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Shortcut

((Rinit))

Usage

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This redirect category (rcat) template populates Category:Redirects from abbreviations. Add this rcat to a redirect (not a talk-page redirect) in the following manner:

#REDIRECT [[(target article title)]]

((Rcat shell|
((R from abbreviation))
))

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 [[(target article title)]]

((R from abbreviation))

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

Use this rcat to tag only mainspace redirects from abbreviations to their expanded forms. Please do not use this template to tag an initialism or acronym, which are special types of abbreviations consisting of [usually] capital latters, such as HIV and NATO. For those, instead use ((R from initialism)) for those sounded out as letters, like CIA and USSR; or ((R from acronym)) for those read as words, like UNESCO and NASA. Also, if the redirect is from the initials of a personal name, then use the ((R from short name)) rcat instead.
If an initialism redirect is not in mainspace, then tag it with ((R from short name)) or ((R from shortcut)) instead.

Aliases

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

Printworthiness

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In main-article namespace, many abbreviation redirects to expanded forms 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)) 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 from abbreviation))
((R printworthy))
))

((Rcat shell|
((R from abbreviation))
((R unprintworthy))
))

Either ((Redirect category shell)) or its alias/shortcut, ((Rcat shell)), may be used.

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 rearrangement)) ((R from plural)) ((R to plural)) ((R from alternative punctuation)) ((R from alternative hyphenation)) ((R from alternative spacing))
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 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 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 from 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 pseudonym)) ((R from surname))
Technical	((R from CAS Registry Number)) ((R from citation identifier)) ((R from drug trade name)) ((R from filename)) ((R from Java package name)) ((R from chemical formula)) ((R from gene symbol)) ((R from technical name)) ((R to technical name))
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))
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)) ((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 work))
Music	((R from album)) ((R from hook line)) ((R from lyric)) ((R from song)) ((R from cover song)) ((R from band name))
Television	((R from television episode)) ((R from television program))

Fiction

((R from fictional character))
((R from fictional element))
((R from fictional location))

Comics

((R comics with possibilities))
((R comics from alternative name))
((R comics to list entry))
((R comics from merge))
((R comics naming convention))
((R comics from related word))
((R comics to section))

Miscellaneous

Related information	((R to article without mention)) ((R to decade)) ((R to century)) ((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 to related topic)) ((R from related word)) ((R from relative)) ((R from spouse)) ((R from school)) ((R from subtopic)) ((R to subtopic)) ((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))

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

Usage

Aliases

Printworthiness

See also