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@@ -7,4 +7,17 @@ allow shortcuts with multiple links, such as the mmlist shortcut proposed on
 Debian package shortcut which linked to the package page and parenthetically
 to the BTS and PTS.
 
 Debian package shortcut which linked to the package page and parenthetically
 to the BTS and PTS.
 

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+--[[JoshTriplett]]
+
+It sounds like you're looking for templates, not shortcuts. --[[Joey]]
+
+> Perhaps true (see my issues with template syntax on
+> [[todo/shortcut_optional_parameters]]), but allowing a `shortcut` without an
+> `url` still seems reasonable, and simple.  You could also use such shortcuts
+> without markup at all, as an abbreviation mechanism:
+> 
+>     \[[!shortcut name=spi desc="Software in the Public Interest, Inc."]]].
+>     \[[!shortcut name=sosp desc="Symposium on Operating System Principles"]]].
+>     \[[!shortcut name=cacm desc="Communications of the ACM"]]].
+>
+> --[[JoshTriplett]]