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For the sake of brevity, Halopedia makes use of acronyms in its wikitext in a number of templates and in filenames. This helps to make it quicker to edit pages without significantly impacting readability of the wikitext, and also helps with organisation in some cases.

Usage

File names

When uploading files, their filenames should always be prefixed with one of these acronyms, usually relating to the source of the image. For instance, if you were uploading an image taken in Template:Acronym/Link, you would prefix its filename with "H5G". This helps with organisation, and also makes it easier to search for images - if you know that you're looking for an image from a particular piece of media, you can search for it using its prefix.

Additionally, images intended for official use on the wiki - for instance logos - will be prefixed with the acronym "HP", meaning Halopedia. This acronym is reserved for use by Halopedia, and other pieces of media sharing the acronym, for instance Halo: Primordium, are assigned different ones.

Templates

A number of templates support passing acronyms as arguments, including a number of reference templates.

Furthermore, when writing templates, there exist some templates to simplify interacting with acronyms:

Template:Acronym/Exists - Returns "yes" if an acronym exists, and blank otherwise. It can be used in contexts such as {{#if:{{Acronym/Exists|...}}|...|...}} to do one thing if the acronym exists and another otherwise.
Template:Acronym/Link - Creates a link to the page relating to a given acronym, with the appropriate link text.
Template:Acronym/ToPage - Returns the name of the article associated with a given acronym.
Template:Acronym/LongName - Returns the name of the topic associated with a given acronym, suitable for use in the bodies of articles.

Acronyms

Official and reserved

These acronyms are reserved for use by Halopedia itself, and will never be used for a piece of Halo media, even if one exists with the same initials.

Primary acronym	Secondary acronyms	Meaning	Associated article
HP	-	Halopedia, the Halo wiki	[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]]

Video games

These acronyms correspond to video games.

Primary acronym	Secondary acronyms	Meaning	Associated article
CE	HCE, H1, H1C, H1X	Halo: Combat Evolved	[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]]
HPC	PC	Halo: Combat Evolved for PC	[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]]
CuEd	-	Halo Custom Edition	[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]]
H2	H2C, H2X	Halo 2	[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]]
H2V	H2PC	Halo 2 for Windows Vista	[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]]
H2MMP	-	Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack	[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]]
H3	-	Halo 3	[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]]
HW	-	Halo Wars	[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]]
ODST	H3ODST	Halo 3: ODST	[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]]
H3M	-	Halo 3: Mythic	[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]]
HR	-	Halo: Reach	[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]]
CEA	HA, HCEA	Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary	[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]]
H4KotH	KotH	Halo 4: King of the Hill Fueled by Mountain Dew	[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]]
H4	-	Halo 4	[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]]
SA	HSA	Halo: Spartan Assault	[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]]
MCC	HMCC, TMCC, HTMCC	Halo: The Master Chief Collection	[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]]
H2A	-	Halo 2: Anniversary	[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]]
SS	HSS	Halo: Spartan Strike	[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]]
H5G	H5	Halo 5: Guardians	[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]]
H5F	-	Halo 5: Forge	[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]]
HWDE	-	Halo Wars: Definitive Edition	[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]]
HW2	-	Halo Wars 2	[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]]
FTR	HFR, HFTR	Halo: Fireteam Raven	[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]]
HI	HInf	Halo Infinite	[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]]

Novels

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These acronyms correspond to novels.

Primary acronym	Secondary acronyms	Meaning	Associated article
TFoR	-	Halo: The Fall of Reach	[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]]

Comics

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Film and TV

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Other

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 *[[Template:Acronym/Link]] - Creates a link to the page relating to a given acronym, with the appropriate link text.
 *[[Template:Acronym/ToPage]] - Returns the name of the article associated with a given acronym.
-*[[Template:Acronym/ToName]] - Returns the name of the topic associated with a given acronym, suitable for use in the bodies of articles.
+*[[Template:Acronym/LongName]] - Returns the name of the topic associated with a given acronym, suitable for use in the bodies of articles.
 ==Acronyms==
@@ Line 28: / Line 28: @@
 !HP
 | -
-| {{Acronym/ToName|HP}}
+| {{Acronym/LongName|HP}}
 | [[{{Acronym/ToPage|HP}}]]
 |}
@@ Line 43: / Line 43: @@
 ! CE
 | HCE, H1, H1C, H1X
-| {{Acronym/ToName|CE}}
+| {{Acronym/LongName|CE}}
 | [[{{Acronym/ToPage|CE}}]]
 |-
 ! HPC
 | PC
-| {{Acronym/ToName|HPC}}
+| {{Acronym/LongName|HPC}}
 | [[{{Acronym/ToPage|HPC}}]]
 |-
 ! CuEd
 | -
-| {{Acronym/ToName|CuEd}}
+| {{Acronym/LongName|CuEd}}
 | [[{{Acronym/ToPage|CuEd}}]]
 |-
 ! H2
 | H2C, H2X
-| {{Acronym/ToName|H2}}
+| {{Acronym/LongName|H2}}
 | [[{{Acronym/ToPage|H2}}]]
 |-
 ! H2V
 | H2PC
-| {{Acronym/ToName|H2V}}
+| {{Acronym/LongName|H2V}}
 | [[{{Acronym/ToPage|H2V}}]]
 |-
 ! H2MMP
 | -
-| {{Acronym/ToName|H2MMP}}
+| {{Acronym/LongName|H2MMP}}
 | [[{{Acronym/ToPage|H2MMP}}]]
 |-
 ! H3
 | -
-| {{Acronym/ToName|H3}}
+| {{Acronym/LongName|H3}}
 | [[{{Acronym/ToPage|H3}}]]
 |-
 ! HW
 | -
-| {{Acronym/ToName|HW}}
+| {{Acronym/LongName|HW}}
 | [[{{Acronym/ToPage|HW}}]]
 |-
 ! ODST
 | H3ODST
-| {{Acronym/ToName|ODST}}
+| {{Acronym/LongName|ODST}}
 | [[{{Acronym/ToPage|ODST}}]]
 |-
 ! H3M
 | -
-| {{Acronym/ToName|H3M}}
+| {{Acronym/LongName|H3M}}
 | [[{{Acronym/ToPage|H3M}}]]
 |-
 ! HR
 | -
-| {{Acronym/ToName|HR}}
+| {{Acronym/LongName|HR}}
 | [[{{Acronym/ToPage|HR}}]]
 |-
 ! CEA
 | HA, HCEA
-| {{Acronym/ToName|CEA}}
+| {{Acronym/LongName|CEA}}
 | [[{{Acronym/ToPage|CEA}}]]
 |-
 ! H4KotH
 | KotH
-| {{Acronym/ToName|H4KotH}}
+| {{Acronym/LongName|H4KotH}}
 | [[{{Acronym/ToPage|H4KotH}}]]
 |-
 ! H4
 | -
-| {{Acronym/ToName|H4}}
+| {{Acronym/LongName|H4}}
 | [[{{Acronym/ToPage|H4}}]]
 |-
 ! SA
 | HSA
-| {{Acronym/ToName|SA}}
+| {{Acronym/LongName|SA}}
 | [[{{Acronym/ToPage|SA}}]]
 |-
 ! MCC
 | HMCC, TMCC, HTMCC
-| {{Acronym/ToName|MCC}}
+| {{Acronym/LongName|MCC}}
 | [[{{Acronym/ToPage|MCC}}]]
 |-
 ! H2A
 | -
-| {{Acronym/ToName|H2A}}
+| {{Acronym/LongName|H2A}}
 | [[{{Acronym/ToPage|H2A}}]]
 |-
 ! SS
 | HSS
-| {{Acronym/ToName|SS}}
+| {{Acronym/LongName|SS}}
 | [[{{Acronym/ToPage|SS}}]]
 |-
 ! H5G
 | H5
-| {{Acronym/ToName|H5G}}
+| {{Acronym/LongName|H5G}}
 | [[{{Acronym/ToPage|H5G}}]]
 |-
 ! H5F
 | -
-| {{Acronym/ToName|H5F}}
+| {{Acronym/LongName|H5F}}
 | [[{{Acronym/ToPage|H5F}}]]
 |-
 ! HWDE
 | -
-| {{Acronym/ToName|HWDE}}
+| {{Acronym/LongName|HWDE}}
 | [[{{Acronym/ToPage|HWDE}}]]
 |-
 ! HW2
 | -
-| {{Acronym/ToName|HW2}}
+| {{Acronym/LongName|HW2}}
 | [[{{Acronym/ToPage|HW2}}]]
 |-
 ! FTR
 | HFR, HFTR
-| {{Acronym/ToName|FTR}}
+| {{Acronym/LongName|FTR}}
 | [[{{Acronym/ToPage|FTR}}]]
 |-
 ! HI
 | HInf
-| {{Acronym/ToName|HI}}
+| {{Acronym/LongName|HI}}
 | [[{{Acronym/ToPage|HI}}]]
 |}
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 ! TFoR
 | -
-| {{Acronym/ToName|TFoR}}
+| {{Acronym/LongName|TFoR}}
 | [[{{Acronym/ToPage|TFoR}}]]
 |}