Template:R from template shortcut/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:R from template shortcut.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used on approximately 3,300 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template should not be substituted nor used to tag soft redirects.
This rcat is for template shortcuts only (for example, Template:R tsh for this template itself) – this rcat is not for alternative template names).

If you plan to make breaking changes to this template, move it, or nominate it for deletion, please notify Twinkle's users and maintainers at Wikipedia talk:Twinkle as a courtesy, as the standard installation of Twinkle adds and removes this template. Thank you!

Usage

Use this rcat template in any namespace (most often "Template:" of course, but there are also many templates in "User:" and a few, mostly process-related, in "Wikipedia:").

This redirect category (rcat) template populates Category:Redirects from template shortcuts and, when the shortcut is in the main-article namespace (mainspace), the Unprintworthy redirects category is also populated by default. In 2003, efforts were begun to support the Wikimedia Foundation's goal of increasing access and availability of Wikipedia articles in printed versions. Template-shortcut redirects from mainspace are not suitable for a printed version. In other words they are unprintworthy.

Please do not alter the printworthy settings of this rcat without first notifying the Version 1.0 Editorial Team, who are responsible for any and all materials, including redirects, that go into a printed version of Wikipedia.

Add this rcat to a redirect in the following manner:

#REDIRECT [[Template:(target page name)]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from template shortcut}}
}}

and when the redirect is in article mainspace, printworthiness should also be tagged:

#REDIRECT [[Template:(target page name)]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from template shortcut}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}

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 [[Template:(target page name)]]

{{R from template shortcut}}

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

Use this rcat to tag any redirect that is a shortcut to a template, which usually has a longer pagename. The redirect itself does not necessarily have to be a template.
It is important to note that it is the target that determines the difference between a template shortcut and any other shortcut. If the shortcut redirect is in any namespace and the target is a template, then the redirect is a "template shortcut". Shortcut redirects that target template pages should always be tagged with {{R from template shortcut}} and should never be tagged with {{R from shortcut}}, which is meant only for shortcuts that do not target templates.
Important also is the fact that template talk pages are in the talk namespace and are not in template space; if the shortcut redirect targets a talk page of any subject namespace, then use {{R from shortcut}} instead.

Aliases

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