Template:R from ambiguous term

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 ambiguous term: This is a redirect from an ambiguous page name to a page or list that disambiguates it. These redirects are pointed to by links that should always be disambiguated. Therefore, this template should never appear on a page that has "(disambiguation)" in its title – in that case use {{R to disambiguation page}} instead.

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 ambiguous term: This is a redirect from an ambiguous page name to a page or list that disambiguates it. These redirects are pointed to by links that should always be disambiguated. Therefore, this template should never appear on a page that has "(disambiguation)" in its title – in that case use {{R to disambiguation page}} instead.

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{{r amb}}

This template is used on approximately 38,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template should not be substituted or used to tag soft redirects.

Usage

This redirect category (rcat) template populates Category:Redirects from ambiguous terms and, when the redirect is in main-article namespace (mainspace), then Category:Unprintworthy redirects is also populated by default. In 2003, efforts were begun to support the Wikimedia Foundation's goal of increasing access and availability of Wikipedia articles in printed versions. Mainspace redirects that are ambiguous titles are not suitable for a printed version. In other words they are unprintworthy. See below for what to do for the few redirects from ambiguous terms 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.

Add this rcat to a redirect in the following manner:

#REDIRECT [[(target page name)]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from ambiguous term}}
}}

and when the redirect is in article mainspace, printworthiness should also be tagged:

#REDIRECT [[(target page name)]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from ambiguous term}}
{{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 ambiguous term}}

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

Use this rcat on any redirect from an ambiguous term to a disambiguation page. These redirects are pointed to by links that should always be disambiguated. Therefore, this template should never appear on any page that has "(disambiguation)" in its title. For those redirects use {{R to disambiguation page}} instead.
By default, this template tags redirects as unprintworthy. To tag and categorize a redirect as printworthy, use the bar key ( ¦ ) on your keyboard to type the addition ¦printworthy in the following manner:

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from ambiguous term|printworthy}}
{{R printworthy}}
}}

Note: The bar key ( ¦ ) on the keyboard renders as a pipe ( | ) on the screen.

That will subdue the default unprintworthy category and populate Category:Printworthy redirects instead.

Aliases

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

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 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 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 to subsection}} {{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 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 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 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 extended-protected}} {{R fully protected}} {{R semi-protected}} {{R template-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}}