Halopedia:Acronyms

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 Halo 5: Guardians, 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/PageName - Returns the name of the article associated with a given acronym.
• Template:Acronym/LongName - Returns the full version of the name of the topic associated with a given acronym, suitable for use in lists.
• Template:Acronym/ShortName - Returns a shorter version of the name of the topic, suitable for use in the bodies of paragraphs in articles.
• Template:Acronym/ShortestName - Returns the shortest possible version of the name.
• Template:Acronym/LongLink - Creates a link to the topic's page, with the long version of the name.
• Template:Acronym/ShortLink - Creates a link to the topic's page, with the short version of the name.
• Template:Acronym/ShortestLink - Creates a link to the topic's page, with the shortest version of the name.

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	Long title	Short title	Shortest title	Associated article
HP	-	Halopedia, the Halo wiki	Halopedia	Halopedia	Halopedia:About

Video games

These acronyms correspond to video games.

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

Novels

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These acronyms correspond to novels.

Primary acronym	Secondary acronyms	Long title	Short title	Shortest title	Associated article
TFoR	-	Halo: The Fall of Reach	Halo: The Fall of Reach	Halo: The Fall of Reach	Halo: The Fall of Reach

Comics

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Film and TV

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Other

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