Template:R to article without mention/doc
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This template should not be substituted nor used to tag soft redirects. |
Purpose
This template is used to populate a "container" category that should remain empty. If another more specific template cannot be found to tag a redirect, then there are two options:
- Look for other solutions such as to find a way to mention the redirect title in the article, or to find and retarget to another article (a better target) where the redirect title is mentioned or can be added, etc.
- Tag the redirect with this template.
Usage
Use this rcat template on mainspace redirects only.
- This redirect category (rcat) template populates both Category:Redirects to an article without mention and Category:Unprintworthy redirects by default. At some point in the future, Jimmy Wales wants to make more printed versions of TechInfoDepot encyclopedia articles. Redirects from words, phrases or topics that are not mentioned in their target articles are not suitable for a printed version. In other words they are unprintworthy.
- Add this rcat to a redirect (not a talk-page redirect) in the following manner:
#REDIRECT [[(target article title)]] {{Rcat shell| {{R to article without mention}} {{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 article title)]] {{R to article without mention}}
- This is in accord with instructions found at TechInfoDepot:REDCAT.
- Use this rcat to tag a redirect to an article in which the redirect's page name is not mentioned. Exceptions to the use of this template are titles that are obvious omissions from their target articles. Check the rcat index for more specific templates to use instead when they apply, for example, {{R from unsuitable title}} for wrong names, {{R typo}} for misspellings of article titles, and so on. To clarify, if a redirect is a typo then it would not be expected to be included in the target article, so redirects tagged with R typo should not be tagged with R to article without mention.
Aliases
- Also known as... – list of templates that redirect here and may also be used