Template:R to related topic/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 automatically populates Category:Redirects to related topics. Add this rcat to a redirect (not a talk-page redirect) in the following manner:

#REDIRECT ]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R to related topic}}
}}

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 ]

{{R to related topic}}

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

• Use this rcat to tag any mainspace redirect to a target article about a similar topic or a related term. When this rcat is added to a redirect, consider also adding {{R with possibilities}} and {{R printworthy}} when appropriate. That is what makes these redirects different from redirects from related words, which have much less chance of ever titling an article.

Aliases

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

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 to related topics are considered printworthy; however, there may be others that are unprintworthy, so there is no default sort (value) 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}} and
• {{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 to related topic}}
{{R printworthy}}
}}

{{Rcat shell|
{{R to related topic}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}

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

See also