Template:R from alternative spacing

When used inside the {{Redirect category shell}} template:

When used by itself:

• From an alternative spacing: This is a redirect from a title with an alternative spacing of the target name. Pages that link to this redirect may be updated to link directly to the target page if that results in an improvement of the text. Do not "fix" such links if they are not broken. Also, these links should not be replaced with piped links.

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Usage

Use this rcat template in any namespace.

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

#REDIRECT [[(target page name)]]

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

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 alternative spacing}}

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

• Use this rcat to tag any redirect in any namespace from a title with a different correct spelling of the target.
• Pages that link to these redirects may be updated to link directly to the target pages if that results in an improvement of the text. Do not "fix" such links if they are not broken. In addition, these links should not be replaced with piped links.

Parameters

One of two parameters, either |1= or |of=, may be used to alter the text when the other spacing is of a name that is different from the target's title. They are used as follows:

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from alternative spacing|1=(other spacing)}}
}}

or the 1= may be omitted:

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from alternative spacing|(other spacing)}}
}}

and when the |of= parameter is used:

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from alternative spacing|of=(other spacing)}}
}}

The text will be changed from ...a different spacing of the target name to ...a different spacing of (other spacing).

TemplateData

This redirect category (rcat) template populates the category 'Redirects from alternative spacings'

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Alternative spacing	1 of	The title the redirect's title is an alternative spacing of, if different from the redirect's target	Page name	optional

Aliases

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

Printworthiness

• In main-article namespace, some redirects from other spacings of target titles are considered printworthy; however, there are many others that are unprintworthy, so there is no default sort for printworthiness.
• In 2003, efforts were begun to support the Wikimedia Foundation's goal of increasing access and availability of Wikipedia articles in printed versions. Some rcats automatically populate either Category:Printworthy redirects or Category:Unprintworthy redirects by default. Others, like this rcat, do not, and that means it is up to editors to choose which of those categories, Printworthy or Unprintworthy, is appropriate and should be populated. The rcats that are used separately to populate those categories are:

• {{R printworthy}} and
• {{R unprintworthy}}

Please click on each one for more details and guidance.

• Template {{Redirect category shell}} will accept these and any other rcats:

{{Redirect category shell|
{{R from alternative spacing}}
{{R printworthy}}
}}

{{Redirect category shell|
{{R from alternative spacing}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}

See also

• {{R from alternative spelling}}
• {{R from alternative hyphenation}}
• {{R from alternative punctuation}}
• WikiProject Redirect/Style guide

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