Template:R from alternative 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:
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- Template {{Redirect category shell}} may be used to add one or more redirect cat templates, along with their parameters and categories, to a redirect. For more information see the documentation page below.
When used by itself:
- From an alternative name: This is a redirect from a title that is another name or identity such as an alter ego, a nickname, or a synonym of the target, or of a name associated with the target.
- This redirect leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names to aid searches and writing. It is not necessary to replace these redirected links with a piped link.
- If this redirect is an incorrect name for the target, then {{R from incorrect name}} should be used instead.
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 | 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}}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. 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
TemplateData
TemplateData for R from alternative name
Places a redirect in [[Category:Redirects from alternative names]]. This template can be added to a redirect which has a name which is a valid alternative to the title of the target page. There are several more specific alternative name redirect templates which can be used instead of this general one. Do not use this if the redirect is an incorrect title for the target page; use {{R from incorrect name}} instead.
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This template takes no parameters.
See {{R from}} for an example that does.