Template:R from former name/doc

Usage

 * This redirect category (rcat) template populates . Add this rcat to a redirect page (not a talk-page redirect) in the following manner:
 * 1) REDIRECT (target article title)


 * 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:


 * 1) REDIRECT (target article title)


 * This is in accord with the instructions found at Stock car racing:REDCAT.


 * Use this rcat on a redirect from a former name or former working title of the target article.
 * This rcat is not used on any redirect from a historic name to a modern name. If the redirect title is considered historic, then use R from historic name instead. Check a few transclusions to help tell the difference:
 * [ from a former name]
 * [ from a historic name]
 * In addition, this redirect is not used on redirects from predecessor company names, which are reserved for mergers and acquisitions that result in a different company name. For these redirects use R from predecessor company name instead.

Aliases

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

Printworthiness

 * In main-article namespace, many redirects from former names to current titles are unprintworthy; however, there are others that are printworthy, 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 separately 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.


 * 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.