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]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from alternative name}}
}}

Template {{Rcat shell}} is an alias for template {{Redirect category shell}} 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; for example:

#REDIRECT [[Target page name]]

{{R from alternative name}}

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

• Use this rcat on all redirects from a title that is another name such as a pseudonym, a nickname, or a synonym of the target page name.

Aliases

• {{R to alternative name}} redirects here and reflects that "alternative" goes both ways.
• Also known as... – list of templates that redirect here and may also be used

Printworthiness

• In main-article namespace, many other-name redirects are considered printworthy; however, there are also many that are unprintworthy, 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; for example:

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from alternative name}}
{{R printworthy}}
}}

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from alternative name}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}

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

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for this template in articles based on this TemplateData.

TemplateData for R from alternative name

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 historic name}}
• {{R from maiden name}}
• {{R from married name}}
• {{R from modification}}
• {{R from non-neutral name}}
• {{R from pseudonym}}
• {{R from short name}}
• {{R from synonym}}
• WikiProject Redirect/Style guide