Template:R to former name

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

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

To a former name: This is a redirect to a former name or title of the subject's name or title.

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

When used by itself:

To a former name: This is a redirect to a former name or title of the subject's name or title.

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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 to former names. Add this rcat to a redirect (not a talk-page redirect) in the following manner:

#REDIRECT [[(target article title)]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R to former name}}
}}

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 article title)]]

{{R to former name}}

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

Use this rcat on a redirect from a currently used name to a page with a former working title.
This rcat may be used with {{R printworthy}} and perhaps also {{R with possibilities}} as appropriate.

Aliases

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

Printworthiness

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.

In main-article namespace many redirects to former names 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 rcats just like any other.

Examples:

{{Rcat shell|
{{R to former name}}
{{R printworthy}}
}}

{{Rcat shell|
{{R to former name}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}

Either {{Redirect category shell}} or its alias/shortcut, {{Rcat shell}}, may be used.

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 and 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 and 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 comics naming convention}} {{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

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}}

Alphanumeric listing

0–9	{{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}}
A	{{R avoided double redirect}} {{R from abbreviation}} {{R from postal abbreviation}} {{R from scientific abbreviation}} {{R from systematic abbreviation}} {{R from US postal abbreviation}} {{R from acronym}} {{R to acronym}} {{R from adjective}} {{R from old AfC draft}} {{R from adverb}} {{R from airline code}} {{R from airport code}} {{R from album}} {{R from alternative hyphenation}} {{R from alternative language}} {{R from alternative military designation}} {{R from alternative name}} {{R ME from alternative name}} {{R from alternative punctuation}} {{R from alternative scientific name}} {{R from alternative spacing}} {{R from alternative spelling}} {{R ME from alternative spelling}} {{R from alternative translation}} {{R from alternative transliteration}} {{R from ambiguous sort name}} {{R from ambiguous term}} {{R from American English}} {{R from amusement ride}} {{R to anchor}} {{R from animal}} {{R from antonym}} {{R to article without mention}} {{R from ASCII-only}} {{R to ASCII-only}} {{R from ATC code}} {{R from ATCvet code}}
B	{{R from band name}} {{R to joint biography}} {{R from birth name}} {{R from book}} {{R from brand name}} {{R from British English}} {{R from bus route}} {{R from London bus route}} {{R from NYC bus route}}
C	{{R from calling code}} {{R from CamelCase}} {{R from Canadian settlement name}} {{R from miscapitalisation}} {{R from other capitalisation}} {{R from CAS Registry Number}} {{R from case citation}} {{R from catchphrase}} {{R to category namespace}} {{R category with possibilities}} {{R to century}} {{R from chemical formula}} {{R from city and province}} {{R from city and state}} {{R from code}} {{R from postal code}} {{R comics naming convention}} {{R from common noun}} {{R from company name}} {{R from predecessor company name}} {{R for convenience}} {{R country data}} {{R from cover song}}
D	{{R to decade}} {{R from demonym}} {{R from diacritic}} {{R to diacritic}} {{R ME without diacritics}} {{R to disambiguation page}} {{R from incomplete disambiguation}} {{R from incorrect disambiguation}} {{R from other disambiguation}} {{R from predictable disambiguation}} {{R from unnecessary disambiguation}} {{R from DOI prefix}} {{R from URL}} {{R from domain name}} {{R from second-level domain}} {{R from top-level domain}} {{R avoided double redirect}} {{R from draft namespace}} {{R to draft namespace}} {{R from drug trade name}} {{R from duplicated article}} {{R ME from duplicated article}}
E	{{R from E number}} {{R from E2 symmetry}} {{R from Eastern name}} {{R from EC number}} {{R from emoji}} {{R from eponym}} {{R from mathematical expression}} {{R protected/excon}}
F	{{R from fictional character}} {{R from fictional element}} {{R from fictional location}} {{R from fictional species}} {{R from file extension}} {{R from file metadata link}} {{R from filename}} {{R from film}} {{R from former name}} {{R to former name}} {{R ME from former name}} {{R from former Swiss municipality}} {{R protected/full}}
G	{{R from gendered term}} {{R from gene symbol}} {{R from gerund}} {{R from given name}} {{R from Greek letter organization letters}}
H	{{R from H2 symmetry}} {{R mentioned in hatnote}} {{R to help namespace}} {{R from highway}} {{R from highway in region}} {{R from highway in region without possibilities}} {{R from high-use template}} {{R from former name}} {{R with history}} {{R with old history}} {{R from HTML entity}}
I	{{R from identifier}} {{R from IMO number}} {{R from imprint}} {{R from incomplete disambiguation}} {{R from incomplete name}} {{R from incorrect disambiguation}} {{R from incorrect hyphenation}} {{R from incorrect name}} {{R from initialism}} {{R to initialism}} {{R from ISO 4 abbreviation}} {{R from ISO 639 code}} {{R from ISO 3166 code}} {{R from ISO 15924 code}}
J–K–L	{{R from Java package name}} {{R to joint biography}} {{R from journal}} {{R from alternative language}} {{R from legislation}} {{R from less specific name}} {{R from letter–word combination}} {{R from ligature}} {{R to ligature}} {{R to list entry}} {{R ME to list entry}} {{R from list topic}} {{R from London bus route}} {{R from London place name}} {{R from long name}} {{R from lyric}}
M	{{R to main namespace}} {{R from manufacturer's designation}} {{R from married name}} {{R from mathematical expression}} {{R ME from alternative name}} {{R ME from alternative spelling}} {{R ME without diacritics}} {{R ME from duplicated article}} {{R ME from former name}} {{R ME to list entry}} {{R ME with possibilities}} {{R ME to section}} {{R from member}} {{R from meme}} {{R mentioned in hatnote}} {{R from merge}} {{R scouting from merge}} {{R from file metadata link}} {{R from military designation}} {{R from alternative military designation}} {{R from variant military designation}} {{R from miscapitalisation}} {{R from misspelling}} {{R from modification}} {{R from mojibake}} {{R from monotypic taxon}} {{R to monotypic taxon}} {{R from more specific name}} {{R from more specific geographic name}} {{R from move}}
N	{{R from former name}} {{R from name and country}} {{R from name with title}} {{R to name with title}} {{R comics naming convention}} {{R from natural disambiguation}} {{R to natural disambiguation}} {{R from non-neutral name}} {{R from CAS Registry Number}} {{R from E number}} {{R from EC number}} {{R from numerals}} {{R to numerals}} {{R from numeronym}} {{R from NYC bus route}}
O	{{R with old history}} {{R from other capitalisation}} {{R from other disambiguation}}
P	{{R from person}} {{R from personal name}} {{R from phrase}} {{R plant with possibilities}} {{R from plural}} {{R to plural}} {{R to portal namespace}} {{R from portmanteau}} {{R with possibilities}} {{R category with possibilities}} {{R ME with possibilities}} {{R plant with possibilities}} {{R from postal abbreviation}} {{R from US postal abbreviation}} {{R from postal code}} {{R from UK postcode}} {{R from predecessor company name}} {{R from predictable disambiguation}} {{R printworthy}} {{R from product name}} {{R to project namespace}} {{R from proper noun}} {{R protected}} {{R protected/excon}} {{R protected/full}} {{R protected/semi}} {{R protected/template}} {{R from pseudonym}}
Q–R	{{R from quotation}} {{R from radio frequency}} {{R from radio program}} {{R from railroad name with ampersand}} {{R to redirect template}} {{R to related topic}} {{R from related word}} {{R from relative}} {{R from remote talk page}} {{R from reporting name}} {{R restricted}} {{R from RFC}} {{R from Wade–Giles romanization}} {{R from route number}}
S	{{R from S2 symmetry}} {{R from school}} {{R from scientific abbreviation}} {{R from scientific name}} {{R from alternative scientific name}} {{R to scientific name}} {{R scouting from merge}} {{R from second-level domain}} {{R to section}} {{R ME to section}} {{R protected/semi}} {{R from short name}} {{R from shortcut}} {{R from slogan}} {{R from song}} {{R from cover song}} {{R from sort name}} {{R from ambiguous sort name}} {{R from South Indian spelling}} {{R from species to genus}} {{R from more specific geographic name}} {{R from less specific name}} {{R from more specific name}} {{R to sports league}} {{R from spouse}} {{R from stock symbol}} {{R to stub template}} {{R from stylization}} {{R from subpage}} {{R to subpage}} {{R from subsidiary}} {{R from subsidiary title}} {{R from subtopic}} {{R to subtopic}} {{R from surname}} {{R from former Swiss municipality}} {{R to Swiss municipality 2L}} {{R to Swiss municipality (canton)}} {{R to Swiss municipality (, Switzerland)}} {{R from symbol}} {{R from gene symbol}} {{R from mathematical expression}} {{R from stock symbol}} {{R from E2 symmetry}} {{R from H2 symmetry}} {{R from S2 symmetry}} {{R from synonym}} {{R from systematic abbreviation}} {{R from systematic name}} {{R to systematic name}}
T	{{R from remote talk page}} {{R to talk page}} {{R taxon with possibilities}} {{R from monotypic taxon}} {{R to monotypic taxon}} {{R from team}} {{R from technical name}} {{R to technical name}} {{R from telephone number}} {{R to template namespace}} {{R protected/template}} {{R from name with title}} {{R to name with title}} {{R from list topic}} {{R from top-level domain}} {{R from trademark}} {{R from alternative translation}} {{R from alternative transliteration}} {{R from television episode}} {{R from Twitter username}}
U	{{R from UK postcode}} {{R from Unicode character}} {{R from Unicode code}} {{R from UN/LOCODE}} {{R from unnecessary disambiguation}} {{R unprintworthy}} {{R from upcoming film}} {{R to userbox}} {{R to user namespace}} {{R from US military aircraft designator}} {{R from US postal abbreviation}}
V–W	{{R from variant military designation}} {{R from verb}} {{R from Wade–Giles romanization}} {{R to warning template}} {{R from Western name}} {{R with Wikidata item}} {{R ME without diacritics}} {{R from letter–word combination}} {{R from work}} {{R from writer}}
X–Y–Z	{{R from year}}