When used with the "Redirect category shell" (Rcat shell) template:

This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:

From outside all talk namespaces: This is a redirect from a page outside any and all of the talk namespaces to a talk page. This redirect page must be outside the talk namespaces.
- Note: If this redirect is in any talk namespace, then it will populate Category:Pages with templates in the wrong namespace instead of the expected category.

When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized.

Template ((Redirect category shell)) may be used to add one or more rcat templates, along with their parameters and categories, to a redirect. For more information see the documentation page below.

When used by itself:

From outside all talk namespaces: This is a redirect from a page outside any and all of the talk namespaces to a talk page. This redirect page must be outside the talk namespaces.
- Note: If this redirect is in any talk namespace, then it will populate Category:Pages with templates in the wrong namespace instead of the expected category.

Template documentation[view] [edit] [history] [purge]

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

Shortcuts

((R to talk))
((R talk))

Purpose[edit]

This redirect category (rcat) template sorts redirects into the following categories:

Category:Redirects to talk pages – for pseudo-namespace and cross-namespace redirects, and
Category:Unprintworthy redirects – only redirects from the main-article namespace (mainspace)

In 2003, efforts were begun to support the Wikimedia Foundation's goal of increasing access and availability of Wikipedia articles in printed versions. Mainspace redirects that target pages in the talk namespace 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.

This rcat is should not be used to tag redirects that are in any talk namespace. If placed on a talk-page redirect, it will not populate the expected category(ies); the redirect will instead be sorted to Category:Pages with templates in the wrong namespace.

Usage[edit]

Apply this rcat to a redirect page (not a talk-page redirect) in the following manner:

#REDIRECT [[(full target talk page name)]]

((Rcat shell|
((R to talk page))
))

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

#REDIRECT [[(full target talk page name)]]

((Rcat shell|
((R to talk page))
((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 [[(full target talk page name)]]

((R to talk page))

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

Use this rcat to tag any redirect from a page outside of the talk namespaces to any page in any of the talk namespaces. This rcat should never be used on any redirect that is itself in any talk namespace. Examples of talk pages are:

Aliases[edit]

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

See also[edit]

Wikipedia:Namespace – for a list of all talkspaces

Redirects to other namespaces family:

Note: three rcat templates in italics also sort redirects from within their namespaces.

Rcat functional index

Grammar,
punctuation,
and spelling

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))
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 alternative hyphenation)) ((R from alternative punctuation)) ((R from alternative spacing)) ((R from alternative transliteration)) ((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 colloquial name)) ((R country data)) ((R from former 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 to numerals)) ((R from numerals)) ((R to Roman 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 Eastern name)) ((R from pseudonym)) ((R from surname))
Technical	((R from CAS Registry Number)) ((R from court case)) ((R from drug trade name)) ((R from filename)) ((R from identifier)) ((R from Java package name)) ((R from chemical formula)) ((R from gene symbol)) ((R from technical name)) ((R to technical name)) ((R from radio frequency))
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)) ((R from species to genus))
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))
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 draft namespace)) ((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 journal)) ((R from meme)) ((R from radio program)) ((R from work)) ((R from creator)) ((R from radio frequency)) ((R from broadcast translator))
Music	((R from album)) ((R from lyric)) ((R from song)) ((R from cover song)) ((R from band name))
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 to millennium)) ((R from city and state)) ((R from domain name)) ((R from second-level domain)) ((R from top-level domain)) ((R from gender)) ((R from legislation)) ((R from list topic)) ((R from member)) ((R from phrase)) ((R from quotation)) ((R to related topic)) ((R from related word)) ((R from relative)) ((R from spouse)) ((R from school)) ((R from subtopic)) ((R to subtopic)) ((R from gap in series)) ((R from team)) ((R from Unicode character)) ((R from Unicode code)) ((R from emoji))
With possibilities	((R with possibilities)) Category:Template redirects with possibilities ((R category with possibilities))
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)) ((R from high-use template))
Tools	Category:Miscellaneous redirects Protection policy ((R from template-generated category)) ((Redirect category shell)) ((Talk page of redirect))
Wikidata	((R with Wikidata item)) ((Soft redirect with Wikidata item))

Complete alphanumeric index
- for the full list of rcat templates
Category
WikiProject Redirect
Categorizing redirects

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:R to talk page/doc.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.