Template:Redirect category

The pages in this category are  redirects. To add a redirect to this category, place {{Redirect category shell|(redirect template link)}} on the second new line (skip a line) after #REDIRECT [[Target page name]]. For more information follow the links. Never  substitute redirect template(s), nor place them on  soft redirects.
See also the  complete list of redirect templates and the  redirect style guide.

This is a  maintenance category, used for  maintenance of the Wikipedia project. It is not part of the encyclopedia and contains  non-article pages, or groups articles by status rather than subject. Do not include this category in content categories.

This is a tracking category. It builds and maintains a list of pages primarily for the sake of the list itself. They are not part of the  encyclopedia's categorization scheme.

• This category is  hidden on its  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Category:Hidden_categories member pages]—unless the corresponding  user preference (appearance → show hidden categories) is set.

• These categories can be used to track, build and organize lists of pages needing "attention en masse" (for example, pages using deprecated syntax), or that may need to be edited at someone's earliest convenience.
• These categories also serve to aggregate members of several lists or sub-categories into a larger, more efficient list (discriminated by classifications).

Template documentation

This documentation is  transcluded from Template:Redirect category/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.

See also: Template:Redirect category shell

Usage

This template provides for a uniform header for use on all redirect categories. Its parameters allow modifications of the template's default output, so that each header can be customized for the specific redirect category where it is being used. To use, copy the following syntax and paste it atop the redirect category intended for its use:

{{Redirect category |text= |from= |to= |template= |parameters= |template2= |sortkey= |no_info= |soft_redirect= |not_maintenance= |shortcut= }}

Parameters

• Use |from = and/or |to = to describe the purpose of the redirects in the category.
• The |template = parameter names the {{Redirect category shell}} template in redirect categories.
• Use |parameters = to list the associated redirect template (rcat) used with the Redirect category shell template, along with its parameters.
• For |sortkey =, add yes for the header to include an instruction to use {{DEFAULTSORT:}} in cases where appropriate.

Unused parameters may be removed or left, blank, in place; both conditions result in the template's rendering of the default output where each modification would otherwise occur.

Examples

With the syntax unaltered, (left blank), as copied above; ie:

{{Redirect category|from=|to=|template=|parameters=|sortkey=}}

The default output produces:

The pages in this category are  redirects. To add a redirect to this category, place {{[[Template:|]]|(redirect template link)}} on the second new line (skip a line) after #REDIRECT [[Target page name]]. For more information follow the links. Never  substitute redirect template(s), nor place them on  soft redirects.
See also the  complete list of redirect templates and the  redirect style guide.

This is a  maintenance category, used for  maintenance of the Wikipedia project. It is not part of the encyclopedia and contains  non-article pages, or groups articles by status rather than subject. Do not include this category in content categories.

This is a tracking category. It builds and maintains a list of pages primarily for the sake of the list itself. They are not part of the  encyclopedia's categorization scheme.

• This category is  hidden on its  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Category:Hidden_categories member pages]—unless the corresponding  user preference (appearance → show hidden categories) is set.

• These categories can be used to track, build and organize lists of pages needing "attention en masse" (for example, pages using deprecated syntax), or that may need to be edited at someone's earliest convenience.
• These categories also serve to aggregate members of several lists or sub-categories into a larger, more efficient list (discriminated by classifications).

When |from = is used; for example, as:

{{Redirect category|from=a subject that does not exist as a standalone article|to=|template=|parameters=|sortkey=}}

It produces:

The pages in this category are  redirects from a subject that does not exist as a standalone article. To add a redirect to this category, place {{[[Template:|]]|(redirect template link)}} on the second new line (skip a line) after #REDIRECT [[Target page name]]. For more information follow the links. Never  substitute redirect template(s), nor place them on  soft redirects.
See also the  complete list of redirect templates and the  redirect style guide.

This is a  maintenance category, used for  maintenance of the Wikipedia project. It is not part of the encyclopedia and contains  non-article pages, or groups articles by status rather than subject. Do not include this category in content categories.

This is a tracking category. It builds and maintains a list of pages primarily for the sake of the list itself. They are not part of the  encyclopedia's categorization scheme.

• This category is  hidden on its  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Category:Hidden_categories member pages]—unless the corresponding  user preference (appearance → show hidden categories) is set.

• These categories can be used to track, build and organize lists of pages needing "attention en masse" (for example, pages using deprecated syntax), or that may need to be edited at someone's earliest convenience.
• These categories also serve to aggregate members of several lists or sub-categories into a larger, more efficient list (discriminated by classifications).

Continuing the example, if |to = is also used; like shown:

{{Redirect category|from=a subject that does not exist as a standalone article|to=an  article, or subsection thereof, where the subject could be described, but presently is not|template=|parameters=|sortkey=}}

It produces:

The pages in this category are  redirects from a subject that does not exist as a standalone article to an article, or subsection thereof, where the subject could be described, but presently is not. To add a redirect to this category, place {{[[Template:|]]|(redirect template link)}} on the second new line (skip a line) after #REDIRECT [[Target page name]]. For more information follow the links. Never  substitute redirect template(s), nor place them on  soft redirects.
See also the  complete list of redirect templates and the  redirect style guide.

This is a  maintenance category, used for  maintenance of the Wikipedia project. It is not part of the encyclopedia and contains  non-article pages, or groups articles by status rather than subject. Do not include this category in content categories.

This is a tracking category. It builds and maintains a list of pages primarily for the sake of the list itself. They are not part of the  encyclopedia's categorization scheme.

• This category is  hidden on its  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Category:Hidden_categories member pages]—unless the corresponding  user preference (appearance → show hidden categories) is set.

• These categories can be used to track, build and organize lists of pages needing "attention en masse" (for example, pages using deprecated syntax), or that may need to be edited at someone's earliest convenience.
• These categories also serve to aggregate members of several lists or sub-categories into a larger, more efficient list (discriminated by classifications).

When |template = is used; for example:

{{Redirect category|from=a subject that does not exist as a standalone article|to=an  article, or subsection thereof, where the subject could be described, but presently is not|template=Rcat shell|parameters=|sortkey=}}

It produces:

The pages in this category are  redirects from a subject that does not exist as a standalone article to an article, or subsection thereof, where the subject could be described, but presently is not. To add a redirect to this category, place {{Rcat shell|(redirect template link)}} on the second new line (skip a line) after #REDIRECT [[Target page name]]. For more information follow the links. Never  substitute redirect template(s), nor place them on  soft redirects.
See also the  complete list of redirect templates and the  redirect style guide.

This is a  maintenance category, used for  maintenance of the Wikipedia project. It is not part of the encyclopedia and contains  non-article pages, or groups articles by status rather than subject. Do not include this category in content categories.

This is a tracking category. It builds and maintains a list of pages primarily for the sake of the list itself. They are not part of the  encyclopedia's categorization scheme.

• This category is  hidden on its  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Category:Hidden_categories member pages]—unless the corresponding  user preference (appearance → show hidden categories) is set.

• These categories can be used to track, build and organize lists of pages needing "attention en masse" (for example, pages using deprecated syntax), or that may need to be edited at someone's earliest convenience.
• These categories also serve to aggregate members of several lists or sub-categories into a larger, more efficient list (discriminated by classifications).

And with the specific {{Rcat}} used in |parameters =; for example:

{{Redirect category|from=a subject that does not exist as a standalone article|to=an  article, or subsection thereof, where the subject could be described, but presently is not|template=Rcat shell|parameters={{tl|R to article without mention}}|sortkey=}}

It produces:

The pages in this category are  redirects from a subject that does not exist as a standalone article to an article, or subsection thereof, where the subject could be described, but presently is not. To add a redirect to this category, place {{Rcat shell|{{R to article without mention}}}} on the second new line (skip a line) after #REDIRECT [[Target page name]]. For more information follow the links. Never  substitute redirect template(s), nor place them on  soft redirects.
See also the  complete list of redirect templates and the  redirect style guide.

This is a  maintenance category, used for  maintenance of the Wikipedia project. It is not part of the encyclopedia and contains  non-article pages, or groups articles by status rather than subject. Do not include this category in content categories.

This is a tracking category. It builds and maintains a list of pages primarily for the sake of the list itself. They are not part of the  encyclopedia's categorization scheme.

• This category is  hidden on its  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Category:Hidden_categories member pages]—unless the corresponding  user preference (appearance → show hidden categories) is set.

• These categories can be used to track, build and organize lists of pages needing "attention en masse" (for example, pages using deprecated syntax), or that may need to be edited at someone's earliest convenience.
• These categories also serve to aggregate members of several lists or sub-categories into a larger, more efficient list (discriminated by classifications).

And if |sortkey = is set to "yes"; for example:

{{Redirect category|from=a subject that does not exist as a standalone article|to=an  article, or subsection thereof, where the subject could be described, but presently is not|template=Rcat shell|parameters={{tl|R to article without mention}}|sortkey=yes}}

It produces:

The pages in this category are  redirects from a subject that does not exist as a standalone article to an article, or subsection thereof, where the subject could be described, but presently is not. To add a redirect to this category, place {{Rcat shell|{{R to article without mention}}}} on the second new line (skip a line) after #REDIRECT [[Target page name]], and when needed, place {{DEFAULTSORT:<sort key> }} on the first new line after the shell template. For more information follow the links. Never  substitute redirect template(s), nor place them on  soft redirects.
See also the  complete list of redirect templates and the  redirect style guide.

This is a  maintenance category, used for  maintenance of the Wikipedia project. It is not part of the encyclopedia and contains  non-article pages, or groups articles by status rather than subject. Do not include this category in content categories.

This is a tracking category. It builds and maintains a list of pages primarily for the sake of the list itself. They are not part of the  encyclopedia's categorization scheme.

• This category is  hidden on its  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Category:Hidden_categories member pages]—unless the corresponding  user preference (appearance → show hidden categories) is set.

• These categories can be used to track, build and organize lists of pages needing "attention en masse" (for example, pages using deprecated syntax), or that may need to be edited at someone's earliest convenience.
• These categories also serve to aggregate members of several lists or sub-categories into a larger, more efficient list (discriminated by classifications).

Adding a shortcut

One shortcut can be installed within the lower maintenance banner; for example:

{{Redirect category|from=a subject that does not exist as a standalone article|to=an  article, or subsection thereof, where the subject could be described, but presently is not|template=Rcat shell|parameters={{tl|R to article without mention}}|sortkey=yes|shortcut=CAT:RAW}}

It produces:

The pages in this category are  redirects from a subject that does not exist as a standalone article to an article, or subsection thereof, where the subject could be described, but presently is not. To add a redirect to this category, place {{Rcat shell|{{R to article without mention}}}} on the second new line (skip a line) after #REDIRECT [[Target page name]], and when needed, place {{DEFAULTSORT:<sort key> }} on the first new line after the shell template. For more information follow the links. Never  substitute redirect template(s), nor place them on  soft redirects.
See also the  complete list of redirect templates and the  redirect style guide.

This is a  maintenance category, used for  maintenance of the Wikipedia project. It is not part of the encyclopedia and contains  non-article pages, or groups articles by status rather than subject. Do not include this category in content categories.

This is a tracking category. It builds and maintains a list of pages primarily for the sake of the list itself. They are not part of the  encyclopedia's categorization scheme.

• This category is  hidden on its  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Category:Hidden_categories member pages]—unless the corresponding  user preference (appearance → show hidden categories) is set.

• These categories can be used to track, build and organize lists of pages needing "attention en masse" (for example, pages using deprecated syntax), or that may need to be edited at someone's earliest convenience.
• These categories also serve to aggregate members of several lists or sub-categories into a larger, more efficient list (discriminated by classifications).

Categorisation

This template adds categories to Category:All redirect categories, Category:Hidden categories and Category:Redirect tracking categories.

If the template is transcluded on a page outside of the category namespace, then that page will not be added to these categories and will be added to Category:Pages with templates in the wrong namespace instead.

Language categorisation

This template is also used within two templates that are found on language category pages. When a language category is created, one of the following two templates (depending on whether the category is for "from" or "to" language redirects) should be used to provide useful information about the new category:

• {{Redirect from alternative language category}}
• {{Redirect to alternative language category}}

These two templates will also automatically categorize the page into the correct parent category. See the edit page for Category:Redirects from Catalan-language terms for an example of template usage.

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 Redirect category

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	"params": {
		"text": {
			"label": "Beginning text",
			"description": "Adds text to the beginning of the template message.",
			"type": "content"
		},
		"from": {
			"label": "Redirects from",
			"description": "The sort of redirect that the template for this category should be placed on.",
			"example": "a subject that does not exist as a standalone article",
			"type": "content",
			"suggested": true
		},
		"to": {
			"label": "Redirects to",
			"description": "The sort of page that redirects with this category's template should redirect to.",
			"example": "an article, or subsection thereof, where the subject could be described, but presently is not",
			"type": "content",
			"suggested": true
		},
		"template": {
			"label": "Shell template",
			"description": "Advanced: the shell template to use in the example invocation. Should be entered as the name of a template, without the \"Template:\" prefix.",
			"type": "string",
			"default": "Redirect category shell"
		},
		"parameters": {
			"label": "Redirect template sample invocation",
			"description": "An example invocation of the redirect template for this category. Should be surrounded by {{tl}} or similar.",
			"example": "{{tl|R to article without mention}}",
			"type": "content",
			"suggested": true
		},
		"sortkey": {
			"label": "Display DEFAULTSORT notice",
			"description": "Advanced: if \"yes\", adds note to use {{DEFAULTSORT:}} when appropriate.",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"no_info": {
			"label": "Suppress info",
			"description": "If \"yes\", removes the warning about not substituting redirect templates or placing them on soft redirects.",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"soft_redirect": {
			"label": "Allow soft redirects",
			"description": "Advanced: if \"yes\", indicates that this category's redirect can be used on soft redirects. This is rare, so you should check the template's documentation before adding it.",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"not_maintenance": {
			"label": "Suppress maintenance categorization ",
			"description": "Advanced: if \"yes\", do not mark this category as a maintenance category. ",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"shortcut": {
			"label": "Shortcut",
			"description": "A shortcut link for this category.",
			"type": "wiki-page-name"
		},
		"nocat": {
			"label": "Suppress maintenance categorization",
			"description": "Advanced: if \"yes\", do not mark this category as a maintenance category. "
		},
		"fiction": {
			"label": "Suppress categorization as a redirect tracking category",
			"description": "If \"yes\", suppresses the addition of this page to Category:Redirect tracking categories. This is useful if this page is already tagged with a subcategory of that category.",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"template2": {
			"type": "content"
		}
	},
	"paramOrder": [
		"from",
		"to",
		"parameters",
		"text",
		"shortcut",
		"fiction",
		"no_info",
		"soft_redirect",
		"not_maintenance",
		"sortkey",
		"nocat",
		"template",
		"template2"
	],
	"format": "inline",
	"description": "This template provides for a uniform header for use on all redirect categories."
}

See also

•  Wikipedia:Template index/Redirect pages
• {{R template index}}

Other category-header templates

Category-heading templates

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