Template:R from alternative name/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:R from alternative name.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template should not be substituted nor used to tag soft redirects.

Usage

This redirect category (rcat) template populates Category:Redirects from alternative names. Add this rcat to a redirect in the following manner:

When using `{{Rcat shell}}`

#REDIRECT [[Target page name]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from alternative name}}
}}

Template {{Rcat shell}} is an alias for the template {{Redirect category shell}}, which may be used to add to a redirect page as many appropriate rcats as needed (usually from one to seven) along with their parameters in a demarcated place. For more information, see the documentation on Rcat shell's template page.

When rcats are used individually

#REDIRECT [[Target page name]]

{{R from alternative name}}

This accords with instructions found at WV:REDCAT.

Use this rcat on all redirects from a title that is another name such as a nickname, or a synonym of the target page name. For stage names and other pseudonyms, use the more specific {{R from pseudonym}} instead.

Optional parameters

Either the |of= or the |1= parameter can be used to specify the more common name. This is useful when redirecting from an obscure term to a more common one that is a subsection or anchor in a broader article that itself is not the other name of what is being redirected. For example Primary research redirects to Research#Forms of research, where this subtopic is treated under the term "original research"; the redirect has {{R from alternative name|of=original research}}, which adds the following to the first sentence: "(in this case, the more common name is: original research)". Three ways to accomplish this are as follows:

{{R from alternative name|of=(alternative name)}}
{{R from alternative name|1=(alternative name)}}
{{R from alternative name|(alternative name)}}

Aliases

{{R to alternative name}} redirects here and reflects that "alternative" goes both ways.
Also known as... – list of templates that redirect here and may also be used