Template:R from alternative name/doc

Usage

Use this rcat template in any namespace.

• This redirect category (rcat) template populates Category:Redirects from alternative names. Add this rcat to a redirect in the following manner:

#REDIRECT [[(target page name)]]

{{R from alternative name}}

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

• Template {{This is a redirect}} may also be used to add this and up to seven appropriate rcats to a redirect.
• Use this rcat on all redirects from a title that is another name, a pseudonym, a nickname, or a synonym.

Redirects

• Click here for a list of templates that redirect here and that may also be used.

TemplateData

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Places a redirect in [[Category:Redirects from alternative names]]. This template can be added to a redirect which has a name which is a valid alternative to the title of the target page. There are several more specific alternative name redirect templates which can be used instead of this general one. Do not use this if the redirect is an incorrect title for the target page; use {{R from incorrect name}} instead. This template takes no parameters.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
No parameters specified

See also

• {{R from birth name}}
• {{R from former name}}
• {{R from full name}}
• {{R from short name}}

• {{R from historic name}}
• {{R from maiden name}}
• {{R from modification}}

• {{R from pseudonym}}
• {{R from synonym}}
• {{R template index}}