Main:Template index/Redirect pages

"Wikipedia:Redirect templates" redirects here. Not to be confused with Template:Redirect.

Further information: Template:R template index, Wikipedia:Categorizing redirects, and Category:Redirect templates

For how to use redirect templates, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Redirect/Style guide.

This is a list of maintenance templates which are used to categorize redirect pages.

It is sometimes considered helpful to put redirects into categories where appropriate, see Wikipedia:Categorizing redirects. For pages which should ultimately be handled by a full article, add both {{R with possibilities}} and one or more stub sorting templates to draw attention to the needed article.

Redirect templates are designed to be used together. For example, the redirect "Architechts " uses both {{R from misspelling}} and {{R from plural}}. {{Redirect category shell}} can be used to group multiple templates on a single page by listing the appropriate redirect templates as its parameter (similar to {{WikiProject banner shell}} and {{Multiple issues}}).

Hidden categories

Most of the categories populated by redirect category (rcat) templates are hidden categories. Hidden categories cannot be seen by viewers who are not logged in, nor by editors who have not set their preferences to view them. So if you have tagged a redirect with an rcat and saved the redirect, but you cannot see the category, the first thing to check is if you have set your preferences to view hidden cats:

1. Go to Template:Myprefs
2. Scroll down to Advanced options
3. Check the box Show hidden categories
4. Click Save

You may need to purge your browser cache to ensure that you can see hidden cats in the future.

Printworthy vs. unprintworthy

Some rcats place a redirect in either Category:Printworthy redirects or Category:Unprintworthy redirects by default. Other rcats do not, which means that it is up to editors to choose to the best of their knowledge which of those categories, Printworthy or Unprintworthy, is appropriate and should be populated. The rcats that can be used separately to populate those categories are:

• {{R printworthy}} and {{R unprintworthy}}

For more information follow the links.

List of redirects by function

Not all rcats are listed in this functional index; for a complete list of rcats, see the alphanumeric listing.

Each and every rcat template in the following functional index is also found in the above navbar, which is used as a reference on all rcat pages. Changes made to the navbar must also be made below, and vice versa.

Grammar, punctuation and spelling

Check each rcat's template page to see in which namespace(s) it may be used.

Usage	Template	Example(s)
Abbreviations
Initialisms For: initialisms (letters often spoken letter-by-letter) to their expanded forms Not for: acronyms (letters often spoken as a single word) expanded forms to initialisms – {{R to initialism}} initials of personal names	{{R from initialism}}	Template:Xt Template:!xt ({{R from acronym}}) Template:!xt ({{R to initialism}}) Template:!xt ({{R from short name}})
Acronyms For: acronyms (letters often spoken as a single word) to their expanded forms Not for: initialisms (letters often spoken letter-by-letter) expanded forms to acronyms – {{R to acronym}} Challenge: this term is not well-defined.	{{R from acronym}}	Template:Xt Template:!xt ({{R from initialism}}) Template:!xt ({{R from initialism}})
Capitalisation and spelling
Alternative spellings For: correct spelling alternatives numbers to words words to numbers Not for: misspellings spelling differences that result in different pronunciations	{{R from alternative spelling}} {{R from American English}} {{R from British English}}	Template:Xt Template:!xt ({{R from alternative name}}) Template:!xt ({{R from misspelling}}) Template:!xt ({{R from misspelling}})
ASCII	{{R from ASCII-only}} {{R to ASCII-only}}	Template:Xt
Diacritical marks	{{R from diacritic}} {{R to diacritic}}	Template:Xt
Ligatures	{{R from ligature}} {{R to ligature}}	Template:Xt
Misspellings For: incorrect differences in spelling	{{R from misspelling}}	Template:Xt
Stylized titles For: Stylized names that are outside Wikipedia naming conventions	{{R from stylization}}	Template:Xt
Old-style CamelCase links	{{R from CamelCase}}	Template:Xt
Different capitalisation For: capitalisation differences that are not incorrect Not for: Camel case titles from old versions of Wikipedia (see above) page names with incorrect capitalisation	{{R from other capitalisation}}	Template:Xt Template:!xt ({{R from CamelCase}})
Incorrect capitalisation For: page names with incorrect capitalisation Not for: Camel case titles from old versions of Wikipedia (see above) capitalisation differences that are not incorrect	{{R from miscapitalisation}}	Template:Xt Template:!xt ({{R from CamelCase}})
Grammar and punctuation
Modifications For: punctuation differences re-arrangement of words	{{R from modification}}	Template:Xt
From plurals For: plural nouns or noun phrases to their singular forms plural nouns or noun phrases when the singular form is also a redirect to the same target Not for: singular nouns or noun phrases to their plural forms	{{R from plural}}	Template:Xt Template:Xt
To plurals For: singular nouns or noun phrases to their plural forms singular nouns or noun phrases when the plural form is also a redirect to the same target Not for: plural nouns or noun phrases to their singular forms	{{R to plural}}	Template:Xt
Parts of speech
Parts of speech For Alternate parts of speech forms of the target article	{{R from adjective}} {{R from adverb}} {{R from common noun}} {{R from gerund}} {{R from proper noun}} {{R from verb}}	Template:Xt Template:Xt Template:Xt Template:Xt

Alternative names

Check each rcat's template page to see in which namespace(s) it may be used.

Usage	Template	Example(s)
Full names such as Municipality, State forms or Village, City forms to briefer name form	{{R from name and country}} (see also {{R from more specific geographic name}} for other geographic variations)
Full names persons, things, topics and such alternative forms of names redirected to briefer article page names	{{R from long name}}
Short names persons, things, topics and such alternative forms of names redirected to full article page names	{{R from short name}}
Portmanteaux parts of multiple words or their sounds are combined into a new word	{{R from portmanteau}}
Sort names the sort form of a persons name is redirected to the person's common name	{{R from sort name}} {{R from ambiguous sort name}}	Kennedy, John F. redirects to the subjects common name, John F. Kennedy
Alternative names general pseudonyms, nicknames, and synonyms that are not a full name as above	{{R from alternative name}}
Names with titles usually surnames preceded or followed by a title, honorific, etc.	{{R from name with title}}	Cardinal Wolsey redirects to Thomas Wolsey
More specific names names that are more specific, less general than that used for the actual article (often as the result of WP:RM discussions involving WP:COMMONNAME), but not simply longer versions of the target names	{{R from more specific name}} (see also {{R from more specific geographic name}} and its variants for places)
Less specific names names that are less specific, more general than that used for the actual article (often as the result of WP:RM discussions involving WP:COMMONNAME), but not simply shorter versions of the target names	{{R from less specific name}}
Synonyms (and antonyms) words that have the same or similar meaning (antonyms have opposite meanings). Taxonomic synonyms should be tagged with {{R from alternative scientific name}} instead.	{{R from synonym}} {{R from antonym}}	syn. Template:Xt syn. Template:!xt (scientific) ant. Template:Xt
Personal / legal names article is titled by the WP:COMMONNAME, which often is not the subject's personal/legal name; yet, the redirect title is relevant and should be linked for categorization, tracking and for its search worthiness	{{R from personal name}} {{R from legal name}} (alias of above)	Peter Hernandez Erika Mitchell
Unambiguous surnames	{{R from surname}}
Given names	{{R from given name}}
Birth names	{{R from birth name}}
Married names	{{R from married name}}
Pen names, stage names, etc.	{{R from pseudonym}}
Incorrect names redirects with an erroneous name that is either incorrect or unsuitable as a Wikipedia article title; e.g., may be a redirect left behind after a move	{{R from incorrect name}}
Previous names	{{R from former name}}	Template:Xt
Scientific names of organisms from scientific name to commonplace article name (automatic Printworthy category) commonplace name to scientific article name from alternative scientific name to correct (or believed to be correct) scientific name	{{R from scientific name}} {{R to scientific name}} {{R from alternative scientific name}}
Technical names from technical term to common name (automatic Printworthy category) from common name to more technical name from molecular/chemical formula to scientific or common name (automatic Printworthy category)	{{R from technical name}} {{R to technical name}} {{R from molecular formula}}
Java package names from a Java package name, or the fully-qualified name of a Java class or interface, to the software project or language feature that provides that package (automatic Unprintworthy category)	{{R from Java package name}}
Other languages	{{R from alternative language}} (language codes)

Navigation

Usage	Template	Example(s)
Embedded anchor The category page notes that this does not apply to anchors that are in or near section headers. Use {{R to section}} instead.	{{R to anchor}}	Template:Xt Template:!xt (Note the hyphen – use {{R to section}} because this is a "section anchor".)
Links auto-generated from file metadata information	{{R from file metadata link}}
List entry	{{R to list entry}}
Mentioned in hatnote Hatnotes are most often atop the page. If they are under a section header, {{R to section}} should also be used.	{{R mentioned in hatnote}}	Template:Xt {{Redirect|Jump}} renders the hatnote, (and mention), atop the target page. {{Wiktionary}}is also used. {{redirect2|Bold|Boldface}} renders the hatnote, (and mention), under a section header of the target page; {{R to section}} and {{Wiktionary}}are also used.
Section Note {{R to anchor}} and how the targets are similar. The target must be clicked and checked to be able to tell the difference.	{{R to section}}	Template:Xt Template:!xt ({{R to anchor}})
To target from a shortcut	{{R from shortcut}}	Template:Xt Template:Xt
Avoided double redirect	{{R avoided double redirect}}

Disambiguation

Check each rcat's template page to see in which namespace(s) it may be used.

Usage	Template	Example(s)
Titles with disambiguators that aren't needed	{{R from unnecessary disambiguation}}	Template:Xt Template:!xt ({{R to disambiguation page}})
Facilitate disambiguation	{{R to disambiguation page}}	Template:Xt where Huda has no primary topic and disambiguation is given from the base page facilitated by the redirect.
For ambiguous terms covered by another disambiguation page	{{R from ambiguous term}}	Template:Xt where Huda gives disambiguation for Huda, Hoda, and Houda.
Titles with different qualifiers	{{R from other disambiguation}} Not for: incorrect, nor incomplete disambiguations	Template:Xt where neither is incorrect, or incomplete but one is the MOS common name title and the other is an equivalent alternative redirect.
Titles with different base names	{{R from predictable disambiguation}}	Template:Xt where Corvette (automobile) will appear in search predictions when searching "Corvette" but Chevrolet Corvette will not.

Merges, duplicates and moves

Use these rcat templates in any namespace.

Usage	Template	Example(s)
Duplicated articles	{{R from duplicated article}}
Merges Check page history to see if a redirect is from an article merged into another page.	{{R from merge}}
Page moves Check page history to see if a redirect is the result of a page renaming.	{{R from move}}
Page history Check page history to see if a redirect has a significant edit history.	{{R with history}}
Wikipedia history Check page history to see if a redirect is the result of historical changes in Wikipedia.	{{R with old history}}

Drafts

Usage	Template	Example(s)
Draft For drafts in the draft or user namespaces to articles in the main namespace.	{{R from draft}}
Old AfC draft For drafts in the Wikipedia talk namespace to articles in the main namespace.	{{R from old AfC draft}}

To namespaces

Check each rcat's template page to see in which namespace(s) it may be used.

Usage	Template	Example(s)
Template:Blue
Any talk namespace For: any talk page to a corresponding page, more heavily watched, in any namespace	{{R from remote talk page}}	Template:Xt
Wikipedia (project) namespace For: any page to a page in the Wikipedia namespace Not for: a page in the Wikipedia namespace to a page outside of the Wikipedia namespace	{{R to project namespace}}	Template:Xt
Help namespace For: any page to a page in the help namespace Not for: a page in the help namespace to a page outside of the help namespace	{{R to help namespace}}	Template:Xt
Portal namespace For: any page to a page in the portal namespace Not for: a page in the portal namespace to a page outside of the portal namespace	{{R to portal namespace}}	Template:Xt
Template:Blue
Category namespace For: a page outside of the category namespace to a page in the category namespace Not for: a page in the category namespace to any page	{{R to category namespace}}	Template:Xt Template:!xt
Draft namespace For: a page outside of the draft namespace to a page in the draft namespace Not for: a page in the draft namespace to any page	{{R to draft namespace}}	Template:Xt Template:!xt
Main namespace For: a page outside of the main namespace to a page in the main namespace Not for: a page in the main namespace to any page	{{R to main namespace}}	Template:Xt Template:!xt
Talk namespaces For: a page outside of the talk namespace to a page in the talk namespace Not for: a page in the talk namespace to any page	{{R to talk page}}	Template:Xt Template:Xt Template:!xt ({{R to user namespace}}) Template:!xt
Template namespace For: a page outside of the template namespace to a page in the template namespace Not for: a page in the template namespace to any page	{{R to template namespace}}	Template:Xt Template:!xt
User namespace For: a page outside the user namespace to a page in the user namespace Not for: a page in the user namespace to any page	{{R to user namespace}}	Template:Xt Template:!xt ({{R to talk page}}) Template:!xt Template:!xt

Miscellaneous

Check each rcat's template page to see in which namespace(s) it may be used.

Usage	Template	Example(s)
To redirect to decade article	{{R to decade}}
To redirect to century article	{{R to century}}
People who are members of a group, organisation, ensemble or team	{{R from member}}
Subtopics or closely related topics that should be explained within the text, which may possibly become a future article	{{R with possibilities}}
Fictional characters	{{R from fictional character}}
Fictional objects/concepts	{{R from fictional element}}
Fictional locations/settings	{{R from fictional location}}
TV series' episodes	{{R from television episode}}
Related terms or topics	{{R to related topic}}
Related words	{{R from related word}} (aliases {{R from tense}} {{R from search term}})
Subtopics	{{R from subtopic}} {{R to subtopic}}
Topics of lists	{{R from list topic}}	Template:Xt
From school stub to merge location	{{R from school}}
From a song to an album or artist	{{R from song}}
From an album to an artist	{{R from album}}
From an Internet domain name	{{R from domain name}} (alias {{R from dotcom}}) {{R from top-level domain}}	Template:Xt Template:Xt Template:!xt ({{R from other capitalisation}})
From a single Unicode character	{{R from Unicode character}}
From a Unicode code	{{R from Unicode code}}
From a phrase	{{R from phrase}}
To an article without mention	{{R to article without mention}}
From a film title	{{R from film}}
From a book title	{{R from book}}
From a gender-specific title	{{R from gender}}
With possibilities	{{R with possibilities}} (Category:Template redirects with possibilities) {{R category with possibilities}}
ISOs	{{R from ISO 4 abbreviation}} {{R from ISO 639 code}} {{R from ISO 3166 code}} {{R from ISO 4217 code}} {{R from ISO 15924 code}}	ISO 4 – Template:Xt Template:Xt Template:Xt Template:Xt Template:Xt
Printworthiness	Printability {{R printworthy}} {{R unprintworthy}}	{{R with possibilities}} – printworthy by default {{R from misspelling}} – unprintworthy by default
Protection	{{R extended-protected}} {{R fully protected}} {{R semi-protected}} {{R template-protected}} {{R from high-use template}}
Tools	Category:Miscellaneous redirects Protection policy {{Redirect category shell}} {{Talk page of redirect}}
Wikidata	{{Wikidata redirect}}

Alphanumeric listing

This index lists all rcats; to see many rcats listed by function, see the functional index and the navbar.

• Look for "significant" words, because in this listing the leading "R" and the words "for, from, to and with" are ignored except when the subjects are identical (e.g. Template:Talk quote inline and Template:Talk quote inline). To make them easier to find, some rcats are listed more than once. For example, {{R from postal abbreviation}} will be found with the "P" group as well as with the "A" group.
• Printability (in mainspace only) keys for third column of table:

1. Printable – rcat will populate {{R printworthy}} by default
   • Hard = cannot be altered
   • Soft = can be altered to unprintworthy by a parameter
2. Unprintable – rcat will populate {{R unprintworthy}} by default
   • Hard = cannot be altered
   • Soft = can be altered to printworthy by a parameter
3. No default – editors manually choose printability of redirects
4. N/A – non-applicable – rcat is not used in mainspace or it is deprecated

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What to type	What it makes	Printability
"0–9"
Printable – hard	Unprintable – hard	No default	No default	No default
"A"
No default	No default	Unprintable – hard	Printable – hard	No default	Unprintable – hard	No default	No default	No default	No default	Printable – hard	Printable – hard	No default	Printable – hard	No default (Exception: Printable from English terms only – soft)	Printable – hard	No default	Printable – hard	No default	Printable – soft	No default	No default	Unprintable – soft	Unprintable – hard	Printable – hard	Unprintable – soft	Unprintable – soft	Unprintable – soft	No default	Printable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – soft	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard
"B"
No default	No default	Unprintable – soft	Printable – hard	Unprintable – soft	No default	No default	No default
"C"
No default	Unprintable – hard	No default	Unprintable – soft	Unprintable – soft	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	No default	Unprintable – hard	N/A	Printable – soft	No default	Printable – hard	Printable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Printable – hard	Printable – hard	No default	Unprintable – hard	Printable – hard	No default	No default	No default	Printable – hard	No default	No default	No default	No default	No default	No default	Unprintable – hard	No default
"D"
Printable – soft	No default	Unprintable – soft	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – soft	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – soft	Unprintable – hard	Printable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	No default	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard
"E"
Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Printable – hard	No default	No default	Unprintable – hard	No default
"F"
No default	No default	No default	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – soft	Unprintable – hard	No default	No default	No default	No default	Printable – hard	No default
"G"
Printable – soft	Unprintable – hard	No default	No default	Printable – hard
"H"
Unprintable – hard	No default	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – soft	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Printable – hard	No default	Unprintable – soft	No default
"I"
Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Printable – hard	Unprintable – soft	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – soft	No default	No default	Printable – hard	No default	No default	No default
"J–K–L"
Unprintable – hard	No default	Unprintable – soft	No default (Exception: Printable from English terms only – soft)	Unprintable – soft	Unprintable – soft	No default	No default	Unprintable – soft	Unprintable – soft	No default	No default	No default	Printable – hard	No default	Printable – hard	No default	Printable – hard
"M"
N/A	Printable – hard	Printable – hard	No default	No default	No default	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	No default	No default	Printable – hard	No default	Printable – soft	No default	Unprintable – hard	No default	No default	No default	No default	Unprintable – hard	Printable – hard	Printable – hard	Printable – hard	Unprintable – soft	Unprintable – soft	No default	Printable – hard	No default	No default	No default	No default	No default
"N"
No default	Unprintable – soft	Unprintable – soft	No default	Unprintable – soft	No default	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	No default
"O"
Unprintable – soft	Unprintable – soft	Unprintable – hard	No default
"P"
Printable – soft	Unprintable – soft	No default	Printable – hard	Unprintable – soft	Unprintable – soft	No default	Unprintable – hard	No default	Printable – hard	N/A	Printable – hard	Printable – hard	Printable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	No default	Unprintable – soft	Printable – hard	No default	Unprintable – hard	No default	No default	No default	No default	No default	No default
"Q–R"
Printable – hard	Unprintable – soft	N/A	Unprintable – hard	No default	No default	No default	No default	N/A	Printable – hard	Printable – hard	Printable – hard	No default
"S"
Unprintable – hard	No default	Printable – hard	Printable – hard	Printable – soft	Printable – soft	No default	No default	No default	No default	No default	No default	No default	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – soft	Unprintable – soft	No default	Unprintable – soft	Unprintable – hard	Printable – soft	Printable – hard	Unprintable – soft	No default	No default	No default	No default	Unprintable – hard	No default	Unprintable – hard	N/A	Printable – soft	Unprintable – hard	No default	Unprintable – hard	No default	No default	No default	Printable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Printable – hard	Unprintable – hard	No default	Unprintable – hard	No default	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Printable – hard	No default	No default	Unprintable – hard
"T"
N/A	Unprintable – hard	Printable – hard	No default	No default	No default	Printable – hard	No default	Unprintable – soft	Unprintable – hard	No default	No default	N/A	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – soft	Unprintable – soft	Unprintable – hard	Printable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Printable – hard	Printable – hard	Unprintable – soft	Unprintable – hard	No default	Unprintable – hard
"U"
Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	N/A	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard
"V–W"
Printable – hard	No default	Printable – hard	N/A	No default	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	Unprintable – hard	No default	No default	No default
"X–Y–Z"
Unprintable – hard

Related templates

What to type	What it makes
Soft redirects
Header for redirect categories

Notes

• {{Redirect category shell}} may be used to add one or more appropriate redirect category (rcat) templates to redirects. Click the template link and read its documentation page for more information. Also, see its comparison page, which illustrates its differences with individual rcat tagging.
• For talk pages, there are only certain rcats that should be used. The only rcats that apply to pages in the talk namespaces are {{R from alternative name}}, {{R from shortcut}}, and those associated with moves, merges, disambiguations and cross-namespace redirects. For more information, read the templates' documentation pages. See also {{Talk page of redirect}}.
• If a redirect is tagged incorrectly, for example, if an editor places a mainspace-only rcat on a redirect in another namespace, the redirect will not be sorted into the expected category. Instead, the redirect may be sorted into Category:Pages with incorrectly transcluded templates or its subcategory Pages with templates in the wrong namespace, categories that should remain empty.
• When rcats are used to categorize image-file redirects, the category(ies) may not appear on the redirect page after saving even if they appeared on preview, and even if preferences are set to view hidden categories. Yet the image-file redirect will still populate the category(ies). For example, in Category:Redirects from moves under the section heading Media in category "Redirects from moves", many image-file redirects have been correctly categorized, and yet for example {{Rcat shell|{{R from move}}{{R from short name}}}}'s categories may not appear on the image-file redirect's page. Hidden categories on image-file redirects can be detected by clicking on "Page information" in the Tools menu on the sidebar.

See also

• Wikipedia:Categorizing redirects
• WikiProject Redirect/Style guide