Template:R from shortcut/doc

Usage

 * This redirect category (rcat) template populates and, when the shortcut is in main-article namespace (mainspace), then  is also populated by default.  In 2003, efforts were begun to support the Wikimedia Foundation's goal of increasing access and availability of  Wikipedia articles in .  Aliases/shortcuts in mainspace are not suitable for a printed version.  In other words they are unprintworthy.


 * Add this rcat to a redirect 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 to a redirect as many appropriate rcats as needed, usually from one to seven, along with their parameters. For more information see the documentation on its template page.  This rcat may also tag a redirect individually:


 * 1) REDIRECT (target page name)


 * This is in accord with instructions found at REDCAT.


 * Use this rcat to tag any redirect from a Wikipedia (WP:, MOS:, etc.) shortcut. Shortcuts are historically reserved for Wikipedia project pages, their discussion and help pages, and categories, and they are now used in all namespaces. If the redirect is a shortcut to the template namespace and the redirect itself is in any namespace, then use R from template shortcut instead of .  It is the target page that determines this, so if a redirect is in the template namespace and targets a page in any other namespace, then it is not a template shortcut and should be tagged with .

The parameter of or for can be used to specify the referent of the shortcut (e.g. to explain an acronym, since we do not use except in mainspace). For example, the shortcut WP:AEIS uses "analysis, evaluation, interpretation, or synthesis".

Aliases

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