Template:R to category namespace/doc

Purpose

This redirect category (rcat) template sorts redirects into the following category:

1. Category:Redirects to category space – for PNRs and CNRs, and

This rcat is not for use on the soft redirects that are in category namespace. If placed on a category redirect, it will not populate the expected categories; it will instead be sorted to Category:Pages with templates in the wrong namespace.

No rcat should ever be used to tag any soft redirect.

Usage

Use this rcat template in any namespace except category namespace.

• Apply this rcat to a redirect in the following manner:

#REDIRECT [[:Category:(target page name)]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R to category namespace}}
}}

Note: A leading colon must be used as shown above ([[:Cat...) or the redirect will populate the target category.

Template {{Rcat shell}} is an alias for the Redirect category shell template, which may be used to add as many appropriate rcats as needed, usually from one to seven, along with their parameters, to a redirect. For more information see the documentation on its template page. This rcat may also tag a redirect individually:

#REDIRECT [[:Category:(target page name)]]

{{R to category namespace}}

Note: Again, a leading colon must be used as shown above ([[:Cat...) or the redirect will populate the target category.

This is in accord with instructions found at WV:REDCAT.

• Use this rcat to tag any redirect from a page outside of the category namespace to a category. Be careful to place a colon (:) before the word "Category" in the target as shown above. Otherwise, the redirect will actually be placed into that category, which is not to be desired.
• This rcat should never be used on a redirect that is in the category namespace that targets any other page.

Aliases

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

See also

Redirects to other namespaces family:

• {{R to category namespace}}
• {{R to draft namespace}}
• {{R to help namespace}}
• {{R to main namespace}}
• {{R to portal namespace}}
• {{R to project namespace}}
• {{R to talk page}}
• {{R to template namespace}}
• {{R to user namespace}}

Note: three rcat templates in italics also sort redirects from within their namespaces.

• Parent category:Cross-namespace redirects
• WikiProject Redirect/Style guide