPN - article uses Spanish name; should the template? I lean towards renaming to Template:Instituto Politécnico Nacional (with a redirect from the diacritic-less version), but Template:National Polytechnic Institute also works for me. HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 01:41, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
- EUA - seems to be a soccer team link, not a national flag? HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 18:01, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
- Nsx - what does this stand for? HouseBlaster (talk · he/they) 23:08, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- AMA - not sure what to call this. AMA stands for American Motorcyclist Association (see discussion with creator) but that would be an even worse name. HouseBlaster (talk · he/they) 22:35, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- EOS - Template:Cite Encyclopedia of Shinto? Template:Cite encyclopedia of Shinto? Template:Cite encyclopedia of shinto? Something else? HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 02:35, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
- Cs1 and Cs2 - {{Citation Style 1}} already exists. Maybe #Can't think of what it could be changed to? HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 00:52, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
- ZDB - expanding this would be Template:Zeitschriftendatenbank (which imo is equally unhelpful). Is there a better name I am not thinking of, or does this go into the #Can't think of what it could be changed to pile? HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 00:52, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
- BCE - I think the abbreviation is more recognizable than Template:Before common era, so I am inclined to put this one down as a reasonable TLT. But given that people seem to be avoiding this one, I am putting this here for others to chime in. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 00:44, 17 September 2024 (UTC)
- Cta - seems to come from Module:Adjacent stations/CTA. That CTA stands for Chicago Transit Authority, which is worse than meaningless – actively misleading. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:07, 18 September 2024 (UTC)
- CPT - could probably be deleted. Only used at List of Lisbon metro stations, even it is is used extensively there. No idea what it stands for. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:12, 20 September 2024 (UTC)
- RUB - {{Russian ruble}} exists and is a different template, because the the Ruble sign changed at some poin. ({{Russian ruble}} is the modern version, if it helps people come up with ideas.) HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 02:21, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
Reasonable and/or not worth pursuing
editFractions
Complete English words which accurately describe the template
- Age
- Aye
- Bar - not quite an English word but close enough
- Bot
- Box
- Bye
- End
- Fan
- Fix
- Foo - not quite an English word but close enough
- For
- Fue - see Fue (flute)
- GOD
- Hug
- Let
- Log
- Lua
- Meh
- Nay
- Now
- Pad
- Phi
- Sum
- Tab
- Tag
- Tau
- Tea
- Try
- Via
- War
- Who
- Why
Ship abbreviations
- ANS
- ARC
- BAE
- BAP
- BNS
- BRP
- CGS
- EML
- ENS
- FNS
- GTS
- HMS
- HMT
- HSC
- INS
- JDS
- KRI
- LÉ
- NMS
- NNS
- NRP
- ORP
- PNS
- RMS
- RPS
- RRS
- RSS
- SAS
- SMS
- SMU
- TCG
- TSS
- USS
- USV
Other
- *mp - specifically kept for historical purposes
- 4-1 - would be more hassle than it's worth to attempt to change
- ADB - dab page
- AOL - kept for historical purposes
- ATT - for the
|att=
parameter of {{orphan}} - Bdo - consistent with the HTML tag
<bdo>...</bdo>
- CC0
- CLU - programming language
- FYI - normal abbreviation
- Gom
- IPL - dab
- LH2 - Liquid hydrogen abbrev
- MAL - dab
- N° - subst-only template designed to make it easier to copy/paste output from fr:Modèle:Numéro
- Pre - named for consistency with
<pre>...</pre>
- Qif - kept for historical purposes
- Rfc - Legobot would not be happy if this was renamed
- Sic
- SPA - dab
- Sub - for
<sub>...</sub>
- Sup - for
<sup>...</sup>
- Top - dab
- Tor - the spelled-out "The Onion Router" is not even in the lead of the B-class Tor (network)
- URL - I think most people would be hard-pressed to tell you what URL stands for, and our mainspace article on the subject is at URL
- Uw2 - named for the massive Wikipedia:Template index/User talk namespace tree
- Uw3 - named for the massive Wikipedia:Template index/User talk namespace tree
- Uw4 - named for the massive Wikipedia:Template index/User talk namespace tree
- Var - for
<var>...</var>
- Wbr - for
<wbr />
- Wut - slang for "what", which makes sense given its output:
- X10 - sandbox
- X11 - sandbox
- X12 - sandbox
- X13 - sandbox
- X14 - sandbox
- X15 - sandbox
- X16 - sandbox
- X17 - sandbox
- X18 - sandbox
- X19 - sandbox
- X20 - sandbox
- Orz - produces Orz...
- Kbd - for
<kbd>...</kbd>
- WIR - was expanded to Template:WikiProject Women in Red. Renaming caused problems, so it is now a subst-only template which autofils Template:WikiProject Women in Red
- IGN - mainspace article is at IGN
Navboxes
edit- +44
- 108
- 213
- 2AM
- 2fm
- 2PM
- 2si
- 300
- 311
- 3Hz
- 3LW
- 4TU
- 702
- 801
- 911
- AAA
- ABB
- Af2
- AIK
- AJR
- ALF
- Ali
- AMD
- AOA
- ARD
- ASG
- ASL
- ATB
- AVN
- Axa
- B'z
- B2K
- BBC
- BET
- BHP
- BiS
- BMW
- BoA
- Boy
- BTS
- BWO
- By2
- C21
- CAE
- Cam
- Cex
- CIX
- CMX
- CNN
- Cog
- D12
- Dev
- DIA
- Dio
- DMX
- Don
- Dos
- DVD
- DyE
- Ebi
- EEG
- Egg
- Eid
- ELF
- Elf
- EMF
- Emo
- ESG
- Eve
- Evo
- Exo
- FBI
- Fes
- Fey
- FFH
- Fun
- G20
- GKN
- GLC
- GNU
- Gob
- GPB
- Gru
- GSK
- GTK
- GZA
- GZR
- Ham
- HBO
- Hem
- Hex
- HIM
- HLN
- Hum
- I2P
- IAC
- IBM
- Ice
- Ida
- IiO
- Ils
- IMx
- INI
- IOS
- ISG
- ITC
- ITV
- Ive
- J57
- Jal
- JCB
- Jem
- Jet
- JID
- Jin
- JiR
- JLS
- JO1
- Joe
- Joi
- JPX
- JYJ
- KDE
- Kem
- KFC
- Kia
- Kix
- KSI
- KTL
- Kue
- Lae
- Law
- Lom
- M.O
- M2M
- Mad
- Mae
- MC5
- McG
- MDO
- Mew
- Mie
- MN8
- MRC
- MTR
- MØ
- Nas
- Nav
- NAZ
- Nek
- Neu
- NPR
- NRK
- NRL
- OHL
- Oko
- OLD
- OLM
- Omi
- ORF
- P&O
- Paw
- PBS
- PHP
- PIG
- PMD
- Poe
- Psy
- Qix
- RAI
- Ram
- RBW
- RBX
- Roe
- Ruf
- RWE
- RZA
- S-X
- S4C
- Sal
- Sex
- SF9
- SiM
- Ska
- SNK
- Soy
- SPK
- SQL
- SWV
- SZA
- Tak
- Ten
- TG4
- THQ
- TNK
- TRW
- TU9
- TUI
- Tuy
- TVB
- TVR
- U15
- U96
- Ufa
- UGK
- UPN
- Us3
- USB
- Viy
- VRT
- Wii
- WPP
- WWE
- Xak
- XSL
- XTC
- XXX
- Y&T
- Yle
- Yob
- Yui
- Zao
- Zen
- Zhu
- ZSL
- ZTE
Country/place codes
edit- ABW (Aruba)
- AFG (Afghanistan)
- AGO (Angola)
- ALA (Åland Islands)
- ALB (Albania)
- AIA (Anguilla)
- ANA (Neutral Athletes)
- AND (Andorra)
- ANT (Netherlands Antilles)
- ANZ (Australasia)
- ARE (United Arab Emirates)
- ARG (Argentina)
- ARM (Armenia)
- ART (Athlete Refugee Team)
- DDR (East Germany)
- DAG (Dagestan)
- DEU (Germany)
- DJI (Djibouti)
- DMA (Dominica)
- DNK (Denmark)
- DOM (Dominican Republic)
- DPR (Donetsk People's Republic)
- DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- DZA (Algeria)
- HKG (Hong Kong)
- HMD (Heard Island and McDonald Islands)
- HND (Honduras)
- VAT (Vatican)
- VCT (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
- VEN (Venezuela)
- VGB (British Virgin Islands)
- VIR (United States Virgin Islands)
- VNM (Vietnam)
- VUT (Vanuatu)
- ZAF (South Africa)
- ZAI (Zaire)
- ZMB (Zambia)
- ZWE (Zimbabwe)
- BGD (Bangladesh)
- MSR (Montserrat)
- USA (United States of America)
- COD (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- GEO (Georgia)
- PRB (Bulgaria)
- SUR (Suriname)
- MTQ (Martinique)
- ASM (American Samoa)
- ATA (Antarctica)
- ATF (French Southern and Antarctic Lands)
- ATG (Antigua and Barbuda)
- AUS (Australia)
- AUT (Austria)
- AZE (Azerbaijan)
- BAV (Bavaria)
- BDI (Burundi)
- BEL (Belgium)
- BEN (Benin)
- BES (Caribbean Netherlands)
- BFA (Burkina Faso)
- BGR (Bulgaria)
- BHR (Bahrain)
- BHS (Bahamas)
- BIH (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- BIR (Burma)
- BLM (Saint Barthélemy)
- BLR (Belarus)
- BLZ (Belize)
- BMU (Bermuda)
- BOE (Bonaire)
- BOH (Bohemia)
- BOL (Bolivia)
- BON (Bonaire)
- BRA (Brazil)
- BRB (Barbados)
- BRN (Brunei)
- BTN (Bhutan)
- BVT (Bouvet Island)
- BWA (Botswana)
- CAF (Central African Republic)
- CAN (Canada)
- CCK (Cocos (Keeling) Islands)
- CHE (Switzerland)
- CHL (Chile)
- CHN (China)
- CIS (CIS)
- CIV (Ivory Coast)
- CMR (Cameroon)
- COG (Republic of the Congo)
- COK (Cook Islands)
- COL (Colombia)
- COM (Comoros)
- CPV (Cape Verde)
- CRI (Costa Rica)
- CSK (Czechoslovakia)
- CSR (Czechoslovak Socialist Republic)
- CUB (Cuba)
- CUW (Curaçao)
- CXR (Christmas Island)
- CYM (Cayman Islands)
- CYP (Cyprus)
- CZE (Czech Republic)
- ECU (Ecuador)
- EGY (Egypt)
- ENG (England)
- ERI (Eritrea)
- ESH (Western Sahara)
- ESP (Spain)
- EST (Estonia)
- ETH (Ethiopia)
- ETM (East Timor)
- EUR (Europe)
- EUS (Sint Eustatius)
- FIN (Finland)
- FJI (Fiji)
- FLK (Falkland Islands)
- FRA (France)
- FRG (West Germany)
- FRO (Faroe Islands)
- FSM (Federated States of Micronesia)
- GAB (Gabon)
- GBN (Great Britain)
- GDL (Guadeloupe)
- GGY (Guernsey)
- GHA (Ghana)
- GIB (Gibraltar)
- GIN (Guinea)
- GLP (Guadeloupe)
- GMB (Gambia)
- GNB (Guinea-Bissau)
- GNQ (Equatorial Guinea)
- GRC (Greece)
- GRD (Grenada)
- GRL (Greenland)
- GTM (Guatemala)
- GUF (French Guiana)
- GUM (Guam)
- GUY (Guyana)
- GYF (French Guiana)
- HRV (Croatia)
- HTI (Haiti)
- HUN (Hungary)
- IDN (Indonesia)
- IMN (Isle of Man)
- IND (India)
- IOT (British Indian Ocean Territory)
- IRL (Ireland)
- IRN (Iran)
- IRQ (Iraq)
- ISL (Iceland)
- ISR (Israel)
- ITA (Italy)
- JAM (Jamaica)
- JEY (Jersey)
- JOR (Jordan)
- JPN (Japan)
- KAZ (Kazakhstan)
- KEN (Kenya)
- KGZ (Kyrgyzstan)
- KHM (Cambodia)
- KIR (Kiribati)
- KNA (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
- KOR (South Korea)
- KOS (Kosovo)
- KUR (Kurdistan)
- KWT (Kuwait)
- LAO (Laos)
- LBN (Lebanon)
- LBR (Liberia)
- LBY (Libya)
- LCA (Saint Lucia)
- LIE (Liechtenstein)
- LKA (Sri Lanka)
- LSO (Lesotho)
- LTU (Lithuania)
- LUX (Luxembourg)
- LVA (Latvia)
- MAC (Macau)
- MAF (Saint Martin)
- MAR (Morocco)
- MCO (Monaco)
- MDA (Moldova)
- MDG (Madagascar)
- MDV (Maldives)
- MEX (Mexico)
- MHL (Marshall Islands)
- MKD (North Macedonia)
- MLI (Mali)
- MLT (Malta)
- MMR (Myanmar)
- MNE (Montenegro)
- MNG (Mongolia)
- MNP (Northern Mariana Islands)
- MOZ (Mozambique)
- MRT (Mauritania)
- MUS (Mauritius)
- MWI (Malawi)
- MYS (Malaysia)
- MYT (Mayotte)
- NAM (Namibia)
- NCL (New Caledonia)
- NER (Niger)
- NFK (Norfolk Island)
- NGA (Nigeria)
- NIC (Nicaragua)
- NIR (Northern Ireland)
- NIU (Niue)
- NLD (Netherlands)
- NOR (Norway)
- NPL (Nepal)
- NRU (Nauru)
- NZL (New Zealand)
- OMN (Oman)
- PAK (Pakistan)
- PAN (Panama)
- PCN (Pitcairn Islands)
- PER (Peru)
- PHL (Philippines)
- PLW (Palau)
- PMR (Transnistria)
- PNG (Papua New Guinea)
- POC (Pacific Oceania)
- POL (Poland)
- PRC (People's Republic of China)
- PRI (Puerto Rico)
- PRK (North Korea)
- PRT (Portugal)
- PRY (Paraguay)
- PSE (Palestine)
- PYF (French Polynesia)
- QAT (Qatar)
- REU (Réunion)
- ROC (Republic of China)
- ROK (Republic of Korea)
- ROU (Romania)
- RUS (Russia)
- RWA (Rwanda)
- SAB (Saba)
- SAU (Saudi Arabia)
- SCG (Serbia and Montenegro)
- SCO (Scotland)
- SDN (Sudan)
- SEN (Senegal)
- SGP (Singapore)
- SGS (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)
- SHN (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)
- SJM (Svalbard and Jan Mayen)
- SLB (Solomon Islands)
- SLE (Sierra Leone)
- SLV (El Salvador)
- SMR (San Marino)
- SOM (Somalia)
- SPM (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)
- SRB (Serbia)
- SSD (South Sudan)
- STP (São Tomé and Príncipe)
- SVK (Slovakia)
- SVN (Slovenia)
- SWE (Sweden)
- SWZ (Eswatini)
- SXM (Sint Maarten)
- SYC (Seychelles)
- SYR (Syria)
- TAH (Tahiti)
- TCA (Turks and Caicos Islands)
- TCD (Chad)
- TGO (Togo)
- THA (Thailand)
- TJK (Tajikistan)
- TKL (Tokelau)
- TKM (Turkmenistan)
- TLS (Timor-Leste)
- TON (Tonga)
- TPE (Chinese Taipei)
- TTO (Trinidad and Tobago)
- TUN (Tunisia)
- TUR (Turkey)
- TUV (Tuvalu)
- TWN (Taiwan)
- TZA (Tanzania)
- UAR (United Arab Republic)
- UGA (Uganda)
- UKR (Ukraine)
- UMI (United States Minor Outlying Islands)
- UNO (United Nations)
- URS (Soviet Union)
- URY (Uruguay)
- UZB (Uzbekistan)
- WAL (Wales)
- WLF (Wallis and Futuna)
- WSM (Samoa)
- YEM (Yemen)
- YUG (Yugoslavia)
- GBR (Great Britain)
Chemical symbols
editCan't think of what it could be changed to
editLogical symbols (could be deleted?)
editCanned responses (change?)
editCategory:Malaysia expressway and road infobox templates (change or del?)
editXfD templates (worth renaming?)
editI will note that {{Afd}} is at {{Article for deletion}}, {{Rfd}} is at {{Redirect for discussion}}, and {{Tfd}} is at {{Template for discussion}}, so I am leaning towards "worth doing". HouseBlaster (talk · he/they) 01:35, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
Timezone templates (rename?)
editSuper-high-use
editTemplate wrappers
editThat is, templates which make use of Module:Template wrapper. They might be worth renaming; they are really halfway between a redirect and a fully-functional template. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 03:41, 8 September 2024 (UTC)