Template:R to main namespace

When used with the "Redirect category shell" (Rcat shell) template:

Template {{Redirect category shell}} may be used to add one or more rcat templates, along with their parameters and categories, to a redirect. For more information see the documentation page below.

When used by itself:

• 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.

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Purpose

This redirect category (rcat) template sorts redirects into one category:

• Category:Redirects to the main namespace – for cross-namespace redirects

Usage

Use this rcat template in any namespace except main-article namespace (mainspace).

• Apply this rcat to a redirect in the following manner:

#REDIRECT [[(target article title)]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R to main namespace}}
}}

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 to main namespace}}

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

• Use this rcat on all redirects from outside the main namespace to an article title in mainspace. This rcat should never be used to tag any redirect that is in mainspace.

Aliases

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

Printworthiness

For information only:

• This rcat will only be used to categorize redirects outside mainspace, so printworthiness will not apply to any redirects tagged by this rcat. All redirects that are inside mainspace are either printworthy or unprintworthy. 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. Other rcats 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 surname}}
{{R from alternative name}}
{{R printworthy}}
}}

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from surname}}
{{R from alternative name}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}

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

TemplateData

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TemplateData for R to main namespace

This is a redirect category is for redirects from a page outside the main-article namespace (mainspace) to an article in mainspace.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
No parameters specified

See also

Redirects to other namespaces family:

• {{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}}

Note: three rcat templates in italics also sort redirects from within their namespaces.

• Parent category:Cross-namespace redirects
• WikiProject Redirect/Style guide

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