Template:R from incorrect name

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

This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:

From an incorrect name : This is a redirect from an incorrect name that serves readers as a good search term. The correct name is given by the target of the redirect.
- Pages that use this link should be updated to link directly to the target without the use of a piped link that hides the correct details.

When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized.

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.

When used by itself:

From an incorrect name : This is a redirect from an incorrect name that serves readers as a good search term. The correct name is given by the target of the redirect.
- Pages that use this link should be updated to link directly to the target without the use of a piped link that hides the correct details.

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

Shortcut

{{R wrongname Template:R wrongname }}

Purpose

This template marks a redirect as one that should not be used as a link, and this template provides the correct name. Any link to a redirect page transcluding this template should be changed to the correct name without piping that would hide the correct title.

This template automatically sorts the redirect into the following categories:

Category:Redirects from incorrect names – should never be used in articles – only the correct name should be used
Category:Unprintworthy redirects – when a mainspace redirect is tagged

In 2003, efforts were begun to support the Wikimedia Foundation's goal of increasing access and availability of Wikipedia articles in printed versions . Redirects from incorrect names are not usually suitable for a printed version, so they are sorted to the Unprintworthy category by default. See below for what to do for those few incorrect names that are printworthy.

Please do not alter the printworthy settings of this rcat without first notifying the Version 1.0 Editorial Team , who are responsible for any and all materials, including redirects, that go into a printed version of Wikipedia.

With a correct name specified for all uses of this template, repair of links to the redirect page becomes simple: the link to the redirect page should be changed to link to the correct name. Given the correct name is specified for each case below, it should always be easy to fix links to these redirects.

Usage

Use this rcat template in any namespace .

Use this redirect category (rcat) template for any redirect from an incorrect article name to the correct name. Add this template to the redirect in the following manner:

#REDIRECT[[(target page name)]]
{{Rcat shell|
{{R from incorrect name}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}

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[[(target page name)]]
{{R from incorrect name}}

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

This template is not for simple punctuation differences – use {{R from modification }} instead.
There is one unnamed parameter that may be used to specify the correct name when the target is different from the correct name or title:

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from incorrect name|(correct name)}}
}}

or:

{{R from incorrect name|(correct name)}}

Example:

UK Cycling British Cycling (the target, "British Cycling", is the name of an organisation)

#REDIRECT[[British Cycling]]
{{Rcat shell|
{{R from incorrect name}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}

or:

#REDIRECT[[British Cycling]]
{{R from incorrect name}}

It is acceptable (however unnecessary and redundant) to specify the redirect target as the correct name:

#REDIRECT[[British Cycling]]
{{Rcat shell|
{{R from incorrect name|British Cycling}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}

or:

#REDIRECT[[British Cycling]]
{{R from incorrect name|British Cycling}}

Both of the above will change the wording from "The correct name is given by the target of the redirect," to "The correct name is British Cycling."

Redirect target only mentions subject:

If the target article just mentions the correct name and is not actually titled with it, then this rcat is used as follows:

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from incorrect name|(correct name)}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}

or:

{{R from incorrect name|(correct name)}}

The correct name should also be a redirect that targets the same article or other page name. That is, if this redirect is an incorrect name, and the target article is not the correct name, there should be a matching redirect page that is titled with the correct name.

Example:

Virginia Western Coal and Iron Railroad Virginia–Carolina Railway; the correct name is Virginia Western Coal and Iron Railway, which also redirects to the Virginia–Carolina Railway article:

#REDIRECT[[Virginia–Carolina Railway]]
{{Rcat shell|
{{R from incorrect name|Virginia Western Coal and Iron Railway}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}

This will change the wording to "The correct name is Virginia Western Coal and Iron Railway."

Redirect targets a #section or #anchor:

When the redirect is to a section or anchor within an article, then the correct usage is:

#REDIRECT[[(target page)#(section or anchor title)]]
{{Rcat shell|
{{R from incorrect name|(correct name)}}
{{R to section}} (or {{R to anchor}} if not a section title)
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}

The correct name is expected to be either the anchor/section title, or a redirect page that also redirects to that same anchor/section of the target page. That is, if the redirect is an incorrect name, and the target page title, anchor title, or section header is not the correct name (the correct name is down in the page content), then there should be a matching redirect titled with the correct name.

Printability:

By default, this template sorts redirects into the Unprintworthy redirects category. There might be the occasional case where an incorrect name is still a good search term. Also, an incorrect title might be the correct name of another subject that has possibilities, that is, a subject that may have its own article someday. To tag and categorize such an "incorrect-name" redirect as printworthy, use the unnamed 2nd parameter in the following manner:

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from incorrect name||printworthy}}
{{R with possibilities}}
{{R printworthy}}
}}
 (note the two pipes together for an "empty" first parameter) or:
{{Rcat shell|
{{R from incorrect name|(correct name)|printworthy}}
{{R with possibilities}}
{{R printworthy}}
}}

That will subdue the default unprintworthy category and populate Category:Printworthy redirects instead. This must be done if {{R with possibilities }} is also used on the redirect. Otherwise, the redirect will be sorted to both Printworthy redirects and Unprintworthy redirects categories, an undesirable situation.

Aliases

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

TemplateData

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Template parameters[Edit template data ]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Correct name	`1`	The correct name of the subject, if different from the redirect's target.	Page name	optional
Printability	`2`	Set to "printworthy" to mark the redirect as printworthy (otherwise marked as unprintworthy).	Line	optional
demo	`demo`	Set to "yes" to prevent categorization in Category:Redirects from incorrect names	Line	optional

{{R from less specific name }}
{{R from more specific name }}
{{R from alternative name }}
{{R from non-neutral name }}
{{R from subsidiary title }}, a special case of the R from incorrect name template that is used for subsidiary titles in the peerage system – hereditary titles held by royals or nobles, but not regularly used to identify those whom they name
{{R from misspelling }}
{{R from OCR error }}
WikiProject Redirect/Style guide

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Rcat functional index

Grammar,
punctuation,
and spelling

Abbreviation	{{R from abbreviation }} {{R to acronym }} {{R from acronym }} {{R to initialism }} {{R from initialism }} {{R from numeronym }} {{R from Bluebook abbreviation }} {{R from ISO 4 abbreviation }} {{R from MathSciNet abbreviation }} {{R from NLM abbreviation }}
Capitalisation	{{R from CamelCase }} {{R from other capitalisation }} {{R from miscapitalisation }}
Grammar & punctuation	{{R from modification }} {{R from plural }} {{R to plural }}
Parts of speech	{{R from adjective }} {{R from adverb }} {{R from common noun }} {{R from gerund }} {{R from proper noun }} {{R from verb }}
Spelling	{{R from alternative spelling }} {{R from alternative hyphenation }} {{R from alternative punctuation }} {{R from alternative spacing }} {{R from alternative transliteration }} {{R from American English }} {{R from ASCII-only }} {{R to ASCII-only }} {{R from British English }} {{R from diacritic }} {{R to diacritic }} {{R from incorrect hyphenation }} {{R from ligature }} {{R to ligature }} {{R from misspelling }} {{R from stylization }}

Alternative
names

General	{{R from alternative language }} language codes {{R from alternative name }} {{R from ambiguous sort name }} {{R from antonym }} {{R from colloquial name }} {{R country data }} {{R from former name }} {{R from incomplete name }} {{R from incorrect name }} {{R from less specific name }} {{R from long name }} {{R from more specific name }} {{R from non-neutral name }} {{R to numerals }} {{R from numerals }} {{R to Roman numerals }} {{R from Roman numerals }} {{R from portmanteau }} {{R from short name }} {{R from sort name }} {{R from synonym }}
People	{{R from birth name }} {{R from given name }} {{R to joint biography }} {{R from married name }} {{R from name with title }} {{R from person }} {{R from personal name }} {{R from Eastern name }} {{R from Western name }} {{R from pseudonym }} {{R from surname }}
Technical	{{R from CAS Registry Number }} {{R from court case }} {{R from drug trade name }} {{R from E number }} {{R from EC number }} {{R from filename }} {{R from file extension }} {{R from identifier }} {{R from Java package name }} {{R from chemical formula }} {{R from gene symbol }} {{R from technical name }} {{R to technical name }} {{R from radio frequency }}
Organisms	{{R to scientific name }} {{R from scientific name }} {{R from alternative scientific name }} {{R from scientific abbreviation }} {{R to monotypic taxon }} {{R from monotypic taxon }} {{R taxon with possibilities }} {{R from species to genus }}
Geography	{{R from name and country }} {{R from more specific geographic name }} {{R from postal code }}

Navigation
aids

Navigation	{{R to anchor }} {{R avoided double redirect }} {{R from category navigation }} {{R from file metadata link }} {{R to list entry }} {{R mentioned in hatnote }} {{R to section }} {{R from shortcut }}
Disambiguation	{{R from ambiguous term }} {{R to disambiguation page }} {{R from incomplete disambiguation }} {{R from incorrect disambiguation }} {{R from other disambiguation }} {{R from predictable disambiguation }} {{R from unnecessary disambiguation }}
Merge, duplicate & move	{{R from draft namespace }} {{R from duplicated article }} {{R with history }} {{R from merge }} {{R from move }} {{R with old history }}
To namespaces	{{R from remote talk page }} {{R to category namespace }} {{R to draft namespace }} {{R to help namespace }} {{R to main namespace }} {{R to MOS namespace }} {{R to portal namespace }} {{R to project namespace }} {{R to talk page }} {{R to template namespace }} {{R to user namespace }}

Media

General

{{R from book }} {{R from film }} {{R from upcoming film }} {{R from journal }} {{R from meme }} {{R from radio program }} {{R from subreddit }} {{R from work }} {{R from creator }} {{R from radio frequency }} {{R from broadcast translator }}
Music	{{R from album }} {{R from lyric }} {{R from song }} {{R from cover song }} {{R from band name }}
Television	{{R from television episode }} {{R from television program }}

Fiction

Comics

Miscellaneous

Related information	{{R to article without mention }} {{R to decade }} {{R to century }} {{R to millennium }} {{R from city and state }} {{R from URL }} {{R from domain name }} {{R from second-level domain }} {{R from top-level domain }} {{R from gendered term }} {{R from legislation }} {{R from list topic }} {{R from member }} {{R from phrase }} {{R from quotation }} {{R to related topic }} {{R from related word }} {{R from relative }} {{R from spouse }} {{R from school }} {{R from slogan }} {{R from subsidiary }} {{R from subtopic }} {{R to subtopic }} {{R from gap in series }} {{R from team }} {{R from Unicode character }} {{R from Unicode code }} {{R from emoji }}
With possibilities	{{R with possibilities }} Category:Template redirects with possibilities {{R category with possibilities }}
ISO codes	{{R from ISO 4 abbreviation }} {{R from ISO 639 code }} {{R from ISO 3166 code }} {{R from ISO 4217 code }} {{R from ISO 15924 code }}
Printworthiness	Printability {{R printworthy }} {{R unprintworthy }} e.g. {{R with possibilities}} is printworthy by default; {{R from misspelling}} is unprintworthy by default; some have no default
Protection	{{R protected }} {{R from high-use template }}
Tools	Category:Miscellaneous redirects Protection policy {{R from template-generated category }} {{Redirect category shell }} {{Talk page of redirect }}
Wikidata	{{R with Wikidata item }} {{Soft redirect with Wikidata item }}

Complete alphanumeric index
- for the full list of rcat templates
Category
WikiProject Redirect
Categorizing redirects

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TemplateData

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