Template:R from monotypic taxon/doc

Usage

Use this rcat template on mainspace redirects only.

• This rcat template populates Category:Redirects from monotypic taxa by default. Add this rcat to a redirect (not a talk-page redirect) in the following manner:

#REDIRECT [[(target article title)]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from monotypic taxon}}
}}

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 monotypic taxon}}

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

• Use this rcat to tag any mainspace 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 name may redirect to that sole genus.
  • Use {{R to monotypic taxon}} when making a redirect to a monotypic taxon from its only member, for example, from the species (binomial name) to the genus.

• An unnamed parameter may be used to specify more precisely the kind of organism involved and to sort the article in the appropriate subcategory. At present the four possible sorts are:

• {{Rcat shell|{{R from monotypic taxon}}}}
  • populates Category:Redirects from monotypic taxa
• {{Rcat shell|{{R from monotypic taxon|plant}}}}
  • sorts the redirect to Category:Redirects from monotypic taxa of plants
• {{Rcat shell|{{R from monotypic taxon|fish}}}}
  • sorts the redirect to Category:Redirects from monotypic taxa of fish
• {{Rcat shell|{{R from monotypic taxon|fungus}}}}
  • sorts the redirect to Category:Redirects from monotypic taxa of fungi
• {{Rcat shell|{{R from monotypic taxon|spider}}}}
  • sorts the redirect to Category:Redirects from monotypic taxa of spiders
• {{Rcat shell|{{R from monotypic taxon|crustacean}}}}
  • sorts the redirect to Category:Redirects from monotypic taxa of crustaceans
• {{Rcat shell|{{R from monotypic taxon|reptile}}}}
  • sorts the redirect to Category:Redirects from monotypic taxa of reptiles
• {{Rcat shell|{{R from monotypic taxon|insect}}}}
  • sorts the redirect to Category:Redirects from monotypic taxa of insects

Other parameter values and subcategories may be added.

Aliases

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

Printworthiness

• In main-article namespace, many redirects from monotypic taxa are printworthy; however, there are others 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 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 monotypic taxon}}
{{R printworthy}}
}}

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from monotypic taxon}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}

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

TemplateData

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Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Taxon type	1	Taxon type. May be blank, or filled with plant, fish, fungus, spider, crustacean, reptile, or insect. Example plant	String	optional
Printworthy	2	Set to "unprintworthy" to indicate unprintworthy redirect	Unknown	optional

See also

• {{R to monotypic taxon}}
• WikiProject Redirect/Style guide