Wikipedia:Template index/Redirect pages#Disambiguation

{{redirect-distinguish|Wikipedia:Redirect templates|Template:Redirect}}

{{further|Template:R template index|Wikipedia:Categorizing redirects|:Category:Redirect templates}}

{{for|how to use redirect templates|Wikipedia:WikiProject Redirect/Style guide}}

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

It is 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 {{tlx|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 "{{No redirect|Architechts}}" uses both {{tlx|R from misspelling}} and {{tlx|R from plural}}.{{update inline}} {{tlx|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 {{tlg|WikiProject banner shell}} and {{tlg|Multiple issues}}).

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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:

Go to {{myprefs|Appearance}}
Scroll down to {{MediaWiki:prefs-advancedrendering}}
Check the box {{MediaWiki:tog-showhiddencats}}
Click {{button|{{MediaWiki:saveprefs}}}}

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 {{Cat|Printworthy redirects}} or {{Cat|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:

{{tlx|R printworthy}} and {{tlx|R unprintworthy}}

For more information follow the links.

List of redirects by function

{{hatnote|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.

1{{thinsp}}{{thinsp}}Grammar, punctuation and spelling

2{{thinsp}}{{thinsp}}Alternative names

3{{thinsp}}{{thinsp}}Disambiguation

4{{thinsp}}{{thinsp}}Merges, duplicates and moves

5{{thinsp}}{{thinsp}}To namespaces

6{{thinsp}}{{thinsp}}Miscellaneous

Next:{{thinsp}}{{thinsp}}Alphanumeric listing

=Grammar, punctuation and spelling=

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

class="wikitable" ! Usage ! Template ! Example(s)
colspan="3" \| 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 – {{tl\|R to initialism}} initials of personal names \| {{tl\|R from initialism}} \| {{xt\|UN → United Nations Member states of the UN → Member states of the United Nations}} {{!xt\|ANZAC → Australian and New Zealand Army Corps}} ({{tl\|R from acronym}}) {{!xt\|British Broadcasting Corporation → BBC}} ({{tl\|R to initialism}}) {{!xt\|J. S. Bach → Johann Sebastian Bach}} ({{tl\|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 – {{tl\|R to acronym}} Challenge: this term is not well-defined. \| {{tl\|R from acronym}} \| {{xt\|U.N.C.L.E. → United Network Command for Law and Enforcement APPLE → Ariane Passenger PayLoad Experiment}} {{!xt\|RBI → Run batted in}} ({{tl\|R from initialism}}) {{!xt\|TLDR → Top-level domain registry}} ({{TL\|R from initialism}})
colspan="3" \| 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 \| {{tl\|R from alternative spelling}} {{tl\|R from American English}} {{tl\|R from British English}} \| {{xt\|Humor → Humour Colonization of Africa → Colonisation of Africa Shed 7 → Shed Seven Thousand → 1000 (number)}} {{!xt\|Alternate future → Alternative future}} ({{tl\|R from alternative name}}) {{!xt\|Pronounciation → Pronunciation}} ({{tl\|R from misspelling}}) {{!xt\|Travelling Wilburys → Traveling Wilburys}} ({{tl\|R from misspelling}})
Alternative hyphenations \| {{tl\|R from alternative hyphenation}} \| {{xt\|Dry-suit → Dry suit}}
Alternative punctuations \| {{tl\|R from alternative punctuation}} \| {{xt\|Trinity College, Dublin → Trinity College Dublin}}
Alternative spacings \| {{tl\|R from alternative spacing}} \| {{xt\|Harper Collins → HarperCollins}}
ASCII \| {{tl\|R from ASCII-only}} {{tl\|R to ASCII-only}} \| {{xt\|Weisser See → Weißer See Eð → Eth}}
Diacritical marks \| {{tl\|R from diacritic}} {{tl\|R to diacritic}} \| {{xt\|Montréal → Montreal Malmo → Malmö}}
Incorrect hyphenations \| {{tl\|R from incorrect hyphenation}} \| {{xt\|Merry go round → Merry-go-round Editor in chief → Editor-in-chief Vending-machine → Vending machine}}
Ligatures \| {{tl\|R from ligature}} {{tl\|R to ligature}} \| {{xt\|Ægean Sea → Aegean Sea WeiB Survive → Weiß Survive}}
Misspellings For: incorrect differences in spelling \| {{tl\|R from misspelling}} \| {{xt\|Pronounciation → Pronunciation Travelling Wilburys → Traveling Wilburys}}
Stylized titles For: Stylized names that are outside Wikipedia naming conventions \| {{tl\|R from stylization}} \| {{xt\|Ǝ (video) → E (video)}}
Old-style CamelCase links \| {{tl\|R from CamelCase}} \| {{xt\|AccessibleComputing → Computer accessibility}}
Different capitalisation{{anchor\|MIXEDCAPS}} For: capitalisation differences that are not incorrect Not for: Camel case titles from old versions of Wikipedia (see above) page names with incorrect capitalisation \| {{tl\|R from other capitalisation}} \| {{xt\|Aw → AW Ascending Chain Condition → Ascending chain condition}} {{!xt\|TheBeatles → The Beatles}} ({{tl\|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 \| {{tl\|R from miscapitalisation}} \| {{xt\|Cody ChesnuTT → Cody Chesnutt The beatles → The Beatles}} {{!xt\|TheBeatles → The Beatles}} ({{tl\|R from CamelCase}})
colspan="3" \| Grammar and punctuation
Modifications For: punctuation differences re-arrangement of words \| {{tl\|R from modification}} \| {{xt\|North Korean-Russian → North Korean Russian Russia–North Korea relations → North Korea–Russia relations 1962-63 Ashes series → 1962–63 Ashes series}}
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 \| {{tl\|R from plural}} \| {{xt\|Dogs → Dog}} {{xt\|Mitochondria → Mitochondrion}}
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 \| {{tl\|R to plural}} \| {{xt\|Minimal medium → Minimal media}}
colspan="3" \| Parts of speech
Parts of speech For Alternate parts of speech forms of the target article \| {{tl\|R from adjective}} {{tl\|R from adverb}} {{tl\|R from common noun}} {{tl\|R from gerund}} {{tl\|R from proper noun}} {{tl\|R from verb}} \| {{xt\|happy → happiness}} {{xt\|magically → magic}} {{xt\|advertiser → advertising}} {{xt\|coagulate → coagulation}}

class="wikitable"

! Usage

! Template

! Example(s)

colspan="3" | 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 – {{tl|R to initialism}}
initials of personal names

| {{tl|R from initialism}}

| {{xt|UN → United Nations
Member states of the UN → Member states of the United Nations}}
{{!xt|ANZAC → Australian and New Zealand Army Corps}} ({{tl|R from acronym}})
{{!xt|British Broadcasting Corporation → BBC}} ({{tl|R to initialism}})
{{!xt|J. S. Bach → Johann Sebastian Bach}} ({{tl|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 – {{tl|R to acronym}}
Challenge: this term is not well-defined.

| {{tl|R from acronym}}

| {{xt|U.N.C.L.E. → United Network Command for Law and Enforcement
APPLE → Ariane Passenger PayLoad Experiment}}
{{!xt|RBI → Run batted in}} ({{tl|R from initialism}})
{{!xt|TLDR → Top-level domain registry}} ({{TL|R from initialism}})

colspan="3" | 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

| {{tl|R from alternative spelling}}
{{tl|R from American English}}
{{tl|R from British English}}

| {{xt|Humor → Humour
Colonization of Africa → Colonisation of Africa
Shed 7 → Shed Seven
Thousand → 1000 (number)}}
{{!xt|Alternate future → Alternative future}} ({{tl|R from alternative name}})
{{!xt|Pronounciation → Pronunciation}} ({{tl|R from misspelling}})
{{!xt|Travelling Wilburys → Traveling Wilburys}} ({{tl|R from misspelling}})

Alternative hyphenations

| {{tl|R from alternative hyphenation}}

| {{xt|Dry-suit → Dry suit}}

Alternative punctuations

| {{tl|R from alternative punctuation}}

| {{xt|Trinity College, Dublin → Trinity College Dublin}}

Alternative spacings

| {{tl|R from alternative spacing}}

| {{xt|Harper Collins → HarperCollins}}

ASCII

| {{tl|R from ASCII-only}}
{{tl|R to ASCII-only}}

| {{xt|Weisser See → Weißer See
Eð → Eth}}

Diacritical marks

| {{tl|R from diacritic}}
{{tl|R to diacritic}}

| {{xt|Montréal → Montreal
Malmo → Malmö}}

Incorrect hyphenations

| {{tl|R from incorrect hyphenation}}

| {{xt|Merry go round → Merry-go-round
Editor in chief → Editor-in-chief
Vending-machine → Vending machine}}

Ligatures

| {{tl|R from ligature}}
{{tl|R to ligature}}

| {{xt|Ægean Sea → Aegean Sea
WeiB Survive → Weiß Survive}}

Misspellings

For:
incorrect differences in spelling

| {{tl|R from misspelling}}

| {{xt|Pronounciation → Pronunciation
Travelling Wilburys → Traveling Wilburys}}

Stylized titles

For:
Stylized names that are outside Wikipedia naming conventions

| {{tl|R from stylization}}

| {{xt|Ǝ (video) → E (video)}}

Old-style CamelCase links

| {{tl|R from CamelCase}}

| {{xt|AccessibleComputing → Computer accessibility}}

Different capitalisation{{anchor|MIXEDCAPS}}

For:
capitalisation differences that are not incorrect
Not for:
Camel case titles from old versions of Wikipedia (see above)
page names with incorrect capitalisation

| {{tl|R from other capitalisation}}

| {{xt|Aw → AW
Ascending Chain Condition → Ascending chain condition}}
{{!xt|TheBeatles → The Beatles}} ({{tl|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

| {{tl|R from miscapitalisation}}

| {{xt|Cody ChesnuTT → Cody Chesnutt
The beatles → The Beatles}}
{{!xt|TheBeatles → The Beatles}} ({{tl|R from CamelCase}})

colspan="3" | Grammar and punctuation

Modifications

For:
punctuation differences
re-arrangement of words

| {{tl|R from modification}}

| {{xt|North Korean-Russian → North Korean Russian
Russia–North Korea relations → North Korea–Russia relations
1962-63 Ashes series → 1962–63 Ashes series}}

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

| {{tl|R from plural}}

| {{xt|Dogs → Dog}}
{{xt|Mitochondria → Mitochondrion}}

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

| {{tl|R to plural}}

| {{xt|Minimal medium → Minimal media}}

colspan="3" | Parts of speech

Parts of speech

For
Alternate parts of speech forms of the target article

| {{tl|R from adjective}}
{{tl|R from adverb}}
{{tl|R from common noun}}
{{tl|R from gerund}}
{{tl|R from proper noun}}
{{tl|R from verb}}

| {{xt|happy → happiness}}
{{xt|magically → magic}}
{{xt|advertiser → advertising}}
{{xt|coagulate → coagulation}}

=Alternative names=

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

class="wikitable"

! Usage

! Template

! Example(s)

Full names such as
Municipality, State
forms or
Village, City forms to briefer name form

| {{tl|R from name and country}} (see also {{tl|R from more specific geographic name}} for other geographic variations)

| {{xt|Shanghai, China → Shanghai}}

Full names
persons, things, topics and such alternative forms of names redirected to briefer article page names

| {{tl|R from long name}}

Short names
persons, things, topics and such alternative forms of names redirected to full article page names

| {{tl|R from short name}}

Portmanteaux
parts of multiple words or their sounds are combined into a new word

| {{tl|R from portmanteau}}

| {{xt|Larry Stylinson → Larries}}

Sort names
the sort form of a person's name is redirected to the person's common name

| {{tl|R from sort name}}
{{tl|R from ambiguous sort name}}

| {{xt|Kennedy, John F. → John F. Kennedy}}

Alternative names
general pseudonyms, nicknames, and synonyms that are not a full name as above

| {{tl|R from alternative name}}

Names with titles
usually surnames preceded or followed by a title, honorific, etc.

| {{tl|R from name with title}}

| {{xt|Cardinal Wolsey → 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

| {{tl|R from more specific name}} (see also {{tl|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

| {{tl|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 {{tl|R from alternative scientific name}} instead.

| {{tl|R from synonym}}
{{tl|R from antonym}}

| syn. {{xt|Automobile → Car}}
ant. {{xt|Dislike → Like}}

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

| {{tl|R from personal name}}

| {{xt|Peter Hernandez → Bruno Mars}}
{{xt|Erika Mitchell → E. L. James}}

Unambiguous surnames

| {{tl|R from surname}}

Given names

| {{tl|R from given name}}

Birth names

| {{tl|R from birth name}}

Married names

| {{tl|R from married name}}

Pen names, stage names, etc.

| {{tl|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

| {{tl|R from incorrect name}}

Previous names

| {{tl|R from former name}}

| {{xt|Calcutta → Kolkata}}

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

|
{{tl|R from scientific name}}
{{tl|R to scientific name}}
{{tl|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)

|
{{tl|R from technical name}}
{{tl|R to technical name}}
{{tl|R from chemical formula}}

Drug trade names

from (or to) the trade name of a drug to (or from) the international nonproprietary name (INN)

| {{tl|R from drug trade name}}

Radio frequencies
redirects from a radio frequency to a radio station that broadcasts under that frequency

| {{tl|R from radio frequency}}

| {{xt|1197 AM → Absolute Radio
198 AM → BBC Radio 4}}

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)

|
{{tl|R from Java package name}}

Other languages

| {{tl|R from alternative language}}
(language codes)

Country data templates

to a Country data template such as {{tl|Country data Turkey}}

| {{tl|R country data}}

=Navigation=

class="wikitable"

! 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 {{tl|R to section}} instead.

| {{tl|R to anchor}}

| {{xt|Fire-lizard → Pern#fire-lizard}}
{{!xt|FAT-32 → File Allocation Table#FAT32}} (Note the hyphen – use {{tl|R to section}} because this is a "section anchor".)

Links auto-generated from file metadata information

| {{tl|R from file metadata link}}

List entry

| {{tl|R to list entry}}

Mentioned in hatnote
Hatnotes are most often atop the page. If they are under a section header, {{tl|R to section}} should also be used.

| {{tl|R mentioned in hatnote}}

| {{xt|Jump → Jumping}}

{{Redirect|Jump}} renders the hatnote, (and mention), atop the target page. {{tl|Wiktionary}} is also used.

{{redirect2|Bold|Boldface}} renders the hatnote, (and mention), under a section header of the target page; {{tl|R to section}} and {{tl|Wiktionary}} are also used.

Section
Note {{tl|R to anchor}} and how the targets are similar. The target must be clicked and checked to be able to tell the difference.

| {{tl|R to section}}

| {{xt|WP:SOURCE → Wikipedia:Verifiability#Reliable sources}}
{{!xt|N270 → Intel Atom (CPU)#Diamondville}} ({{tl|R to anchor}})

To target from a shortcut

| {{tl|R from shortcut}}

| {{xt|WP:BOLD → Wikipedia:Be bold}}
{{xt|Template:Cn → Template:Citation needed}}

Avoided double redirect

| {{tl|R avoided double redirect}}

=Disambiguation=

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

class="wikitable"

! Usage

! Template

! Example(s)

Titles with disambiguators that aren't needed

| {{tl|R from unnecessary disambiguation}}

| {{xt|Jupiter (planet) → Jupiter}}
{{!xt|Shir Kahn (disambiguation) → Shir Kahn}} ({{tl|R to disambiguation page}})

Facilitate disambiguation

| {{tl|R to disambiguation page}}

| {{xt|Huda (disambiguation) → Huda}} 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

| {{tl|R from ambiguous term}}

| {{xt|Hoda → Huda}} where Huda gives disambiguation for Huda, Hoda, and Houda.

Titles with different qualifiers

| {{tl|R from other disambiguation}}

Not for:
incorrect, nor
incomplete disambiguations

|{{xt|Williams (family name) → Williams (surname)}} 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

|{{tl|R from predictable disambiguation}}

|{{xt|Corvette (automobile) → Chevrolet Corvette}} where Corvette (automobile) will appear in search predictions when searching "Corvette" but Chevrolet Corvette will not.

From naturally disambiguated page names

|{{tl|R from natural disambiguation}}

|{{xt|Vienne river → Vienne (river)}}

To naturally disambiguated page names

|{{tl|R to natural disambiguation}}

|{{xt|Hyderabad (Sindh) → Hyderabad, Sindh}}

=Merges, duplicates and moves=

class="wikitable"

! Usage

! Template

! Example(s)

Duplicated articles

| {{tl|R from duplicated article}}

Merges
Check page history to see if a redirect is from an article merged into another page.

| {{tl|R from merge}}

Page moves
Check page history to see if a redirect is the result of a page renaming.

| {{tl|R from move}}

Page history
Check page history to see if a redirect has a significant edit history.

| {{tl|R with history}}

Wikipedia history
Check page history to see if a redirect is the result of historical changes in Wikipedia.

| {{tl|R with old history}}

==Drafts==

class="wikitable"

! Usage

! Template

! Example(s)

Draft
For drafts in the draft or user namespaces to articles in the main namespace.

| {{tl|R from draft namespace}}

Old AfC draft
For drafts in the Wikipedia talk namespace to articles in the main namespace.

| {{tl|R from old AfC draft}}

=To namespaces=

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

class="wikitable"

! Usage

! Template

! Example(s)

{{blue|The following can sort redirects into either a cross-namespace category or a same-namespace category:}}

Any talk namespace

For:
any talk page to a corresponding page, more heavily watched, in any namespace

| {{tl|R from remote talk page}}

| {{xt|Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Procedures → Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee}}

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

| {{tl|R to project namespace}}

| {{xt|Wikipedia:MOS → Wikipedia:Manual of Style
MOS:ABBR → Wikipedia:Manual of Style (abbreviations)
Help:IPA → Wikipedia:IPA}}

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

| {{tl|R to help namespace}}

| {{xt|Help:Magic word → Help:Magic words
H:R → Help:Redirect (H:R is in the Main namespace)
Wikipedia:Thumbnail → Help:Files}}

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

| {{tl|R to portal namespace}}

| {{xt|Portal:Beatles → Portal:The Beatles
P:ENG → Portal:England
Wikipedia:0 → Portal:Contents}}

{{blue|The following will sort redirects into a cross-namespace category:}}

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

| {{tl|R to category namespace}}

| {{xt|CAT:A → Category:Wikipedia adminship (CAT:A is in the Main namespace)}}
{{!xt|Category:A → Category:Wikipedia adminship}}

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

| {{tl|R to draft namespace}}

| {{xt|Wikipedia:Wikiproject Dacia/Drafts/Arcina → Draft:Arcina}}
{{!xt|Draft:Beatles → Draft:The Beatles}}

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

| {{tl|R to main namespace}}

| {{xt|Template:DSM IV TR → Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders}}
{{!xt|Beatles → The Beatles}}

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

| {{tl|R to talk page}}

| {{xt|Help:Table → Talk:Library}}
{{xt|Wikipedia:Edit conflict → Wikipedia talk:Edit conflict}}
{{!xt|User talk:Simon → User:Simon}} ({{tl|R to user namespace}})
{{!xt|User talk:Jimbo → Talk:Genius}}

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

| {{tl|R to template namespace}}

| {{xt|T:S → Template:Strikethrough (T:S is in the Main namespace.)}}
{{!xt|Template:R from → Template:R template index}}

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

| {{tl|R to user namespace}}

| {{xt|Wikipedia:MOS → User:Jimbo Wales
User talk:Tricky Ed → User:SuperEditor}}
{{!xt|User:SuperEditor → User talk:Tricky Ed}} ({{tl|R to talk page}})
{{!xt|User:SuperEditor → User:Tricky Ed}}
{{!xt|User:Jimbo Wales/Workpage → User:Jimbo Wales}}

=Miscellaneous=

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

class="wikitable"

! Usage

! Template

! Examples/Notes

To redirect to decade article

| {{tl|R to decade}}

To redirect to century article

| {{tl|R to century}}

People who are members of a group, organisation, ensemble or team

| {{tl|R from member}}

From species to genus

| {{tl|R from species to genus}}

Fictional characters

| {{tl|R from fictional character}}

| Can optionally include the work the character is in as a parameter

Fictional species

| {{tl|R from fictional species}}

Fictional objects/concepts

| {{tl|R from fictional element}}

Fictional locations/settings

| {{tl|R from fictional location}}

TV series episodes

| {{tl|R from television episode}}

| Can optionally include the name of the series

Upcoming films

| {{tl|R from upcoming film}}

Related terms or topics

| {{tl|R to related topic}}

Related words

| {{tl|R from related word}}

Subtopics

| {{tl|R from subtopic}}
{{tl|R to subtopic}}

Topics of lists

| {{tl|R from list topic}}

| {{xt|Birds of Tunisia → List of birds of Tunisia}}

Amusement rides

| {{tl|R from amusement ride}}

From school stub to merge location

| {{tl|R from school}}

From a song to an album or artist

| {{tl|R from song}}

From an album to an artist

| {{tl|R from album}}

From a band name to a band member

| {{tl|R from band name}}

From an Internet URL or domain name

| {{tl|R from URL}}

----{{tl|R from domain name}}

----{{tl|R from second-level domain}}

----{{tl|R from top-level domain}}

| {{xt|Thomas.loc.gov → THOMAS}}
{{xt|Gnu.org → GNU}}
{{!xt|Openoffice.org → OpenOffice.org}} ({{tl|R from other capitalisation}})

From a single Unicode character

| {{tl|R from Unicode character}}

From a Unicode code

| {{tl|R from Unicode code}}

From a phrase

| {{tl|R from phrase}}

To an article without mention

| {{tl|R to article without mention}}

From a film title

| {{tl|R from film}}

From a book title

| {{tl|R from book}}

From a gender-specific title

| {{tl|R from gendered term}}

{{c|Redirects with possibilities|With possibilities}}

| {{tl|R with possibilities}}
({{cat|Template redirects with possibilities}})
{{tl|R category with possibilities}}

| Subtopics or closely related topics that should be explained within the text, which may possibly become a future article

ISOs

| {{tl|R from ISO 4 abbreviation}}
{{tl|R from ISO 639 code}}
{{tl|R from ISO 3166 code}}
{{tl|R from ISO 4217 code}}
{{tl|R from ISO 15924 code}}

| ISO 4 – {{xt|J. Nutr. → Journal of Nutrition}}
{{xt|ISO 639:zho → Chinese language}}
{{xt|ISO 3166-1:MM → Myanmar}}
{{xt|ISO 4217:USD → United States dollar}}
{{xt|ISO 15924:Ethi → Ge'ez script}}

From an IETF RFC

| {{tl|R from RFC}}

Printworthiness

| Printability
{{tl|R printworthy}}
{{tl|R unprintworthy}}

| {{tl|R with possibilities}} – printworthy by default
{{tl|R from misspelling}} – unprintworthy by default

Protection

| {{tl|R protected}}
{{tl|R from high-use template}}

Tools

| {{cat|Miscellaneous redirects}}
Protection policy
{{tl|Redirect category shell}}
{{tl|Talk page of redirect}}

Wikidata

| {{tl|R with Wikidata item}} – hard redirects
{{tl|Soft redirect with Wikidata item}} – soft redirects

Alphanumeric listing

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

Look for the first "significant" word, because this listing is sorted in a way that skips common prefixes like "R from". For example, {{gi|R from move}} is in the "M" group. To make them easier to find, some rcats are listed more than once. For example, {{gi|R from postal abbreviation}} will be found in the "P" group as well as in the "A" group.
{{anchor|Printability}}Printability (in mainspace only) keys for third column of table:

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

class="wikitable"

! width="30%" | What to type

! width="60%" | What it makes

! width="10%" | Printability

{{Tlrow-R|R from ISO 4 abbreviation|category=Redirects from ISO 4 abbreviations}}

| Printable
– hard

| Unprintable
– hard

{{Tlrow-R|R from ISO 3166 code|category=Redirects from ISO 3166 codes}}

Wikipedia:Template index/Redirect pages#Disambiguation

Hidden categories

Printworthy vs. unprintworthy

List of redirects by function

=Grammar, punctuation and spelling=

=Alternative names=

=Navigation=

=Disambiguation=

=Merges, duplicates and moves=

==Drafts==

=To namespaces=

=Miscellaneous=

Alphanumeric listing

Related templates

Notes

See also