Sjabloon:R template index
Template:R template index is an index of commonly used redirect category templates. It should not be transcluded nor substituted to any page in Wikipedia. Template {{R help}} redirects here. If you see this warning in the history (diff) of a redirect, then template {{R to help}} was probably meant instead. Please replace template {{R help}} with template {{R to help}}. |
This template index page furnishes editors with a practical tool to quickly find the redirect category templates (Rcats) that are used most often. This index template organises the templates by function and, in some cases, provides examples of where and when to use them. For a complete alphabetical list of redirect category templates, see Wikipedia:Template messages/Redirect pages. The procedure to use for placing these Rcats on redirects will be found at WP:REDCAT.
At some point in the future, Jimmy Wales wants to make a printed version of the full Wikipedia encyclopedia. Some Rcats place a redirect in either Category:Printworthy redirects or Category:Unprintworthy redirects by default. Other Rcats do not, which means that it is up to editors to choose to the best of their knowledge which of those categories, Printworthy or Unprintworthy, is appropriate and should be populated. The Rcats that can be used separately to populate those categories are:
{{R printworthy}}
and{{R unprintworthy}}
Please click on each one for more details.
Redirect category templates
Grammar, punctuation and spelling
Usage | Template | Example(s) |
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Abbreviations | ||
Initialisms
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{{R from initialism}} | UN → United Nations Member states of the UN → Member states of the United Nations ANZAC → Australian and New Zealand Army Corps ({{R from acronym}}) British Broadcasting Corporation → BBC ({{R from long name}}) J. S. Bach → Johann Sebastian Bach ({{R from short name}}) |
Capitalisation and spelling | ||
Alternative spellings
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{{R from alternative spelling}} | Humor → Humour Colonization of Africa → Colonisation of Africa Shed 7 → Shed Seven One → 1 (number) Alternate future → Alternative future ({{R from alternative name}}) Pronounciation → Pronunciation ({{R from misspelling}}) Travelling Wilburys → Traveling Wilburys ({{R from misspelling}}) |
Capitalisation
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{{R from other capitalisation}} | Cody ChesnuTT → Cody Chesnutt The beatles → The Beatles TheBeatles → The Beatles ({{R from CamelCase}}) |
Misspellings
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{{R from misspelling}} | Pronounciation → Pronunciation Travelling Wilburys → Traveling Wilburys |
Grammar and punctuation | ||
Modifications
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{{R from modification}} | North Korean-Russian → North Korean Russian Russia – North Korea relations → North Korea – Russia relations 1962-63 Ashes series → 1962–63 Ashes series |
From plurals
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{{R from plural}} | Dogs → Dog |
To plurals
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{{R to plural}} | Minimal medium → Minimal media |
Alternative names
Usage | Template | Example(s) |
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Full names such as Municipality, State forms or Village, City forms to briefer name form |
{{R from name and country}} | |
Full names persons, things, topics and such alternative forms of names redirected to briefer article page names |
{{R from long name}} | |
Short names persons, things, topics and such alternative forms of names redirected to full article page names |
{{R from short name}} | |
Alternative names general pseudonyms, nicknames, and synonyms that are not historic names or a full name as above |
{{R from alternative name}} | |
Incorrect names articles that were renamed (moved) to correct name that left a redirect behind |
{{R from incorrect name}} | |
Previous names (no historic significance) | {{R from former name}} | |
Previous names that do have historic significance, where subsumed into a modern entity or region (also populates Category:Printworthy redirects) | {{R from historic name}} | Calcutta → Kolkata |
Scientific names
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{{R from scientific name}} {{R to scientific name}} {{R from alternative scientific name}} {{R from molecular formula}} |
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Other languages | {{R from alternative language}} | |
Non-ASCII characters | {{R from ASCII}} {{R from Unicode}} |
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Diacritical marks | {{R from diacritics}} {{R from title without diacritics}} |
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Unambiguous surnames | {{R from surname}} |
Miscellaneous
Usage | Template | Example(s) |
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Old-style CamelCase links | {{R from CamelCase}} | |
Titles with disambiguators that aren't needed | {{R from unnecessary disambiguation}} | Jupiter (planet) |
To redirect to decade article | {{R to decade}} | |
Facilitate disambiguation | {{R to disambiguation page}} | |
For ambiguous phrases covered by another disambiguation page | {{R from ambiguous page}} | |
Links auto-generated from EXIF information | {{R from EXIF}} | |
List entry | {{R to list entry}} | |
People who are members of a group, organisation, ensemble or team | {{R from member}} | |
Sub-topics or closely related topics that should be explained within the text, which may possibly become a future article | {{R with possibilities}} | |
Related terms or topics | {{R to related topic}} | |
Related words | {{R from related word}} | |
From school stub to merge location | {{R from school}} | |
Section | {{R to section}} | |
To redirect from a shortcut (not a "template shortcut"—see below) | {{R from shortcut}} | WP:BOLD |
To redirect from a template shortcut | {{R from template shortcut}} | |
From a song to an album or artist | {{R from song}} | |
From an album to an artist | {{Redirect from album}} |
Merges, duplicates and moves
Usage | Template | Example(s) |
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Duplicated articles | {{R from duplicated article}} | |
Merges | {{R from merge}} | |
Page moves | {{R from move}} |
To namespaces
Usage | Template | Example(s) |
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The following sort redirects into both a cross-namespace category and a same-namespace category: | ||
Wikipedia (project) namespace
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{{R to project}} | Wikipedia:MOS → Wikipedia:Manual of Style MOS:ABBR → Wikipedia:Manual of Style (abbreviations) Help:IPA → Wikipedia:IPA |
Help namespace
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{{R to help}} | Help:Magic word → Help:Magic words H:R → Help:Redirect (H:R is in the Main namespace) Wikipedia:Thumbnail → Help:Files |
Portal namespace
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{{R to portal}} | Portal:Beatles → Portal:The Beatles P:ENG → Portal:England Wikipedia:0 → Portal:Contents |
The following sort redirects into one cross-namespace category only: | ||
Main namespace
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{{R to main}} | Template:DSM IV TR → Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Beatles → The Beatles |
Talk namespaces
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{{R to talk}} | Help:Table → Talk:Library Wikipedia:Edit conflict → Wikipedia talk:Edit conflict User talk:Simon → User:Simon ({{R to user}}) User talk:Jimbo → Talk:Genius |
Template namespace
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{{R to template}} | T:S → Template:Spotlight (T:S is in the Main namespace.) Template:R from → Template:R template index |
User namespace
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{{R to user}} | Wikipedia:MOS → User:Jimbo Wales User talk:Tricky Ed → User:SuperEditor User:SuperEditor → User talk:Tricky Ed ({{R to talk}}) User:SuperEditor → User:Tricky Ed User:Jimbo Wales/Workpage → User:Jimbo Wales |
Category namespace
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{{R to category}} | CAT:A → Category:Wikipedia adminship (CAT:A is in the Main namespace) Category:A → Category:Wikipedia adminship |
Notes
- {{This is a redirect}} can be used to group redirect category templates. This is useful with one exception: When you place an Rcat on a redirect that gives you the choice to change from one category to another, then you will not be able to use the {{This is a redirect}} template. The Rcat {{R from plural}} is a good example of this. {{R from plural}} is used to redirect from a plural title to a singular one. Most of these redirects are "unprintworthy", so {{R from plural}} automatically places those redirects in Category:Unprintworthy redirects. To identify a redirect from a plural title as printworthy in combination with {{This is a redirect}}, use {{R from printworthy plural}} as the redirect template name.
- For Talk pages, there are only certain redirect category templates you should use. The only Rcats that apply to Talk pages are {{R to talk}}, {{R from shortcut}}, those associated with moves, merges and cross-namespace redirects. For more information, click on the templates.
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