Wikipedia:Template_messages/Redirect

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1 Redirect templates

1.1 A to D

1.2 E to M

1.3 N to R

1.4 S to Z

2 See also

A shorter list of common redirect templates is available.

Redirect templates

One or several of these templates may be placed on a redirect page. Here's a hypothetical presentation of the redirect page WySiWyG:

#REDIRECT [WYSIWYG]{{R from alternative spelling}}

{{R from abbreviation}}{{R from alternative capitalization}}

As demonstrated in the example, please separate templates using either a carriage return or nothing at all. Inserting a one or more spaces between the templates produces an unnecessary and unsightly bordered gap.

It is also usually considered helpful to put redirects into the same categories as their targets, allowing the names of both the redirect and the target to appear in the category. For pages which should ultimately be handled by a full article, add both {{R with possibilities}} and one or more stub sorting templates, to draw attention to the needed article by a specialist in the field.

This full list mirrors Category:Redirect templates.

A to D

What to type	What it makes
{{R from abbreviation}} category links talk	This is a redirect from a title with an abbreviation. For more information, follow the category link.
{{R from alternative language}} category links talk	This is a redirect from an English name to a name in another language, or vice-versa. It leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for titles in other languages and can help writing. However, do not replace these redirected links with a piped link unless the page is updated for another reason. For more information, follow the category link.
{{R from alternative name}} category links talk	---- This is a redirect from a title that is another name, a pseudonym, a nickname, or a synonym. It leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names and can help writing. It is not necessary to replace these redirected links with a piped link. For more information, see this reference page and the Category:Redirects from alternative names.
{{R from alternative spelling}} category links talk	This is a redirect from a title with a different spelling. Pages using this link may be updated to link directly to the target page. It is not necessary to replace these redirected links with a piped link. For more information, follow the link to Category:Redirects from alternative spellings or see this reference page.
{{R from ASCII}} category links talk	This is a redirect from a title in basic ASCII to the formal article title, with differences that are not diacritical marks (accents, umlauts, etc.) Use this redirect link (without piping) when the page concerns language translation or English language equivalents. Other pages using this link should be updated to replace text with the redirect target (again, without piping). For more information, follow the category link.
{{R for as of}} category links talk	This redirect page affects an "as of ..." link. All redirects should use capitalized month names. The primary purpose of linking to this redirect is to keep track (using the "Whatlinkshere" feature) of information that was current in the year when the link to this redirect was created, but may need updating later. For more information, follow the category link.
{{R from brand name}} category links talk	This is a redirect from a brand name to a generic name. This redirect type is a sub-type of the "{{R from related word}}" class of templates.
{{R from CamelCase}} category links talk	This is a redirect from a CamelCase title. In the initial versions of Wikipedia, all links had to be CamelCase. They are kept to keep edit history and to avoid breaking links that may have been made externally. For more information, follow the category link.
{{R to decade}} category links talk	This is a redirect from a year to the decade article. Years from 1700 BC to 500 BC should redirect to the relevant decade. Do not replace these redirected links with a link directly to the target page; individual articles may be created for these years in future. For more information, follow the category link.
{{R to disambiguation page}} category links talk	This is a redirect to a disambiguation page. This redirect is intended for use in links from other articles that need to refer to the disambiguation page, rather than be disambiguated. Therefore, this template generally should only appear on pages that have "(disambiguation)" in the title. For more information, see the category page.
{{R to documentation}} category links talk	This is a redirect to a talk page. One possible usage is in a template creating links to subpages, where the template itself has no such subpage, but a documentation at its talk page.
{{R from domain name}} category links talk	---- This is a redirect to an article about a website (or the company that hosts it) which is more often referred to by its short name rather than its domain name. Use this redirect link (without piping) when the link in the context specifically concerns the website. Other pages using this link should be updated to replace the text with the redirect target (again, without piping).
{{R from duplicated article}} category links talk	This page was kept as a redirect to another article on the same or very similar subject matter, in order to preserve its edit history after the content was merged. Please do not delete this page or remove this tag (unless the need to recreate this article is demonstrated).

E to M

What to type	What it makes
{{R from EXIF}} category links talk	This is a redirect of a wikilink created from JPEG EXIF information (i.e. the "metadata" section on some image description pages). Since MediaWiki offers no control over the link target of these autogenerated wikilinks, redirects like this are created to make the wikilinks useful. WARNING: It might appear that no pages link to this redirect. This is because the EXIF links don't show up in these listings. This redirect is most probably not orphaned!
{{R from full name}} category links talk	This is a redirect from a title that is a complete or more complete name, as of a person or a legislative act. It leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names and can help writing. However, do not replace these redirected links with a piped link unless the page is updated for another reason. For more information, see Wikipedia:Redirect and the Category:Redirects from full names.
{{R from historic name}} category links talk	This is a redirect from a title that is another name, a pseudonym, a nickname, or a synonym that has a significant historic past as a region, state, principate's holding, city, city-state or such, but which region has been subsumed into a modern era municipality, district or state, or otherwise experienced a name change. It leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names and can help writing. However, do not replace these redirected links with a piped link unless the page is updated for another reason. For more information, see Wikipedia:Redirect and the Category:Redirects from historic names under Category:Redirects from alternative names.
{{R from incomplete disambiguation}} category links talk	This is a redirect from a disambiguating title that is too ambiguous to identify an article. Such titles should generally redirect to the appropriate disambiguation page (or section of it). For more information, follow the category link.
{{R from an incomplete name}} category links talk	This is a redirect from a title that is an "incomplete" form of the full article title. It is not necessary replace links to this redirect with piped links. For more information, see Category:Redirects from incomplete names.
{{R to list entry}} category links talk	This redirect for low density lists, such as municipalities in a state. Contrast to {{R to section}}, and {{R with possibilities}}. This is a redirect to a "list of minor entities"-type article which is a collection of brief descriptions for subjects not notable enough to have separate articles. This template automatically categorizes pages to Category:Redirects to list entries Related Template:R to section
{{R from merge}} category links talk	This page was kept as a redirect to the corresponding main article of the subject matter, in order to preserve its edit history after the content was merged. Please do not remove this tag (unless the need to recreate this article is demonstrated), or delete this page. For more information, follow the category link.
{{R from misspelling}} category links talk	This is a redirect from a misspelling or typographical error. The correct spelling is . Pages using this link should be updated to link directly to the redirect target, without using a piped link that hides the correct details. For more information, follow the category link... Category:Redirects from misspellings

N to R

Note: Many templates defined with the word 'other' below are aliased by a redirected template which use instead the word 'alternative'.

What to type	What it makes
{{R from other capitalisation}} category links talk	This is a redirect from a title with another method of capitalisation. It leads to the title in accordance with the Wikipedia naming conventions for capitalisation, and can help writing, searching, and international language issues. Apply one of the below templates to redirects created for this purpose. Other variants should use one of the other redirect templates such as from alternative spelling or from alternative name. Pages linking to any of these redirects may be updated to link directly to the target page. However, do not replace these redirected links with a piped link unless the page is updated for another reason. For more information, see Category:Redirects from other capitalisations.
{{R from other template}} category links talk	This template name redirects to {{tl}} which may be edited using . See also Category:Redirect templates Category:Redirects from other template Wikipedia:Redirects Wikipedia:Template messages/Redirect pages
{{R from plural}} category links talk and/or {{R to singular}} category links talk	This is a redirect from a plural word to the singular equivalent. You may use the aliased template `{{R to singular}}` to accomplish the same end. This redirect link is used for convenience, usually for plurals that do not follow simple conventions. In many cases, it is preferable to add the plural directly after the link (that is, [[link]]s). However, do not replace these redirected links with a simpler link unless the page is updated for another reason (see Wikipedia:Redirect#Do not "fix" links to redirects that are not broken). For more information, follow the category link.
{{R with possibilities}} category links talk	Note: Pages tagged with this may, in your judgement, grow up to be a stand-alone article on the topic. Adding a stub template or two on the same line to draw in help, is a good idea. Use 'R to list' or 'R to section' for articles that have no growth potential. This is a redirect from a title for a topic more detailed than what is currently provided on the target page, or section of that page, hence something which can and should be expanded. When the target page becomes too large, this redirect may be replaced with an article carved out of the target page. See also Template:R to section, and when appropriate, use both together, and perhaps add a stub template or two to the redirect page as well. Conversely, if the topic is not susceptible to a major expansion, tag instead with Template:R to section, or Template:R to list entry, depending on how the topic should be handled. Do not replace these redirected links with a link directly to the target page. For more information, see the auto-category: Category:Redirects with possibilities.
{{R to project namespace}} links talk	---- This is a redirect to the project namespace, Wikipedia.
{{R from related word}} category links talk	This is a redirect from a related word. Related words in an article are good candidates for Wiktionary links. Redirects from related words are not properly redirects from alternate spellings of the same word. But at the same time, they are also different from redirects from a sub-topic, since the related word is unlikely to warrant a full sub-topic in the target page. For more information, follow the category link.

S to Z

What to type	What it makes
{{R from school}} category links talk	This is a redirect from a school article that had very little information. The information from this article has been merged into an appropriate location or school district page. For more information, follow the category link.
{{R from scientific name}} category links talk	This is a redirect from the scientific name to the common name. See also Template:R to scientific name
{{R to scientific name}} category links talk
{{R from secret identity}} links talk	This is a redirect that would also be helpful in print format. For more information, follow the category link:
{{R to section}} category links talk	This redirect for higher density (prose intensive) list organised pages, or when a technical term is redirected into the section of larger article covering the material. Example: Important characters in a fictional mileau, where there may be several paragraphs of related information or biographical information, but the character's coverage would be too short for a stand-alone article. [[Category:Redirects to sections\|]] This is a redirect from a topic, name or term that does not have its own article, to an article section which covers the subject. This template automatically categorizes pages to Category:Redirects to sections See also/use when more appropriate • `{{R to list entry}}` and Category:Redirects to list entries • `{{R to anchors}}` and Category:Redirects to embedded anchors
{{R from shortcut}} category links talk	This is a redirect from a Wikipedia shortcut. Shortcuts are generally reserved for Wikipedia project pages, their discussion pages and categories. For more information, follow the category link.
{{R from song}} category links talk	This is a redirect from a song title to a more general relevant article. There is consensus that the majority of songs do not meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines. Songs should only have an individual article when there is enough material to warrant a detailed article. For more information, follow the category link.
{{R from sort name}} category links talk	This is a redirect to sort people by surname / family name.
{{R from stock symbol}} category links talk	This is a redirect from a stock symbol. For more information, follow the link to: Category:Redirects from stock symbols.
{{R from surname}} category links talk	This is a redirect from a surname. It is used because Wikipedia has only one biographical article of a person by this surname, or because one individual is ubiquitously known by this surname (other persons sharing this name might be listed at a primary topic disambiguation page). For more information, follow the category link.
{{R from title without diacritics}} category links talk	This is a redirect to the article title with diacritical marks (accents, umlauts, etc.) The correct spelling is . Use this redirect link (without piping) when the page concerns language translation or English language equivalents. Other pages using this link should be updated to replace text with the redirect target (again, without piping). For more information, follow the category link.
{{R from trade name}} category links talk	This is a redirect from the trade name of a drug to the INN. See also Template:R from trade name
{{R to unicode name}} category links talk	Same as {{R from title without diacritics}}, but with a more intuitive name; Both are complements to {{foreignchar}} which goes on the article page. This is a redirect to the article title with diacritical marks (accents, umlauts, etc.) The correct spelling is . Use this redirect link (without piping) when the page concerns language translation or English language equivalents. Other pages using this link should be updated to replace text with the redirect target (again, without piping). For more information, follow the category link.
{{R from UN/LOCODE}} category links talk	This is a redirect from a title that is an UN/LOCODE geographic code. See also UN/LOCODE Talk:UN/LOCODE—information about UN/LOCODE shortcuts on Wikipedia
{{R from Unicode}} category links talk	This is a redirect from a Unicode character to a relevant article. It is considered unprintworthy (see {{R unprintworthy}} and Meta:Paper Wikipedia), and is sorted into Category:Redirects from Unicode characters.
{{Redir from US postal ab}} category links talk	This is a redirect from a title with a U.S. postal abbreviation. List others.
{{R from warning template}} category links talk	This template is a shortcut to a user warning template, a type of {{r from other template}}. See also Category:Redirects Category:Redirects from warning template Wikipedia:Template messages/Redirect pages
{{R from year}} category links talk	This template name redirects to main namespace page '[[]]' It is used to categorize pages of the naming format [[### AD]], [[### CE]], [[### BC]] or [[### BCE]] to a (Usually a disambigulation) page represented just by ###, per standard naming conventions. Tagged pages are also auto-categorized using the parameter '{{{1}}}' to the proper category page as well as listing all such pages on Category:Redirects from year format.