Template:R from subtopic/doc

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This template should not be substituted nor used to tag soft redirects.

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Usage

This redirect category (rcat) template populates Category:Redirects from subtopics. Add this rcat to a redirect page (not a talk-page redirect) in the following manner, in accord with instructions found at WP:REDCAT:

#REDIRECT ]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from subtopic}}
}}

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, without {{Rcat shell}}, though this is now deprecated:

#REDIRECT ]

{{R from subtopic}}

Use this rcat to tag any mainspace redirect that is a subtopic of the target, if a more specific rcat template (i.e., a more specific subcategory of Category:Redirects from subtopics) is not available. This type of redirect might target an article section ({{R to section}}) and may also have "possibilities" ({{R with possibilities}}) of becoming a separate Wikipedia article. Use those two rcats along with this one, {{R from subtopic}}, when appropriate.

To go to a subsection (for this redirect in particular or at least including coverage of it somewhere within):

#REDIRECT ]

{{R from subtopic}}
{{R to section}}

Printworthiness

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.

• In main-article namespace, many redirects from subtopics are considered unprintworthy; however, there are many others that are printworthy, 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}}
• {{R unprintworthy}}

Please click on each one for more details and guidance.

• Template {{Redirect category shell}} will accept these rcats just like any other.

Examples:

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from subtopic}}
{{R printworthy}}
}}

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from subtopic}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}

Either {{Redirect category shell}} or its shortcut {{Rcat shell}} may be used.

Aliases

• Also known as... – list of template names that redirect here and may also be used as alternative/shortcut names for this template
• {{R from subdivision}} is not an alias of this category, as it is used for municipal subdivisions (i.e., neighborhoods, boroughs).

TemplateData

See also

• {{R from more specific name}}
• {{R to related topic}}
• {{R to subtopic}}
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Redirect/Style guide