Template:R from ligature

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

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 a title with ligatures: This is a redirect from a page name that has ligatures – (Æ or æ; Œ or œ; IJ or ij, or ß) – to essentially the same page name without ligatures.
  • Apply this redirect (without piping) when the subject page concerns language translation or foreign language equivalents. Other pages that use this redirect should be updated with a direct link to the redirect target (again, without piping).
  • Always sort these redirects with {{DEFAULTSORT:(title without ligatures)}} on the first new line after the categorization template(s).

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Usage

Use this rcat template in any namespace.

• This redirect category (rcat) template populates Category:Redirects from titles with ligatures 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 have ligatures – (Æ or æ; Œ or œ; IJ or ij, or ß) – are not usually suitable for a printed version. In other words they are unprintworthy. See below for what to do for those redirects from ligatures that are printworthy.

• Add this rcat to a redirect in the following manner:

#REDIRECT [[(target page name)]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from ligature}}
}}

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

#REDIRECT [[(target page name)]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from ligature}}
{{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 ligature}}

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

• Use this rcat on any redirect from a page title that has one or more ligatures – (Æ or æ; Œ or œ; IJ or ij, or ß) – to essentially the same page name without any ligatures.
• A sortkey is required that will sort by the target's title rather than by the (default sort) redirect's title. Also, these redirects sometimes need to be sorted by surname or when a title begins with "A..." or "The...". Sort such redirects by using the {{DEFAULTSORT}} magic word in the following manner:

#REDIRECT [[(target page name)]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from ligature}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}

Place it on the first new line (do not skip a line) after the Rcat shell. Skipping a line will introduce unnecessary whitespace below the Rcat shell after the edit is saved.

• 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 ligature|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

See also

• {{R from diacritic}}
• {{R to ligature}}
• WikiProject Redirect/Style guide

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