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Grammar, punctuation, and spelling
Abbreviation
- To an acronym: This is a redirect to an acronym from its expanded form.
- From an acronym: This is a redirect from an acronym to a related topic, such as the expansion of the acronym.
- Remember that an acronym is a special type of initialism that can be spoken as a word, such as "NATO" or "radar" or "ANOVA".
- Use {{R from initialism}} for abbreviations that have letters that are pronounced separately, such as "OAU" or "USSR" or "DoD".
- To an initialism: This is a redirect to an initialism from its expanded form.
- From an initialism: This is a redirect from an initialism to a related topic, such as the expansion of the initialism.
- Use {{R from acronym}}, instead, for abbreviations that are pronounced as words, such as NATO and RADAR.
- Use {{R from short name}}, instead, for the initials of a person's name.
- From a Bluebook abbreviation: This is a redirect from a title that is a Bluebook standardized serial abbreviation to the expansion of the abbreviation.
- From an ISO 4 abbreviation: This is a redirect from an ISO 4 publication title abbreviation to the unabbreviated publication title, or an article containing information about the publication.
- In cases of an ISO 4 abbreviation with partially missing dots, or dots used inappropriately, please use {{R from misspelling}}.
- From a MathSciNet abbreviation: This is a redirect from a MathSciNet publication title abbreviation to the unabbreviated publication title, or an article containing information about the publication.
- In cases of an MathSciNet abbreviation with partially missing dots, or dots used inappropriately, please use {{R from misspelling}}.
- From a NLM abbreviation: This is a redirect from a NLM publication title abbreviation to the unabbreviated publication title, or an article containing information about the publication.
- In cases of an NLM abbreviation with partially missing dots, or dots used inappropriately, please use {{R from misspelling}}.
Capitalisation
- From a camel case title: This is a redirect from a camel case page name. In the initial versions of Wikipedia, all links had to be "CamelCase", i.e., words that used medial capitals; they are "two-humped" like a Bactrian camel. These are kept as redirects to maintain edit history and to avoid breaking links that may have been made externally.
- From other capitalisation: This is a redirect from a title with another method of capitalisation. It leads to the title in accordance with the Wikipedia naming conventions for capitalisation, or it leads to a title that is associated in some way with the conventional capitalisation of this redirect title. This may help writing, searching and international language issues.
- If this redirect is an incorrect capitalisation, then {{R from miscapitalisation}} should be used instead, and pages that use this link should be updated to link directly to the target. Miscapitalisations can be tagged in any namespace.
- Use this rcat to tag only mainspace redirects; when other capitalisations are in other namespaces, use {{R from modification}} instead.
- From a miscapitalisation: This is a redirect from a capitalisation error. The correct form is given by the target of the redirect.
- This redirect is made available to aid searches or to maintain links. Pages that use this link should be updated to link directly to the correct form without using a piped link hiding the correct details.
- This template tags redirects with the Redirects from miscapitalisations category, a subcategory of Redirects from incorrect names, so template {{R from incorrect name}} should not be used with this template.
Grammar & punctuation
- From a modification: This is a redirect from a modification of the target's title or a closely related title. For example, the words may be rearranged.
- Please note that there are many more specific templates. Please use {{R from alternative spelling}} for spelling changes (including punctuation and spacing); see subcategories of Category:Redirects from modifications for other options (capitals, abbreviations, diacritics, plurals, stylizations, transliteration, ligatures, different parts of speech, etc.). If you are unsure which to use, this template is fine; someone will make it more specific later if necessary.
- In cases of modification from distinctly longer or shorter names, please use {{R from long name}} or {{R from short name}}, respectively. Abbreviations (including acronyms) should also receive {{R from abbreviation}}.
- Use this rcat instead of {{R from other capitalisation}} and {{R from plural}} in namespaces other than mainspace for those types of modification. This may also apply to several other subcategories of modification; please check those templates' output before saving if using outside of mainspace.
- From the plural form: This is a redirect from a plural noun to its singular form. Either {{R from plural}} or {{R to singular}} may be used to tag plural redirects.
- This redirect link is used for convenience; it is often preferable to add the plural directly after the link (for example,
[[link]]s
). However, do not replace these redirected links with a simpler link unless the page is updated for another reason (see WP:NOTBROKEN). - Use this rcat to tag only mainspace redirects; when plural forms are found in other namespaces, use {{R from modification}} instead.
- This redirect link is used for convenience; it is often preferable to add the plural directly after the link (for example,
- To its plural form: This is a redirect from a singular noun to its plural form. Either {{R to plural}} or {{R from singular}} may be used to tag a singular-form redirect title.
- Redirects of this sort exist for reader convenience in cases of singular–plural pairs. It is also be used for "false singulars", wherein the plural or plural-looking form is better attested in usage, such that the normal "prefer the singular" Wikipedia naming convention is not followed. Examples:
- Use this rcat to tag qualified mainspace redirects only; if qualified singular forms are found in other namespaces, use {{R from modification}} instead.
- From a different spelling: This is a redirect from a title with a different spelling of the target name. 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. Do not "fix" such links if they are not broken. Also, these links should not be replaced with piped links.
- Please note that there are many more specific templates. See subcategories of Category:Redirects from modifications for other options (capitals, abbreviations, diacritics, plurals, stylizations, transliteration, ligatures, different parts of speech, etc.)
- At present, {{R from alternative hyphenation}}, {{R from alternative punctuation}}, and {{R from alternative spacing}} all redirect to this template and feed into the same maintenance category. This is likely to change in the future, so please use the more specific template names.
- From a different spelling: This is a redirect from a title with a different spelling of the target name. 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. Do not "fix" such links if they are not broken. Also, these links should not be replaced with piped links.
- Please note that there are many more specific templates. See subcategories of Category:Redirects from modifications for other options (capitals, abbreviations, diacritics, plurals, stylizations, transliteration, ligatures, different parts of speech, etc.)
- At present, {{R from alternative hyphenation}}, {{R from alternative punctuation}}, and {{R from alternative spacing}} all redirect to this template and feed into the same maintenance category. This is likely to change in the future, so please use the more specific template names.
- From a different spelling: This is a redirect from a title with a different spelling of the target name. 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. Do not "fix" such links if they are not broken. Also, these links should not be replaced with piped links.
- Please note that there are many more specific templates. See subcategories of Category:Redirects from modifications for other options (capitals, abbreviations, diacritics, plurals, stylizations, transliteration, ligatures, different parts of speech, etc.)
- At present, {{R from alternative hyphenation}}, {{R from alternative punctuation}}, and {{R from alternative spacing}} all redirect to this template and feed into the same maintenance category. This is likely to change in the future, so please use the more specific template names.
Parts of speech
- From an adjective: This is a redirect from an adjective, which is a word or phrase that describes a noun, to a related word or topic.
- From an adverb: This is a redirect from an adverb or adverbial phrase, which modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb, to a related word or topic.
- From a common noun: This is a redirect from a common noun (or noun phrase), basically a person, place or thing, to a related word or topic.
- From a gerund: This is a redirect from a gerund (or gerund phrase), a verb form that ends with "ing" and that functions as a noun, to a related part of speech or topic.
- From a proper noun: This is a redirect from a proper noun, a noun that begins with an upper-case letter (such as "Africa"), to a related word or topic that may or may not use a proper noun in its title.
- From a verb: This is a redirect from an English-language verb or verb phrase to a related word or topic.
Spelling
- From a different spelling: This is a redirect from a title with a different spelling of the target name. 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. Do not "fix" such links if they are not broken. Also, these links should not be replaced with piped links.
- Please note that there are many more specific templates. See subcategories of Category:Redirects from modifications for other options (capitals, abbreviations, diacritics, plurals, stylizations, transliteration, ligatures, different parts of speech, etc.)
- At present, {{R from alternative hyphenation}}, {{R from alternative punctuation}}, and {{R from alternative spacing}} all redirect to this template and feed into the same maintenance category. This is likely to change in the future, so please use the more specific template names.
- From American English: This is a redirect from a term in American English spelling to a more common variation. The prevalent spelling is given by the target of the redirect.
- This template populates a subcategory of Category:Redirects from alternative spellings, so {{R from alternative spelling}} should not be used with this template.
- From ASCII-only title: This is a redirect from a title in only basic ASCII characters to a title with differences that 1) are non-ASCII symbols, but 2) are not diacritical marks (accents, umlauts, and so forth – use {{R to diacritics}} instead), and also 3) are not ligatures (like æ and Œ – use {{R to ligature}} instead).
- To ASCII-only title: This is a redirect from a title with differences that are non-ASCII symbols, and yet, they are not diacritical marks (accents, umlauts, and so forth – use {{R from diacritics}} instead) or ligatures (use {{R to diacritics}} instead) to a title in only basic ASCII characters.
- From British English: This is a redirect from a term in British English spelling to a more common variation. The prevalent spelling is given by the target of the redirect.
- This template populates a subcategory of Category:Redirects from alternative spellings, so {{R from alternative spelling}} should not be used with this template.
- From the same page name with diacritics: This is a redirect from a page name that has diacritical marks (accents, umlauts, etc.) to essentially the same page name without those marks or a "List of..." page anchored to a promising list item name without diacritics.
- Apply this redirect (without piping) when the subject page concerns language translation or foreign language equivalents. Other pages that use this redirect should be updated with a direct link to the redirect target (again, without piping).
- Sort these redirects with {{DEFAULTSORT:(title without diacritics)}} and be sure to use a colon ( : ) rather than a pipe ( | ) to access the magic word directly.
- This rcat can also be used on redirects to sections and anchors to indicate the diacritics version of a term/name written both ways.
- To the same page name with diacritics: This is a redirect from a page name that does not have diacritical marks (accents, umlauts, etc.) to essentially the same page name with diacritical marks or a "List of..." page anchored to a promising list item name with diacritics. The correct form is given by the target of the redirect.
- This redirect aids in searches and may be applied (without piping) when the subject page concerns language translation or foreign language equivalents. Other pages that use this redirect should be updated with a direct link to the redirect target (again, without piping).
- This rcat can also be used on redirects to sections and anchors to indicate the diacritics-free version of a term/name written both ways.
- From a title with ligatures: This is a redirect from a page name that has ligatures – (Æ or æ; Œ or œ; IJ or ij, or ß) – to essentially the same page name without ligatures.
- Apply this redirect (without piping) when the subject page concerns language translation or foreign language equivalents. Other pages that use this redirect should be updated with a direct link to the redirect target (again, without piping).
- Always sort these redirects with {{DEFAULTSORT:(title without ligatures)}} on the first new line after the categorization template(s).
- From a title without ligatures: This is a redirect from a page name that replaces ligatures – (Æ or æ; Œ or œ; IJ or ij, or ß) – with their English language equivalents.
- Apply this redirect (without piping) when the subject page concerns language translation or foreign language equivalents. Other pages that use this redirect should be updated with a direct link to the redirect target (again, without piping).
- This redirect is used for searches and leads to its target in accordance with Wikipedia naming conventions.
- From a misspelling: This is a redirect from a misspelling or typographical error. The correct form is given by the target of the redirect.
- This redirect is made available to aid searches. Pages that use this link should be updated to link directly to the target without the use of a piped link that hides the correct details.
- This template tags redirects with a subcategory of the Redirects from incorrect names category, so template {{R from incorrect name}} should not be used with this template.
- From a stylization: This is a redirect from a stylized article title. It leads to the target in accordance with Wikipedia naming conventions for symbols and stylizations. This may help writing, searching and international language issues.
- Use this rcat to tag only mainspace redirects; when stylized titles are in other namespaces, use {{R from modification}} instead.
- To an embedded anchor: This is a redirect from a topic that does not have its own page to an anchored part of a page on the subject.
- An
{{anchor|(anchor name)}}
template, a<span id="(anchor name)">
element, or an|id=(anchor name)
parameter might be installed at the beginning of a paragraph, in or near a section header or within a table. The anchor might also be an old section header that has been edited and is anchored within or near the new header to prevent broken internal and external links. - Even though section headers of the general form
==(Header name)==
are themselves a type of anchor, use {{R to section}} instead.
- An
Error in Module:R avoided double redirect: No other page was specified.
- From a file metadata link: This is a redirect from a wikilink created from Exif, XMP or other information (i.e. the "metadata" section on some file description pages) to a more detailed description of the metadata subject that is linked. Since MediaWiki offers only limited control over the targets of these camera-generated links, redirects like this are created to make them useful.
- WARNING: It might happen that few or no pages link to this redirect. That is because the metadata links are from the File namespace (often Commons) and do not appear in those listings. This redirect is most likely not orphaned!
- To a list entry: This is a redirect to a list in which the subject is an entry.
- For redirects from a topic to a related list and not to an entry on that list, use {{R from list topic}} instead.
- Mentioned in a hatnote: This is a redirect from a title that is mentioned in a hatnote at the redirect target. The mention is usually atop the target article. It may, however, be directly under a section header, or in another article's hatnote, (whenever the hatnote is under a section, {{R to section}} should also be used).
- The titles of redirects mentioned in hatnotes may refer to a subject other than that of the target page. It is possible that this redirect may need to be retargeted, or become an article under its own title, (see {{R with possibilities}}). If the title is a good candidate for a Wiktionary link, it may also be added.
- To a section: This is a redirect from a topic that does not have its own page to a section of a page on the subject.
- From a shortcut: This is a redirect from a shortcut in any namespace to a page in any namespace except template namespace.
- If target page is a template, then use {{R from template shortcut}} instead. Shortcuts are wikilinked on community pages, talk pages and edit summaries, but not in mainspace articles.
- Note: Template talk pages are in a talk namespace; they are not in the template namespace. All shortcuts to talk pages should be tagged with {{R from shortcut}}.
- From a template shortcut: This is a redirect from a shortcut page name in any namespace to a page in template namespace.
- If target page is not a template, then use {{R from shortcut}} instead.
- Template shortcuts are wikilinked on community pages, talk pages and edit summaries, but not in mainspace articles. Transclusions in mainspace are common and do not need to be "fixed".
- Note: Template talk pages are in a talk namespace; they are not in the template namespace. All shortcuts to talk pages should be tagged with
{{R from shortcut}}
.
Disambig
- From an ambiguous term: This is a redirect from an ambiguous page name to a page or list that disambiguates it. These redirects are pointed to by links that should always be disambiguated. Therefore, this template should never appear on a page that has "(disambiguation)" in its title – in that case use {{R to disambiguation page}} instead.
Template:R to anthroponymy page
- To a disambiguation page: This is a redirect to a disambiguation page. This redirect is intended for use in links from other articles that need to refer to the disambiguation page, rather than be disambiguated. Therefore, this template should only appear on a redirect page that has "(disambiguation)" at the end of its title. Ambiguous titles that do not have page names ending with "(disambiguation)" may use {{R from ambiguous term}} instead. For disambiguations that later prove to still be ambiguous (e.g. "(painter)" when there are multiple notable painters by the same name) and which redirect to disambiguation pages, then {{R from incomplete disambiguation}} is the appropriate template.
- Any talk page redirect that has "(disambiguation)" in its title targets another talk page, not a disambiguation page, and should be tagged with {{R from unnecessary disambiguation}} instead of this template.
- From incomplete disambiguation: This is a redirect from an incomplete disambiguation, a page name that is too ambiguous to be the title of an article or other project page. Such titles should redirect to an appropriate disambiguation page (or section of it), or to a more complete disambiguation.
- From incorrect disambiguation: This is a redirect from a page name with incorrect disambiguation due to a typographical error, a format that does not follow Wikipedia convention or a previous editorial misconception.
- From other disambiguation: This is a redirect from a page name with an alternative disambiguation qualifier.
- The disambiguation of these page names is not incorrect, incomplete nor unnecessary. For those redirects use {{R from incorrect disambiguation}}, {{R from incomplete disambiguation}} or {{R from unnecessary disambiguation}} instead.
- From predictable disambiguation: This is a redirect from a page name with parenthetical disambiguation that will appear in search predictions for an ambiguous term that readers are likely to search to a page name using natural disambiguation that otherwise would not appear in predictions for the probable search term.
- When the redirect and its target have the same base page name and only the disambiguation qualifier is different, use {{R from other disambiguation}} instead.
- From currently unnecessary disambiguation: This is a redirect from a page name that has a currently unneeded disambiguation qualifier. Examples are:
- Category:Redirects to disambiguation pages is a subcategory of this rcat's category. So this rcat should not be used on mainspace disambiguation redirects with "(disambiguation)" in the page title. Use {{R to disambiguation page}} instead.
Merge, duplicate and move
- From draft namespace: This is a redirect from a page in the draft namespace (drafts) to an article in mainspace. This redirect page must be in draftspace.
- Note: If this redirect is outside the draft, then it will populate Category:Pages with templates in the wrong namespace instead.
- From a duplicated article: This is a redirect from a page on the same or very similar subject matter that was kept as a redirect to preserve this page's edit history after the content was merged.
- Please do not delete this redirect nor remove this tag unless the need to recreate this article is demonstrated.
- With history: This is a redirect from a page containing substantive page history. This page is kept as a redirect to preserve its former content and attributions. Please do not remove the tag that generates this text (unless the need to recreate content on this page has been demonstrated), nor delete this page.
- This template should not be used for redirects having some edit history but no meaningful content in their previous versions, nor for redirects created as a result of a page merge (use {{R from merge}} instead), nor for redirects from a title that forms a historic part of Wikipedia (use {{R with old history}} instead).
- From a merge: This is a redirect from a page that was merged into another page. This redirect was kept in order to preserve this page's edit history after its content was merged into the target page's content. Please do not remove the tag that generates this text (unless the need to recreate content on this page has been demonstrated) or delete this page.
- For redirects with substantive page histories that did not result from page merges use {{R with history}} instead.
- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name.
- With old history: This is a redirect from a page that was from a historic version of this Wikipedia project.
To namespaces
- From a remote talk page: This is a redirect from a talk page in any talk namespace to a corresponding page that is more heavily watched, and therefore, more likely to be answered or acted on.
- From outside category namespace: This is a redirect from a page outside the category namespace to a category page. This redirect page must be outside the category namespace.
- Redirects in category namespace are soft redirects, and rcats must never be used to tag soft redirects.
- Note: If this page is in category namespace, then it will populate Category:Pages with templates in the wrong namespace instead.
- From outside draftspace: This is a redirect from a page outside the draft-article namespace (draftspace) to an article in draftspace. This redirect page must be outside of draftspace.
- The draft is located at Draft:Redirect template/testcases. You are welcome to improve the draft article while it is being considered for inclusion in article namespace. If the draft link is a redirect, then you may boldly turn that redirect into a draft article.
- Note: If this redirect is in draftspace, then it will populate Category:Pages with templates in the wrong namespace instead.
- To a help page: This is a redirect from any page inside or outside of help namespace to a page in that namespace.
- The above category link leads to a list of redirects from inside help namespace. For redirects from outside help space, see Category:Redirects to help namespace.
- From outside mainspace: This is a redirect from a page outside the main-article namespace (mainspace) to an article in mainspace. This redirect page must be outside of mainspace.
- Note: If this redirect is in mainspace, then it will populate Category:Pages with templates in the wrong namespace instead.
- To a portal page: This is a redirect from any page inside or outside of portal space to a page in that namespace. The above category link leads to a list of redirects from inside portal space. For a list of redirects from outside portal space, see Category:Redirects to portal space.
- To a project page: This is a redirect from any page inside or outside of project (Wikipedia: or WP:) space to any page in the project namespace. The above category link leads to a list of redirects from inside project space. Redirects from outside project space are automatically sorted to Category:Redirects to project space.
- 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.
- From outside template namespace: This is a redirect from a page outside the template namespace to a template page. This redirect page must be outside the template namespace.
- Note: If this page is in template namespace, then it will populate Category:Pages with templates in the wrong namespace instead of the correct, expected category.
- From outside userspace: This is a redirect from a page outside the user namespace to a user page (not to a user talk page). If this redirect targets a User talk page, then use
{{R to talk page}}
instead. This redirect page must be outside the user namespace. If this redirect is in the user namespace, then instead of the expected category, it will populate Category:Pages with templates in the wrong namespace.
Alternative names
General
- From an alternative language: This is a redirect from a page name in an as yet undetermined language to a page name in an as yet undetermined language. These words may directly translate or they may be related words, names or phrases.
- This redirect leads to its target in accordance with the naming conventions for titles in other languages and can help writing and searches. However, per WP:NOTBROKEN do not replace these redirected links with a piped link unless the page is updated for another reason.
language codes
- From an alternative name: This is a redirect from a title that is another name or identity such as an alter ego, a pseudonym, a nickname, or a synonym of the target, or of a name associated with the target.
- This redirect leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names to aid searches and writing. It is not necessary to replace these redirected links with a piped link.
- If this redirect is an incorrect name for the target, then {{R from incorrect name}} should be used instead.
- From a former name: This is a redirect from a former name or working title of the target topic to the new name that resulted from a name change.
- From historic name: This is a redirect from a title that is another name, a pseudonym, a nickname, or a synonym that, more than just a "former name", has a significant historic past. For example, this redirect title could be a name that appears in older references that has been taken over by a synonymous newer term. Or, it could be a region, state, principate's holding, city, city-state or such, and the subject has been subsumed into a modern era municipality, district or state, or otherwise has experienced a name change.
- This redirect leads to its target in accordance with the naming conventions for common names and can help writing. However, do not replace this type of redirected link with a piped link unless the page is updated for another reason.
- From an incorrect name: This is a redirect from an erroneous name – either an incorrect name or a title that is unsuitable as a Wikipedia article title or other project page name – that serves readers because it is a good search term. The correct name is given by the target of the redirect.
- Pages that use this link should be updated to link directly to the target without the use of a piped link that hides the correct details.
- From a longer title: This is a redirect from a title that is a complete, more complete or longer version of the topic's name. It leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names and can help writing and searches. However, do not replace these redirected links with a piped link unless the page is updated for another reason.
- From a portmanteau: This is a redirect from a portmanteau to a related topic, such as the expansion of the portmanteau. The expanded form is given by the target of the redirect.
- Use {{R from short name}}, instead, for abbreviations that are shortened names but not portmanteaus.
- From a short name: This is a redirect from a title that is a shortened form of a person's full name, a book title, or other more complete article title.
- Use this rcat (not {{R from initialism}}) to tag redirects that are the initials of a person's name.
- From the sorting name: This is a redirect from the target's sort name; for example, it begins with the surname of a person whose article begins with their given name.
- Two category sortkeys should be added to this rcat. The template page provides detailed information.
- This template tags redirects with a subcategory of Category:Redirects from modifications, so template {{R from modification}} should not be used along with this rcat.
- From an ambiguous sort name: This is a redirect from an ambiguous sort name to a page or list that disambiguates it. These redirects are pointed to by links that should always be disambiguated. Therefore, this template should never appear on a page that has "(disambiguation)" in its title – in that case use {{R to disambiguation page}} instead.
- Two category sortkeys should be added to this rcat. The template page provides detailed information.
- From a less specific name: This is a redirect from a title that is a less specific name to a more specific, less general one.
- It may be a less specialized term, a broader usage, a generic term or simply be worded less narrowly. It leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names and can help writing and searches. It is not necessary to replace these redirected links with a piped link.
- Such names often indicate that a broader, overview article needs to be written. For such redirects
{{R with possibilities}}
should also be added.
- From a more specific name: This is a redirect from a title that is a more specific name to a less specific, more general one.
- It may be a more specialized term, include extraneous identifiers, or simply be worded more narrowly. It leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names and can help writing and searches. It is not necessary to replace these redirected links with a piped link.
- From a synonym: This is a redirect from a semantic synonym of the target page title.
- For example: automobile
car
- This template should not be used to tag redirects that are taxonomic synonyms. For taxonomic synonyms use {{R from alternative scientific name}} instead.
- For example: automobile
- From a number in Roman numerals: This is a redirect from a title in Roman numerals, to a title in Arabic numerals. It leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names and can help writing and searches. However, do not replace these redirected links with a piped link unless the page is updated for another reason.
- From antonym: This is a redirect from a page that is an antonym or opposite of the target page.
People
- From birth name: This is a redirect from a person's birth name (née or né) to a more common name or a related topic.
- Use this rcat to tag mainspace redirects when the title matches the subject's name given to them at birth. If the redirect is a personal name that differs from the birth name, then use {{R from personal name}} instead. In either case, be sure to include
{{DEFAULTSORT:(surname), (given name)}}
for correct category sorting of this person's name.
- Use this rcat to tag mainspace redirects when the title matches the subject's name given to them at birth. If the redirect is a personal name that differs from the birth name, then use {{R from personal name}} instead. In either case, be sure to include
- From a given name: This is a redirect from a person's given name. It is used because Wikipedia has only one article about a person with this given name, or because one individual is the most likely topic sought by this given name (other persons who share this name might be listed at an anthroponymy article or at the end of a disambiguation page).
- To a joint biography: This is a redirect from one person's name to a biographical article that includes this person along with one or more other persons.
- Be sure to include
{{DEFAULTSORT:(surname), (given name)}}
for correct category sorting of this person's name.
- Be sure to include
- From married name: This is a redirect from a person's married name to that person's more notable name when appropriate.
- From name with title: This is a redirect from a person's name (typically surname) preceded (or followed) by a title, such as "Mayor Smith" or "Cardinal Doe" to the name with no title or with the title in parentheses.
- From personal name: This is a redirect from an individual's personal name to an article titled with the subject's professional stage name, pen name, or other better known moniker.
- This redirect leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names; it may help writing and aid searches. It is not necessary to replace these redirected links with a piped link.
- If this is the name of a living person, then one or more reliable sources must be included in the target article that will support the existence of this personal name, or else this redirect's talk page must be created and the reference(s) added there. This is in accord with Wikipedia's biography of living persons (BLP) policy, which applies to all Wikipedia pages, to include redirects.
- Use this rcat only on redirects that are in Wikipedia's main-article namespace, and only when the personal name differs from the subject's name when born. If the redirect title is the subject's birth name, use {{R from birth name}} instead.
- From a pseudonym: This is a redirect from a pseudonym, for example a stage name of a performing artist or a pen name of a writer.
- From a surname: This is a redirect from a person's surname. It is used because Wikipedia has only one article about a person with this surname, or because one individual is the most likely topic sought by this surname (other persons who share this name might be listed at an anthroponymy article or at the end of a disambiguation page).
Technical
- From or to a drug trade name: This is a redirect from (or to) the trade name of a drug to (or from) the international nonproprietary name (INN).
- From a filename: This is a redirect from a title that is a filename of the target.
- It leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names and can help writing and searches. It is not necessary to replace these redirected links with a piped link.
- From a Java package name: This is a redirect from a Java package name, or the fully-qualified name of a Java class or interface, to the software project or language feature that provides that package, or the computer-science concept that it implements.
- From a molecular formula: This is a redirect from a molecular/chemical formula to its systematic (technical) or trivial name.
- From a technical name: This is a redirect from a more technical name to a common name.
- To a technical name: This is a redirect from a common term to a more technical name.
Organisms
- To scientific name of an organism: This is a redirect from a vernacular ("common") name to the scientific name of an organism (or group of organisms).
- From scientific name of an organism: This is a redirect from a scientific name of an organism (or group of organisms) to a vernacular ("common") name.
- From alternative scientific name of an organism: This is a redirect from an alternative scientific name of an organism (or group of organisms) to the accepted scientific name.
- To a monotypic taxon: This is a redirect from the only lower-ranking member of a monotypic taxon to its monotypic taxon. In a biology-related article, when for example a genus has only one species, the binomial name may be a redirect to the genus.
- Use {{R from monotypic taxon}} instead when making a redirect from a monotypic taxon to its only member, for example, from a family name to its sole genus.
- From a monotypic taxon: This is a redirect from a monotypic taxon to its only lower-ranking member. In a biology-related article, when for example a family has only one genus, the family may be a redirect to the genus.
- Use {{R to monotypic taxon}} when making a redirect to a monotypic taxon from its only member, for example, from a species to the genus of which it is the only member.
Geography
- From location and country: This is a redirect from a geographic location that includes the country name to an article about the location. These redirects are mainly used to conform to Wikipedia conventions on geographic location article titles.
- From a more specific geographic name: This is a redirect from a geographic location that usually includes extraneous identifiers such as the county or region of a city. These redirects are mainly used to conform to Wikipedia conventions on geographic location article titles.
- From a postal code: This is a redirect from a postal code to its assigned geographic area.
Miscellaneous
Fiction
- From a fictional character: This is a redirect from a fictional character to a related fictional work or list of characters. The destination may be an article about a related fictional work that mentions this character, a standalone list of characters, or a subsection of an article or list.
- For redirects named for fictional places use {{R from fictional location}}, and for those named for fictional elements (objects or concepts), use {{R from fictional element}}.
- From a fictional element: This is a redirect from a fictional element (such as an object or concept) to a related fictional work or list of similar elements. The destination may be an article about a related fictional work that mentions this element, a subsection, or a standalone list of elements.
- For redirects named for fictional characters use {{R from fictional character}}, and for redirects named for fictional places use {{R from fictional location}}.
- From a fictional location: This is a redirect from a fictional location or setting to a related fictional work or list of places. The destination may be an article about a related fictional work that mentions this place, a subsection, or a standalone list of settings.
- For redirects named for fictional characters use {{R from fictional character}}, and for redirects named for fictional elements (objects or concepts) use {{R from fictional element}}.
- From a television episode: This is a redirect from a television episode title to a related work or lists of episodes. The destination may be an article about a related episode, a subsection or a standalone list of episodes.
Related information
- From an album: This is a redirect from an album to a related topic such as the recording artist or a list of albums.
- To an article without mention: This is a redirect to an article without any mention of the redirected word or phrase.
- For titles that are obvious omissions from target articles, check the rcat index for more specific templates to use instead of this rcat – examples: {{R typo}} for misspellings of article titles or {{R from incorrect name}} for wrong names.
- From a book: This is a redirect from a book title to a more general, relevant article, such as the author or publisher of the book or to its title in an alternative language.
- Books should only have an individual article when they meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines and there is enough material to warrant a detailed article.
- To a decade: This is a redirect from a year (or years) to to the associated decade article. Years from 1700–500 BCE should redirect to the relevant decade per Wikipedia:Timeline standards.
- Do not replace these redirected links with a link directly to the target page. Individual articles may be created for these years in the future.
- From a domain name: This is a redirect from a domain name to an article about an associated entity or website, which is more often referred to by its official name than by its domain name.
- Use this redirect link (without piping) when the link in the context specifically concerns the website. Other pages using this link should be updated to replace the text with the redirect target (again, without piping).
- From a top-level domain: This is a redirect from a top-level domain to an article about a website (or the company that hosts it) that is more often referred to by its short name or company name rather than its top-level domain name.
- Use this redirect link (without piping) when the link in the context specifically concerns the website. Other pages using this link should be updated to replace the text with the redirect target (again, without piping).
- From a film: This is a redirect from a film title that is a subtopic of the redirect target or a title in an alternative language that has been produced in that language.
- From gender: This is a redirect from a word or phrase that specifies gender to one that is either gender-neutral or specific to a different gender.
- From enacted legislation: This is a redirect from the alphanumeric form of enacted legislation to an article titled in an alternative form that corresponds directly with the enacted legislation's alphanumeric form.
- Use this rcat only on redirects that are in Wikipedia's main-article namespace, and only when the alphanumeric legislation has formally been enacted to law. If not enacted, use {{R from alternative name}} instead.
- From a list topic: This is a redirect from the topic of a list to the equivalent list. It is not necessary to replace links to this redirect with a piped link to the target page.
- For redirects to a specific entry in a list use {{R to list entry}} instead.
- If the redirect topic is detailed enough to sustain its own article, then use {{R with possibilities}} in addition. If notability of the subject can be shown, then be bold and convert this redirect into an article on the topic.
- From a member: This is a redirect from a person who is a member of a group to a general, related topic, such as the group name, organization, ensemble, or team of membership.
- To a related topic: This is a redirect to an article about a similar topic.
- Redirects from related topics are different than redirects from related words, because a related topic is more likely to warrant a full and detailed description in the target article. If this redirect's subject is notable, then also tag it with {{R with possibilities}} and {{R printworthy}}.
- From a related word or phrase: This is a redirect from a word (or phrase) to a page title that is related in some way. This redirect might be a good search term, or it could be a candidate for a Wiktionary link.
- Redirects from related words are not properly redirects from alternative spellings of the same word. They are also different from redirects that are subtopics or related terms/topics, because unlike those, a related word or phrase probably does not warrant its own subtopic section in the target page or possess the possibility of ever becoming an article, template, project page, and so forth.
- From a related word or phrase: This is a redirect from a word (or phrase) to a page title that is related in some way. This redirect might be a good search term, or it could be a candidate for a Wiktionary link.
- Redirects from related words are not properly redirects from alternative spellings of the same word. They are also different from redirects that are subtopics or related terms/topics, because unlike those, a related word or phrase probably does not warrant its own subtopic section in the target page or possess the possibility of ever becoming an article, template, project page, and so forth.
- From a related word or phrase: This is a redirect from a word (or phrase) to a page title that is related in some way. This redirect might be a good search term, or it could be a candidate for a Wiktionary link.
- Redirects from related words are not properly redirects from alternative spellings of the same word. They are also different from redirects that are subtopics or related terms/topics, because unlike those, a related word or phrase probably does not warrant its own subtopic section in the target page or possess the possibility of ever becoming an article, template, project page, and so forth.
- From a related word or phrase: This is a redirect from a word (or phrase) to a page title that is related in some way. This redirect might be a good search term, or it could be a candidate for a Wiktionary link.
- Redirects from related words are not properly redirects from alternative spellings of the same word. They are also different from redirects that are subtopics or related terms/topics, because unlike those, a related word or phrase probably does not warrant its own subtopic section in the target page or possess the possibility of ever becoming an article, template, project page, and so forth.
- From a phrase: This is a redirect from a phrase to a more general relevant article covering the topic.
- Phrases should only have an individual article when there is enough (usually historical background) material to warrant a detailed article on the genesis and sociological impact of the phrase in question.
- If the phrase is a catchphrase, use {{R from catchphrase}}; if it is a slogan, then use {{R from slogan}}; if it is a quotation, then use {{R from quotation}}.
- From a school: This is a redirect from a school article that may have had very little information or did not meet notability criteria. The information from this article may have been merged into a list of schools or an article on the appropriate school district or geographical location.
- From a song: This is a redirect from a song title to a more general, relevant article such as an album, film or artist where the song is mentioned. Redirecting to the specific album or film in which the song appears is preferable to redirecting to the artist when possible.
- There is consensus that the majority of songs do not meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines. Songs should only have an individual article when there is enough material to warrant a detailed article.
- For redirects of cover songs to the article about the original song, use {{R from cover song}} instead.
- From a subtopic: This is a redirect from a subtopic of the target article.
- If the redirected subtopic could potentially have its own article in the future, then also use {{R with possibilities}} and {{R printworthy}}. If notability of the subject can be shown, then be bold and convert this redirect into an article on the subtopic.
- To a subtopic: This is a redirect to a subtopic of the redirect's title.
- If the redirect topic is detailed enough to sustain its own article, then use {{R with possibilities}} and {{R printworthy}} in addition. If notability of the subject is supportable, then by all means be bold and convert this redirect into an article about the topic.
- From a team: This is a redirect from a team/club/squad to the sporting league/association in which the team is a member.
- From a Unicode character: This is a redirect from a single Unicode character to an article or Wikipedia project page that infers meaning for the symbol. Examples would be monetary symbols like dollar and euro signs, language symbols, emoji, and so on. For a multiple-character-long title with diacritics, use template {{R from diacritics}} instead. For codes such as "U+00E6", use {{R from Unicode code}}.
With possibilities
- With possibilities: This is a redirect from a title that potentially could be expanded into a new article or other type of associated page such as a new template. The topic described by this title may be more detailed than is currently provided on the target page or in a section of that page.
- {{R printworthy}} should be used together with this template when applied to a redirect in mainspace.
- When used on a template redirect, it will automatically populate Category:Template redirects with possibilities.
- When the target page becomes too large, or for any reason a new page would be an improvement, this redirect may be replaced with an article, template or other project page that is carved out of the target page. See also {{R to section}} and use together with this rcat when appropriate.
- If the topic of the redirect is not susceptible to expansion, then use other rcats such as {{R to section}} or {{R to list entry}} when appropriate.
- Since a new page may be created, links to this redirect should not be replaced with a direct link to the target page.
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- From a category with possibilities: This is a redirect from a category title that potentially could be populated as a separate category.
- Other pages should not populate this redirected category. If you find category links to this redirect from articles/ templates/ categories/ portals, please do retarget those links directly to the category page to which this entry redirects.
- If used to tag redirects in any namespace other than category space, then Category:Pages with templates in the wrong namespace will be populated, so be sure to use this rcat only on category pages.
- With possibilities: This is a redirect from a title that potentially could be expanded into a new article or other type of associated page such as a new template. The topic described by this title may be more detailed than is currently provided on the target page or in a section of that page.
- {{R printworthy}} should be used together with this template when applied to a redirect in mainspace.
- When used on a template redirect, it will automatically populate Category:Template redirects with possibilities.
- When the target page becomes too large, or for any reason a new page would be an improvement, this redirect may be replaced with an article, template or other project page that is carved out of the target page. See also {{R to section}} and use together with this rcat when appropriate.
- If the topic of the redirect is not susceptible to expansion, then use other rcats such as {{R to section}} or {{R to list entry}} when appropriate.
- Since a new page may be created, links to this redirect should not be replaced with a direct link to the target page.
ISO codes
- From an ISO 4 abbreviation: This is a redirect from an ISO 4 publication title abbreviation to the unabbreviated publication title, or an article containing information about the publication.
- In cases of an ISO 4 abbreviation with partially missing dots, or dots used inappropriately, please use {{R from misspelling}}.
- From an ISO 639 code: This is a redirect from a title that is an ISO 639 language code to an article about the language. An example is ISO 639:zho
Chinese language.
- From an ISO 3166 code: This is a redirect from a title that contains an ISO 3166 geographical code to an article about the location. An example is ISO 3166-1:MM
Myanmar. It leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for places and common names and can help writing and searches.
- Do not replace these redirected links with piped links.
- From an ISO 4217 code: This is a redirect from a title that contains an ISO 4217 currency code to an article about the currency. An example is ISO 4217:USD
United States dollar. It leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names and can help writing and searches.
- Do not replace these redirected links with piped links.
- From an ISO 15924 code: This is a redirect from a title that contains an ISO 15924 script code to an article about the script. An example is ISO 15924:Ethi
Ge'ez script.
Printworthiness
- From a printworthy page title: This is a redirect from a title that would be helpful in a printed or CD/DVD version of Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Printability for more helpful information.
- With possibilities: This is a redirect from a title that potentially could be expanded into a new article or other type of associated page such as a new template. The topic described by this title may be more detailed than is currently provided on the target page or in a section of that page.
- {{R printworthy}} should be used together with this template when applied to a redirect in mainspace.
- When used on a template redirect, it will automatically populate Category:Template redirects with possibilities.
- When the target page becomes too large, or for any reason a new page would be an improvement, this redirect may be replaced with an article, template or other project page that is carved out of the target page. See also {{R to section}} and use together with this rcat when appropriate.
- If the topic of the redirect is not susceptible to expansion, then use other rcats such as {{R to section}} or {{R to list entry}} when appropriate.
- Since a new page may be created, links to this redirect should not be replaced with a direct link to the target page.
- From an unprintworthy page title: This is a redirect from a title that would not be helpful in a printed or CD/DVD version of Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Printability for more helpful information.
- From a misspelling: This is a redirect from a misspelling or typographical error. The correct form is given by the target of the redirect.
- This redirect is made available to aid searches. Pages that use this link should be updated to link directly to the target without the use of a piped link that hides the correct details.
- This template tags redirects with a subcategory of the Redirects from incorrect names category, so template {{R from incorrect name}} should not be used with this template.
- Extended-confirmed protected: This is a redirect from a title that is extended confirmed protected from editing for any of several possible reasons.
- Please do not replace these redirected links with links directly to the target page unless expressly advised to do so below or elsewhere on this page, or if the change is supported by a policy or guideline.
- Fully protected: This is a redirect from a title that is fully protected from editing for any of several possible reasons. It may have been protected by an administrator, or it may be on the Cascade-protected list, or both.
- Please do not replace these redirected links with links directly to the target page unless expressly advised to do so below or elsewhere on this page, or if the change is supported by a policy or guideline.
- Semi-protected: This is a redirect from a title that is semi-protected from editing for any of several possible reasons.
- Please do not replace these redirected links with links directly to the target page unless expressly advised to do so below or elsewhere on this page, or if the change is supported by a policy or guideline.
- Template-protected: This is a redirect from a page that is template-protected from editing for any of several possible reasons. Only administrators and template editors may edit this page.
- Please do not replace these redirected links with links directly to the target page unless expressly advised to do so below or elsewhere on this page, or if the change is supported by a policy or guideline.
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