Template:R from shortcut

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Usage

Use this rcat template in any namespace.

• 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 Template:Diff. 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:

#REDIRECT [[(target page name)]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from shortcut}}
}}

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:

#REDIRECT [[(target page name)]]

{{R from shortcut}}

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

• Use this rcat to tag any redirect that acts as a shortcut: an abbreviated link to an administrative page. See Wikipedia:Shortcut for more details.

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 {{R from abbreviation}} except in mainspace). For example, the shortcut WP:AEIS uses |for="analysis, evaluation, interpretation, or synthesis".

TemplateData

Places this redirect in the category [[Category:Redirects from shortcuts]]. If the redirect is in mainspace, it also places it in [[Category:Unprintworthy redirects]].

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Referent	of for	The referent of the shortcut. Example "analysis, evaluation, interpretation, or synthesis" for [[WP:AEIS]]	String	optional

Aliases

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

See also

• {{R from short name}}
• Template:-r, illustrates how this template appears on a talk page
• WikiProject Redirect/Style guide

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