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Abbreviations, acronyms, and initialisms are likely to be ambiguous, needing disambiguation. Thus abbreviations should usually be expanded (see Naming conventions (abbreviations)) beforehand.
For two- and three-letter combinations, there is generally a list detailing a few or many possible uses.
| Case | Sample | What you type |
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| Article | NATO | see sample NATO and Wikipedia:Naming conventions (abbreviations) |
| Redirect | US | #redirect [[United States]]
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| Alternative use | SI | :''Alternative use: ISO country code for [[Slovenia]]''
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| SI | :''Alternative uses: see [[SI (disambiguation)]]''
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| Disambiguation and abbreviation expansion page | Au | '''Au'''or'''AU''' may refer to:
* [[Astronomical Unit]] (AU)
* [[Atomic units]] (au)
* [[Gold]], atomic symbol Au
* [[Australia]], ISO country code AU
* [[Au, Vorarlberg]], a town in the district of Bregenz in Vorarlberg in Austria
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The following group undisambiguated abbreviations in the Wikipedia namespace. It can be helpful to make sure that the abbreviation links to the abbreviated article title (if such an article exists).
