Template:R from shortcut/doc

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This template should not be substituted nor used to tag soft redirects.

Usage

This redirect category (rcat) template populates Category:Redirects from shortcuts and, when the shortcut is in main-article namespace (mainspace), then Category:Unprintworthy redirects is also populated by default. In 2003, efforts were begun to support the Wikimedia Foundation's goal of increasing access and availability of Wikipedia articles in printed versions. Aliases/shortcuts in mainspace are not suitable for a printed version. In other words, they are unprintworthy.

Please do not alter the printworthy settings of this rcat without first notifying the Version 1.0 Editorial Team, who are responsible for any and all materials, including redirects, that go into a printed version of Wikipedia.

Add this rcat to a redirect in the following manner:

#REDIRECT [[(target page name)]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from shortcut}}
}}

Template {{Rcat shell}} is an alias for the {{Redirect category shell}} template, which may be used to add to a redirect as many appropriate rcats as needed, usually from one to seven, along with their parameters. For more information see the documentation on its template page. This rcat may also tag a redirect individually:

#REDIRECT [[(target page name)]]

{{R from shortcut}}

This is in accord with instructions found at Wikipedia:REDCAT.

Use this rcat to tag any redirect that acts as a shortcut: an abbreviated link to an administrative page. See Wikipedia:Shortcut for more details.

The parameter |of= or |for= can be used to specify the referent of the shortcut (e.g. to explain an acronym, since we do not use {{R from abbreviation}} except in mainspace). For example, the shortcut WP:AEIS uses |for="analysis, evaluation, interpretation, or synthesis".

TemplateData

Places this redirect in the category [[Category:Redirects from shortcuts]]. If the redirect is in mainspace, it also places it in [[Category:Unprintworthy redirects]].

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Referent	`of` `for`	The referent of the shortcut. Example "analysis, evaluation, interpretation, or synthesis" for [[WP:AEIS]]	String	optional

Aliases

Also known as... – list of templates that redirect here and may also be used

Abbreviation	{{R to acronym}} {{R from acronym}} {{R to initialism}} {{R from initialism}} {{R from numeronym}} {{R from Bluebook abbreviation}} {{R from ISO 4 abbreviation}} {{R from MathSciNet abbreviation}} {{R from NLM abbreviation}}
Capitalisation	{{R from CamelCase}} {{R from other capitalisation}} {{R from miscapitalisation}}
Grammar & punctuation	{{R from modification}} {{R from plural}} {{R to plural}}
Parts of speech	{{R from adjective}} {{R from adverb}} {{R from common noun}} {{R from gerund}} {{R from proper noun}} {{R from verb}}
Spelling	{{R from alternative spelling}} {{R from alternative hyphenation}} {{R from alternative punctuation}} {{R from alternative spacing}} {{R from alternative transliteration}} {{R from American English}} {{R from ASCII-only}} {{R to ASCII-only}} {{R from British English}} {{R from diacritic}} {{R to diacritic}} {{R from incorrect hyphenation}} {{R from ligature}} {{R to ligature}} {{R from misspelling}} {{R from stylization}}

Alternative
names

General	{{R from alternative language}} language codes {{R from alternative name}} {{R from ambiguous sort name}} {{R from antonym}} {{R from colloquial name}} {{R country data}} {{R from former name}} {{R from incomplete name}} {{R from incorrect name}} {{R from less specific name}} {{R from long name}} {{R from more specific name}} {{R from non-neutral name}} {{R to numerals}} {{R from numerals}} {{R to Roman numerals}} {{R from Roman numerals}} {{R from portmanteau}} {{R from short name}} {{R from sort name}} {{R from synonym}}
People	{{R from birth name}} {{R from given name}} {{R to joint biography}} {{R from married name}} {{R from name with title}} {{R from person}} {{R from personal name}} {{R from Eastern name}} {{R from pseudonym}} {{R from surname}}
Technical	{{R from CAS Registry Number}} {{R from court case}} {{R from drug trade name}} {{R from E number}} {{R from EC number}} {{R from filename}} {{R from identifier}} {{R from Java package name}} {{R from chemical formula}} {{R from gene symbol}} {{R from technical name}} {{R to technical name}} {{R from radio frequency}}
Organisms	{{R to scientific name}} {{R from scientific name}} {{R from alternative scientific name}} {{R from scientific abbreviation}} {{R to monotypic taxon}} {{R from monotypic taxon}} {{R taxon with possibilities}} {{R from species to genus}}
Geography	{{R from name and country}} {{R from more specific geographic name}} {{R from postal code}}

Navigation
aids

Navigation	{{R to anchor}} {{R avoided double redirect}} {{R from category navigation}} {{R from file metadata link}} {{R to list entry}} {{R mentioned in hatnote}} {{R to section}} {{R from shortcut}}
Disambiguation	{{R from ambiguous term}} {{R to disambiguation page}} {{R from incomplete disambiguation}} {{R from incorrect disambiguation}} {{R from other disambiguation}} {{R from predictable disambiguation}} {{R from unnecessary disambiguation}}
Merge, duplicate & move	{{R from draft namespace}} {{R from duplicated article}} {{R with history}} {{R from merge}} {{R from move}} {{R with old history}}
To namespaces	{{R from remote talk page}} {{R to category namespace}} {{R to draft namespace}} {{R to help namespace}} {{R to main namespace}} {{R to portal namespace}} {{R to project namespace}} {{R to talk page}} {{R to template namespace}} {{R to user namespace}}

Media

General

{{R from book}} {{R from film}} {{R from upcoming film}} {{R from journal}} {{R from meme}} {{R from radio program}} {{R from subreddit}} {{R from work}} {{R from creator}} {{R from radio frequency}} {{R from broadcast translator}}
Music	{{R from album}} {{R from lyric}} {{R from song}} {{R from cover song}} {{R from band name}}
Television	{{R from television episode}} {{R from television program}}

Fiction

Comics

Miscellaneous

Related information	{{R to article without mention}} {{R to decade}} {{R to century}} {{R to millennium}} {{R from city and state}} {{R from domain name}} {{R from second-level domain}} {{R from top-level domain}} {{R from gendered term}} {{R from legislation}} {{R from list topic}} {{R from member}} {{R from phrase}} {{R from quotation}} {{R to related topic}} {{R from related word}} {{R from relative}} {{R from spouse}} {{R from school}} {{R from subsidiary}} {{R from subtopic}} {{R to subtopic}} {{R from gap in series}} {{R from team}} {{R from Unicode character}} {{R from Unicode code}} {{R from emoji}}
With possibilities	{{R with possibilities}} Category:Template redirects with possibilities {{R category with possibilities}}
ISO codes	{{R from ISO 4 abbreviation}} {{R from ISO 639 code}} {{R from ISO 3166 code}} {{R from ISO 4217 code}} {{R from ISO 15924 code}}
Printworthiness	Printability {{R printworthy}} {{R unprintworthy}} e.g. {{R with possibilities}} is printworthy by default; {{R from misspelling}} is unprintworthy by default; some have no default
Protection	{{R extended-protected}} {{R fully protected}} {{R semi-protected}} {{R template-protected}} {{R from high-use template}}
Tools	Category:Miscellaneous redirects Protection policy {{R from template-generated category}} {{Redirect category shell}} {{Talk page of redirect}}
Wikidata	{{R with Wikidata item}} {{Soft redirect with Wikidata item}}

Complete alphanumeric index
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Category
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Categorizing redirects

Usage

TemplateData

Aliases

See also