Template:R from shortcut

When used with the "Redirect category shell" (Rcat shell) template:

Template {{Redirect category shell}} may be used to add one or more  rcat templates, along with their parameters and categories, to a redirect. For more information see the documentation page below.

• From a shortcut: This is a redirect from a shortcut in any namespace to a page in any namespace except template namespace.
  • If target page is a template, then use {{R from template shortcut}} instead. Shortcuts are wikilinked on community pages, talk pages and edit summaries, but not in  mainspace articles.
  • Note: Template talk pages are in a  talk namespace; they are not in the template namespace. All shortcuts to talk pages should be tagged with {{R from shortcut}}.

Template documentation

This documentation is  transcluded from Template:R from shortcut/doc. (Edit | history)
Note to editors: Please don't categorize this template by editing it directly. Instead, place the category in its documentation page, in its "includeonly" section.

Note: This template is used on a lot of pages. In order not to put too much load on the servers, edits should be kept to a bare minimum.
Please discuss proposed changes on the talk page first.
Editing a template causes all pages that use the template to be re-rendered. If the Template is used often, this can put a lot of load on the servers since it fills up the job queue. [statistics]

Usage

• This redirect category ( rcat) template populates Category:Redirects from shortcuts and, when the shortcut is in  main-article namespace (mainspace), then Category:Unprintworthy redirects 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  Wikipedia:Pushing to 1.0. 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

This is the  TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard,  VisualEditor and other tools. Click here to see a monthly parameter usage report for this template based on this TemplateData.

TemplateData for R from shortcut

{
	"params": {
		"of": {
			"aliases": [
				"for"
			],
			"label": "Referent",
			"description": "The referent of the shortcut.",
			"example": "\"analysis, evaluation, interpretation, or synthesis\" for [[WP:AEIS]]",
			"type": "string"
		}
	},
	"description": "Places this redirect in the category [[Category:Redirects from shortcuts]]. If the redirect is in mainspace, it also places it in [[Category:Unprintworthy redirects]]."
}

Aliases

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

See also

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

Rcat functional index

{{{content}}}