Wikipedia:Template index/Redirect pages

Redirect templates

One or several to be placed on a redirect page. Please note that in order to work, these tags must be placed at the end of the same line as the redirect tag, WySiWyG example:

#REDIRECT [[WYSIWYG]] {{R from alternate spelling}}

Anything else not in the first line of a redirect is ignored

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{{R for as of}} category links talk edit	Template:R for as of
{{R from abbreviation}} category links talk edit	From an abbreviation: This is a redirect from an abbreviation to a related topic, such as the expansion of the abbreviation. Use this template for any length reduction other than the following. Instead of this template: use {{R from acronym}} for abbreviations that are pronounced as words, such as NATO and RADAR; use {{R from initialism}} for those abbreviations that are pronounced as letters, such as CIA and HIV; use {{R from short name}} for the initials of a person's name or for any other length reduction that is not typically classed as an abbreviation.
{{R from alternate language}} category links talk edit	From an alternative language: This is a redirect from a page name in an as-yet-undetermined language to a page name in an as-yet-undetermined language. These words may directly translate or they may be related words, names or phrases. This redirect leads to its target in accordance with the naming conventions for titles in other languages and can help writing and searches.
{{R from alternate name}} category links talk edit	From an alternative name: This is a redirect from a title that is another name or identity such as an alter ego, a nickname, or a synonym of the target, or of a name associated with the target. This redirect leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names to aid searches and writing. It is not necessary to replace these redirected links with a piped link. If this redirect is an incorrect name for the target, then {{R from incorrect name}} should be used instead.
{{R from alternate spelling}} category links talk edit	From an alternative spelling: This is a redirect from a title with an alternative spelling of the target name. Pages that link to this redirect may be updated to link directly to the target page if that results in an improvement of the text. Do not "fix" such links if they are not broken. Also, these links should not be replaced with piped links. There are many more specific templates such as {{R from alternative hyphenation}}, {{R from alternative punctuation}} and {{R from alternative spacing}}. Also see subcategories of Category:Redirects from modifications for other options (capitals, abbreviations, diacritics, plurals, stylizations, transliteration, ligatures, different parts of speech, etc.)
{{R from ASCII}} category links talk edit	From ASCII-only title: This is a redirect from a title in only basic ASCII characters to a title with differences that 1) are non-ASCII symbols, but 2) are not diacritical marks (accents, umlauts, and so forth – use {{R to diacritics}} instead), and also 3) are not ligatures (like æ and Œ – use {{R to ligature}} instead).
{{R from CamelCase}} category links talk edit	From a camel case title: This is a redirect from a camel case page name. In the initial versions of Wikipedia, all links had to be "CamelCase", i.e., words that used medial capitals; they are "two-humped" like a Bactrian camel. These are kept as redirects to maintain edit history and to avoid breaking links that may have been made externally.
{{R from duplicated article}} links talk edit	From a duplicated article: This is a redirect from a page on the same or very similar subject matter that was kept as a redirect to preserve this page's edit history after the content was merged. Please do not delete this redirect nor remove this tag unless the need to recreate this article is demonstrated.
{{R from EXIF}} category links talk edit	From a file metadata link: This is a redirect from a wikilink created from Exif, XMP or other information (i.e. the "metadata" section on some file description pages) to a more detailed description of the metadata subject that is linked. Since MediaWiki offers only limited control over the targets of these camera-generated links, redirects like this are created to make them useful. WARNING: It might happen that few or no pages link to this redirect. That is because the metadata links are from the File namespace (often Commons) and do not appear in those listings. This redirect is most likely not orphaned!
{{R from misspelling}} category links talk edit	From a misspelling: This is a redirect from a misspelling or typographical error. The correct form is given by the target of the redirect. This redirect is made available to aid searches. Pages that use this link should be updated to link directly to the target without the use of a piped link that hides the correct details. This template tags redirects with a subcategory of the Redirects from incorrect names category, so template {{R from incorrect name}} should not be used with this template.
{{R from navcat}} links talk edit	Template:R from navcat
{{R from other capitalisation}} category links talk edit	From other capitalisation: This is a redirect from a title with another method of capitalisation. It leads to the title in accordance with the Wikipedia naming conventions for capitalisation, or it leads to a title that is associated in some way with the conventional capitalisation of this redirect title. This may help writing, searching and international language issues. If this redirect is an incorrect capitalisation, then {{R from miscapitalisation}} should be used instead, and pages that use this link should be updated to link directly to the target. Miscapitalisations can be tagged in any namespace. Use this rcat to tag only mainspace redirects; when other capitalisations are in other namespaces, use {{R from modification}} instead.
{{R from plural}} category links talk edit	From the plural form: This is a redirect from a plural noun to its singular form. This redirect link is used for convenience; it is often preferable to add the plural directly after the link (for example, [[link]]s). However, do not replace these redirected links with a simpler link unless the page is updated for another reason (see WP:NOTBROKEN). Use this rcat to tag only mainspace redirects; when plural forms are found in other namespaces, use {{R from modification}} instead.
{{R from related word}} category links talk edit	From a related word or phrase: This is a redirect from a word or phrase (term) to a page title that is related in some way. This redirect might be a good search term, or it could be a candidate for a Wiktionary link. Redirects from related words are not properly redirects from alternative spellings of the same word. They are also different from redirects that are subtopics or related topics, because unlike those, a related word or phrase probably does not warrant its own subtopic section in the target page or possess the possibility of ever becoming an article, template, project page, and so forth.
{{R from school}} category links talk edit	From a school: This is a redirect from a school article that may have had very little information or did not meet notability criteria. The information from this article may have been merged into a list of schools or an article on the appropriate school district or geographical location.
{{R from scientific name}} category links talk edit	From scientific name of an organism: This is a redirect from a scientific name of an organism (or group of organisms) to a vernacular ("common") name.
{{R from shortcut}} category links talk edit	From a shortcut: This is a redirect from a shortcut in any namespace to a page in any namespace. Shortcuts are wikilinked on community pages, talk pages, and edit summaries, but not in mainspace articles.
{{R from song}} links talk edit	From a song: This is a redirect from a song title to a more general, relevant article such as an album, film or artist where the song is mentioned. Redirecting to the specific album or film in which the song appears is preferable to redirecting to the artist when possible. There is consensus that the majority of songs do not meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines. Songs should only have an individual article when there is enough material to warrant a detailed article. For redirects of cover songs to the article about the original song, use {{R from cover song}} instead. For redirects of remixes to the article about the original song, use {{R from remix}} instead.
{{R from surname}} links talk edit	From a surname: This is a redirect from a person's surname. It is used because Wikipedia has only one article about a person with this surname, or because one individual is the most likely topic sought by this surname (other persons who share this name might be listed at an anthroponymy article or at the end of a disambiguation page).
{{R from title without diacritics}} links talk edit	To the same page name with diacritics: This is a redirect from a page name that does not have diacritical marks (accents, umlauts, etc.) to essentially the same page name with diacritical marks or a "List of..." page anchored to a promising list item name with diacritics. The correct form is given by the target of the redirect. This redirect aids in searches and may be applied (without piping) when the subject page concerns language translation or foreign language equivalents. Other pages that use this redirect should be updated with a direct link to the redirect target (again, without piping). This rcat template must not be used to tag redirects to a title with differences that are 1: ligatures (like æ and Œ – use {{R to ligature}} instead), or 2: other non-ASCII characters that do not include diacritics (like Greek letters – use {{R from ASCII-only}} instead). This rcat template can also be used on redirects to sections and anchors to indicate the diacritics-free version of a term/name written both ways.
{{R from UN/LOCODE}} links talk edit	From a UN/LOCODE geographic code: This is a redirect from a title that is a UN/LOCODE geographic code to an article or page associated with that code.
{{R from Unicode}} links talk edit	From a Unicode character: This is a redirect from a single Unicode character to an article or Wikipedia project page that infers meaning for the symbol. Examples would be monetary symbols like dollar and euro signs, language symbols, emoji, and so on. For a multiple-character-long title with diacritics, use template {{R from diacritic}} instead. For codes such as "U+00E6", use {{R from Unicode code}}.
{{R to decade}} category links talk edit	To a decade: This is a redirect from a year (or years) to to the associated decade article. Years from 1700 to 500 BCE should redirect to the relevant decade per Wikipedia:Timeline standards. Do not replace these redirected links with a link directly to the target page. Individual articles may be created for these years in the future.
{{R to disambiguation page}} category links talk edit	To a disambiguation page: This is a redirect to a disambiguation page. This redirect is intended for use in links from other articles that need to refer to the disambiguation page, rather than be disambiguated. Therefore, this template should only appear on a redirect page that has "(disambiguation)" at the end of its title. Ambiguous titles that do not have page names ending with "(disambiguation)" should use {{R from ambiguous term}} instead. For disambiguations that later prove to still be ambiguous (e.g. "(painter)" when there are multiple notable painters by the same name) and which redirect to disambiguation pages, then {{R from incomplete disambiguation}} is the appropriate rcat template.
{{R to documentation}} links talk edit	To a subpage: This is a redirect to a subpage. In a page title, a subpage name appears after a forward slash (/); for example, "Wikipedia:Technical move requests" redirects to Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests, which is a subpage of Wikipedia:Requested moves. Please note that not every page title with "/" in its title is a subpage. See this template's documentation for details.
{{R to list entry}} links talk edit	To a list entry: This is a redirect to a list in which the subject is an entry. For redirects from a topic to a related list and not to an entry on that list, use {{R from list topic}} instead.
{{R to scientific name}} category links talk edit	To scientific name of an organism: This is a redirect from a vernacular ("common") name to the scientific name of an organism (or group of organisms).
{{R to sort name}} links talk edit	Template:R to sort name
{{R with possibilities}} category links talk edit	With possibilities: This is a redirect from a title that is in draft namespace at Draft:Template index/Redirect pages, so please do not create an article from this redirect (unless moving a ready draft here). You are welcome to improve the draft article while it is being considered for inclusion in article namespace. If the draft link is a redirect, then you may boldly turn that redirect into a draft article. The topic described by this title may be more detailed than is currently provided on the target page or in a section of that page. When the target page becomes too large, or for any reason a new page would be an improvement, this redirect may be replaced with an article, template or other project page that is carved out of the target page. See also {{R to section}} and use together with this rcat when appropriate. If the topic of the redirect is not susceptible to expansion, then use other rcats such as {{R to section}} or {{R to list entry}} when appropriate. Since a new page may be created, links to this redirect should not be replaced with a direct link to the target page. To make redirects to this page, use {{R avoided double redirect}}. {{R printworthy}} should be used together with this template when applied to a redirect in mainspace. When used on a template redirect, it will automatically populate Category:Template redirects with possibilities.
{{Redir from US postal ab}} links talk edit	From a US postal abbreviation: This is a redirect from a US postal abbreviation to its associated municipality.
{{Sdeprecated}} category links talk edit	Template:Sdeprecated
{{Tdeprecated}} category links talk edit
Soft redirects for categories
{{categoryredirect}} links talk edit	This category is located at Category:new cat. Note: This category should be empty. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect: From a cross-project redirect: This is a soft redirect that is used as a connection to other Wikimedia projects. A Wikidata element is linked to this page: Wikipedia:Template messages/Redirect pages (Q9255862). See the instructions for more information. Administrators: If this category name is unlikely to be entered on new pages, and all incoming links have been cleaned up, click here to delete.