Template:R from long name/doc

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Shortcuts

{{R long}}
{{R full}}

Usage

Use this rcat template in any namespace.

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

#REDIRECT [[(target page name)]]

{{R from long 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 any redirect from a title that is a complete or more complete name of a person, organization, legislative act etc. It leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names and can help writing.

Aliases

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

Printworthiness

In main-article namespace, many redirects to shorter names are considered unprintworthy; however, there are many others that are thought to be printworthy, so there is no default sort for printworthiness. At some point in the future, Jimmy Wales wants to make more printed versions of Wikipedia encyclopedia articles. 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 {{This is a redirect}} will accept these rcats just like any other.

Examples:

{{Redr|from long name|printworthy}}
{{Redr|from long name|unprintworthy}}

Either {{This is a redirect}} or its alias/shortcut, {{Redr}}, may 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}} {{R from alternative punctuation}} {{R from alternative hyphenation}} {{R from alternative spacing}}
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 American English}} {{R from ASCII-only}} {{R to ASCII-only}} {{R from British English}} {{R from diacritic}} {{R to diacritic}} {{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 former name}} {{R from historic 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 from 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 pseudonym}} {{R from surname}}
Technical	{{R from CAS Number}} {{R from citation identifier}} {{R from drug trade name}} {{R from filename}} {{R from Java package name}} {{R from molecular formula}} {{R from gene symbol}} {{R from technical name}} {{R to technical name}}
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}}
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}} {{R from template 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 drafts}} {{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 meme}} {{R from work}}
Music	{{R from album}} {{R from hook line}} {{R from lyric}} {{R from song}}
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 from domain name}} {{R from top-level domain}} {{R from gender}} {{R from legislation}} {{R from list topic}} {{R from member}} {{R from phrase}} {{R to related topic}} {{R from related word}} {{R from relative}} {{R husband}} {{R from spouse}} {{R wife}} {{R from school}} {{R from subtopic}} {{R to subtopic}} {{R from team}} {{R from Unicode character}} {{R from Unicode code}}
With possibilities	{{R with possibilities}} Category:Template redirects with possibilities {{R category with possibilities}} {{R with draft}}
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}}
Tools	Category:Miscellaneous redirects Protection policy {{Redirect category shell}} {{Talk page of redirect}}
Wikidata	{{Wikidata redirect}}