Template:R to category namespace

When used inside the {{Redirect category shell}} template:

When used by itself:

• From outside category namespace: This is a redirect from a page outside the category namespace to a category page. This redirect page must be outside the category namespace.
  • Redirects in category namespace are soft redirects, and most rcats must never be used to tag soft redirects.
  • Note: If this page is in category namespace, 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 two categories:

1. Category:Redirects to category space – for PNRs and CNRs, and
2. Category:Unprintworthy redirects – only redirects from the main-article namespace (mainspace) to a category page

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 that target pages in the category namespace are not suitable for a printed version. In other words they are unprintworthy. See below for those rare cases that are printworthy.

This rcat is not for use on the soft redirects that are in category namespace. If placed on a category redirect, it will not populate the expected categories; it will instead be sorted to Category:Pages with templates in the wrong namespace.

No rcat should ever be used to tag any soft redirect.

Usage

Use this rcat template in any namespace except category namespace.

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

#REDIRECT [[Category:(target page name)]]

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

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

#REDIRECT [[Category:(target page name)]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R to category namespace}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}

For rare cases that are printworthy:

#REDIRECT [[Category:(target page name)]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R to category namespace|printworthy=yes}}
{{R printworthy}}
}}

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 [[Category:(target page name)]]

{{R to category namespace}}

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

• Use this rcat to tag any redirect from a page outside of the category namespace to a category.
• This rcat should never be used on a redirect that is in the category namespace that targets any other page.

Aliases

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

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 MOS namespace}}
• {{R to portal namespace}}
• {{R to project namespace}}
• {{R to talk page}}
• {{R to template namespace}}
• {{R to user namespace}}

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

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