Template:R to ASCII-only/doc

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Usage

Use this rcat template in any namespace.

• This redirect category (rcat) template populates Category:Redirects to ASCII-only titles and, when the redirect is in the main-article namespace (mainspace), Category:Unprintworthy redirects 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 printed versions. Mainspace redirects from titles with non-ASCII characters are usually not suitable for a printed version. In other words they are unprintworthy. See below for what to do for the few redirects to ASCII-only page titles that are printworthy.

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

#REDIRECT [[(target page name)]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R to ASCII-only}}
}}

and when the redirect is in article mainspace, printworthiness should also be tagged:

#REDIRECT [[(target page name)]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R to ASCII-only}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}

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 page name)]]

{{R to ASCII-only}}

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

• Use this rcat on any redirect from a title with differences that are non-ASCII symbols, and yet, they are not diacritical marks (accents, umlauts, and so forth – use {{R from diacritics}} instead) or ligatures (use {{R from ligature}} instead) to a title in only basic ASCII characters.

Printworthy parameter

• |1=printworthy – By default, this template tags and categorizes redirects as unprintworthy. Use the first parameter to subdue that category and populate Category:Printworthy redirects instead in the following manner:

{{Rcat shell|
{{R to ASCII-only|printworthy}}
{{R printworthy}}
}}

or

{{R to ASCII-only|printworthy}}

Aliases

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

See also

• {{R from ASCII-only}}
• {{R from diacritic}}
• {{R to diacritic}}
• {{R from ligature}}
• {{R to ligature}}

• WikiProject Redirect/Style guide