Template:R from person/doc

Usage

Use this rcat template on mainspace redirects only.

• This redirect category (rcat) template populates both Category:Redirects from people and Category:Printworthy redirects. In 2003, efforts were begun to support the Wikimedia Foundation's goal of increasing access and availability of Wikipedia articles in printed versions. Mainspace redirects from a person or persons are usually suitable for a printed version. In other words they are printworthy. See below for those instances when a redirect from a person is unprintworthy.

• Add this rcat to a redirect page (not a talk-page redirect) in the following manner:

#REDIRECT [[(target article title)]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from person}}
{{R printworthy}}
}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:(surname), (given name)}}

Use the DEFAULTSORT magic word to ensure that person redirects are sorted by surname rather than given 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. This rcat may also tag a redirect individually:

#REDIRECT [[(target article title)]]

{{R from person}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:(surname), (given name)}}

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

• Use this rcat to tag any mainspace redirect from a person or persons to a related article that includes the person(s). This applies when that redirect is a topic more specific than currently provided on the target page or section of that page, and so is a subject that may be suitable for expansion in accordance with Wikipedia's policy on biographies of notable people.
• Most of these redirects are considered printworthy, so this rcat also populates Category:Printworthy redirects by default. There are some redirects from persons that are not considered notable and printworthy, so when you add this rcat to a redirect that you decide is unprintworthy, then use the unnamed parameter to subdue the Printworthy redirects category in the following manner:

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from person|1=unprintworthy}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}

or the 1= may be omitted:

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from person|unprintworthy}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}

and when used individually:

{{R from person|unprintworthy}}

That will subdue the Printworthy redirects category and will add the redirect to Category:Unprintworthy redirects.

Aliases and variants

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

More-specific redirects: several redirects are more specific and should be used when applicable, as they may eventually become maintenance subcategories if Category:Redirects from persons becomes too unwieldy:

• {{R from founder}}
• {{R from co-founder}}
• {{R from executive}}
• {{R from boardmember}}

There are also a few that have already split into separate template/category pairs:

• {{R from member}} (for bands, military units, etc.)

There are few occupational-relationship splits more specific than this. One is:

• {{R from writer}} a.k.a. {{R from author}}

A few family-relationship variants also exist:

• {{R from relative}}
• {{R from spouse}}

See also

• {{R to joint biography}}
• WikiProject Redirect/Style guide