Template:R to technical name/doc

Usage

Use this rcat template on mainspace redirects only.

• This redirect category (rcat) template populates Category:Redirects to technical names. Add this rcat to a redirect page (not a talk-page redirect) in the following manner:

#REDIRECT [[(target article title)]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R to technical name}}
}}

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

#REDIRECT [[(target article title)]]

{{R to technical name}}

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

• Use this rcat to tag all redirects from non-technical, common names to more technical names. If the redirect targets a scientific name, such as Herto ManHomo sapiens idaltu, then use {{R to scientific name}} instead.
  • Fear of spidersArachnophobia
  • Table sugarSucrose – using alias {{R to chemical name}}

Aliases

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

Printworthiness

• Unlike its complementary rcat, {{R from technical name}}, this rcat does not automatically categorize redirects for this quality. In main-article namespace, many redirects from non-technical or common names to technical names are considered unprintworthy; however, there are many others that are printworthy, so there is no default sort for printworthiness. In 2003, efforts were begun to support the Wikimedia Foundation's goal of increasing access and availability of Wikipedia articles in printed versions. Some rcats automatically populate either Category:Printworthy redirects or Category:Unprintworthy redirects by default. Others, like this rcat, do not, and that means it is up to editors to choose which of those categories, Printworthy or Unprintworthy, is appropriate and should be populated. The rcats that are used separately to populate those categories are:

• {{R printworthy}} and
• {{R unprintworthy}}

Please click on each one for more details and guidance.

• Template {{Redirect category shell}} will accept these rcats just like any other.

Examples:

{{Rcat shell|
{{R to technical name}}
{{R printworthy}}
}}

{{Rcat shell|
{{R to technical name}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}

Either {{Redirect category shell}} or its alias/shortcut, {{Rcat shell}}, may be used.

See also

• {{R from technical name}}
• {{R to scientific name}}
• {{R to systematic name}}
• WikiProject Redirect/Style guide