Template:R from incorrect name/doc

Purpose

This template marks a redirect as one that ought not be used, and provides the correct name. Any link to a redirect page transcluding this template ought to be changed to the correct name.

This template inserts the redirect into the following categories:

• Category:Redirects from incorrect names semantically, these redirects should never be used; only the correct name should ever be used
• Category:Unprintworthy redirects Unprintworthy redirects would not be used in a printed version; for example, no unprintworthy redirect would be used in an index for a printed encyclopedia

With a correct name specified for all uses of this template repairing links to the redirect page becomes simple: the link to the redirect page should be changed to the link to the correct name. Given the correct name is specified for each case below, it should always be easy to fix links these redirects.

Usage

{{R from incorrect name|Correct name}} There is one parameter, unnamed. It specifies the optional correct name.

Redirect categories (Rcats) must always be added on the first line next to the #REDIRECT [[Article title]] per WP:REDCAT as seen below.

Redirect target is the correct name

{{R from incorrect name}}

When the correct name is the target of the redirect just use {{R from incorrect name}}; the correct name is already available as an article.

Example:

UK Cycling → British Cycling

#REDIRECT [[British Cycling]]{{R from incorrect name}}

It is acceptable but unnecessary to specify the redirect target as the correct name:

#REDIRECT [[British Cycling]]{{R from incorrect name|British Cycling}}

Redirect target only mentions subject

{{R from incorrect name|Correct name}}

When linking to article where the subject is only mentioned in the target article, the correct use is {{R from incorrect name|Correct Name}}, and [[Correct Name]] is expected to be a redirect page also redirecting to [[TargetPage]]. That is, if this redirect is an incorrect name but the target article isn't the correct name, there should be a matching redirect for the correct name.

Example:

Virginia Western Coal and Iron Railroad → Virginia–Carolina Railway; correct name is Virginia Western Coal and Iron Railway (which also → Virginia–Carolina Railway)

#REDIRECT [[Virginia–Carolina Railway]]{{R from incorrect name|Virginia Western Coal and Iron Railway}}

Redirect targets a #section or #anchor

{{R from incorrect name|Correct name}}

When linking to a section or anchor within an article such as #REDIRECT[[TargetPage#section name]], the correct use is {{R from incorrect name|Correct Name}}, and [[Correct Name]] is expected to be a redirect page also redirecting to [[TargetPage#section name]]. That is, if this redirect is an incorrect name, there should be a matching redirect for the correct name.

Example:

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Four Swords → The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past#A Link to the Past/Four Swords; correct name is The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/Four Swords (which also → The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past#A Link to the Past/Four Swords)

#REDIRECT [[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past#A Link to the Past/Four Swords]]{{R from incorrect name|The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/Four Swords}}

See also

Specializations of this template:

• {{R from subsidiary title}} for subsidiary titles in the peerage system - an hereditary title held by a royal or a noble but which is not regularly used to identify that person.

For other redirect templates of this type, see {{R template index}} and Wikipedia:Template messages/Redirect pages