Template:Wikidata redirect/doc

Usage

 * This special redirect category (rcat) template populates . It is "special" because at present it is the only rcat that may be used to tag and categorize soft redirects.  While similar to Wiktionary redirect, that template is only used on soft redirects, while Wikidata redirect may be used on all redirects.  Add this rcat to a redirect in the following manner:
 * 1) REDIRECT (target page name)


 * This is in accord with instructions found at REDCAT.


 * A typical soft redirect may appear as:


 * Use this rcat on all redirects in any namespace, hard and soft, from titles that are used as connections to other Wikimedia projects. See the category for examples.

Parameter
This rcat takes one unnamed parameter, 1, that may be used when a Wikidata "Q" number does not readily fill in, and you know that it exists on Wikidata. An example would be as follows:
 * 1) REDIRECT Duval (surname)

...where the number on Wikidata is Q21491525.

Usage note
The Redirect category shell template (Rcat shell) is not meant to be used on soft redirects, so it should not be used to apply this template to soft redirects. It may be used to apply this template to hard redirects in the following manner:
 * 1) REDIRECT (target page name)


 * 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.

Aliases

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

Error detection
This template automatically places redirects that are not linked to Wikidata items in the tracking category Category:Unlinked Wikidata redirects. Please fix these, either by removing Wikidata redirect or by linking them to Wikidata (temporarily break the redirect, then add as a sitelink on Wikidata, then fix the redirect).

Printworthiness

 * In main-article namespace, many Wikidata redirects are considered printworthy; however, there are also many that are unprintworthy, 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 .  Some rcats automatically populate either  or  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 to populate those categories are:
 * and
 * Please click on each one for more details and guidance.
 * Please click on each one for more details and guidance.


 * On hard redirects (never on soft redirects), template Redirect category shell will accept these rcats just like any other.
 * Examples:


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