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This template should be called "R from alternative spelling", for two reasons: 1) It's incorrect grammar 2) It's confusing - some redirect templates use alternative, others use alternate. ··gracefool |☺ 07:08, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• This template was listed on templates for deletion, but there was no consensus to delete. See the log. (archive entry) Courtland 01:01, 3 September 2005 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Templates within redirects are officially deprecated for technical reasons; see here. Categories for redirects should still be OK. Wmahan. 05:11, 1 September 2006 (UTC)Reply[reply]

To save anybody who stumbles on the above remark some time: Wmahan is referring to Wikipedia talk:Redirect/Archive 2#Content of redirects: templates, categories, multiple lines. However, all these template are still listed on Wikipedia:Redirect and being used, so I'm not sure whether they're deprecated or not. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 21:52, 26 March 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

So what replaces it? SunCreator (talk) 13:48, 14 November 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Two points:

• The procedure is, if one wants to include new redirects, they should first be created and only then they are added to the documentation page. Otherwise, they will show as red links and may confuse other contributors.
• There are good reasons to show all existing redirects in the Redirects section. They are then available for use by anyone who may want to use them. Also, if an administrator does not want so many redirects and wants to delete some of them, they have a list to use for that work. – PAINE ELLSWORTH ^CLIMAX! 22:11, 24 June 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This template accepts a |embed=yes parameter, but its use is not explained on the documentation. What exactly is it for, does anyone know? —capmo (talk) 01:12, 27 May 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

That parameter is found in all the rcats and helps the templates identify whether they are used in the ((This is a redirect)) template or are applied individually. Hope this helps! – Paine  02:42, 29 May 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I think I got it, thanks! Also found a brief explanation at ((Redirect template)). —capmo (talk) 05:51, 29 May 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The message box for the template states: "Pages that link to this redirect may be updated to link directly to the target page."

This sounds like encouraging editors to "update" such links, as if there is something wrong with them, like they haven't been fixed yet. But there may be good reasons to prefer an alternative spelling in the context of the link, as for the spelling of words in general (see e.g. WP:TIES), so I think WP:NOTBROKEN should prevail and such "updates" should in fact be discouraged unless there is a strong reason to prefer the spelling of the target page.  --Lambiam 23:30, 20 June 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On the fence about this because of the "may" usage rather than "Pages that link to this redirect should (or must) be updated...". How would you reword it to improve it, Lambiam? – Paine  07:12, 2 July 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Something like this:

...   Pages that link to this redirect may be updated to link directly to the target page if that results in an improvement of the text. But do not "fix" links to this redirect that are not broken. There is also no need to replace these redirected links with piped links. For more information follow the category link.

 --Lambiam 09:15, 2 July 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

 Done – Paine  16:30, 2 July 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Template ((R from incorrect spacing)) redirects to this template. I think it should redirect to ((R from misspelling)) (whence ((R from incorrect spelling)) redirects), not "alternative" spelling. For example, I've just categorised Wal mart as incorrect spacing, and it is definitely incorrect and not an alternative for Walmart, the target. 188.143.76.147 (talk) 20:08, 5 December 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Should the redirects such as ((R from alternative hyphenation)), mentioned in the documentation as " likely to change in the future", be sorted into Category:Template redirects with possibilities? 92.249.211.146 (talk) 07:32, 8 January 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Template:R from modificatoin. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. 1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 17:03, 5 April 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Template:R from missing punctuation. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 June 2#Template:R from missing punctuation until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. 1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 20:42, 2 June 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Template:R from modification.. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 December 24#Template:R from modification. until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 19:51, 24 December 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Template:R from alternative punctuation. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 February 4#Template:R from alternative punctuation until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 20:10, 4 February 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Template:Redirect from UK spelling. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 February 12#Template:Redirect from UK spelling until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 16:54, 12 February 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Template:R ih and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 July 27#Template:R ih until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Steel1943 (talk) 23:05, 27 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]