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{{R from ISO 4 abbreviation}}
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- From an ISO 4 abbreviation: This is a redirect from an ISO 4 publication title abbreviation to the unabbreviated publication title, or an article containing information about the publication.
- In cases of an ISO 4 abbreviation with partially missing dots, or dots used inappropriately, please use {{R from misspelling}}.
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Printable
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{{R from ISO 639 code}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from ISO 3166 code}}
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{{R from ISO 4217 code}}
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No default
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{{R from ISO 15924 code}}
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No default
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"A"
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{{R avoided double redirect}}
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{{R from abbreviation}}
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- From an abbreviation: This is a redirect from an abbreviation to a related topic, such as the expansion of the abbreviation.
- Instead of this template, use {{R from acronym}} for acronyms pronounced as words, such as NATO and RADAR; or
- Use {{R from initialism}} for those pronounced as letters, such as CIA and HIV; or
- Use {{R from short name}}, instead, for the initials of a person's name, and other shortenings not typically classed as abbreviations.
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No default
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{{R from postal abbreviation}}
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- From postal abbreviation: This is a redirect from a postal abbreviation to its associated city, state or other geographic entity.
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Unprintable
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{{R from scientific abbreviation}}
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Printable
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{{R from systematic abbreviation}}
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No default
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{{R from US postal abbreviation}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from acronym}}
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- From an acronym: This is a redirect from an acronym to a related topic, such as the expansion of the acronym.
- Remember that an acronym is a special type of initialism that can be spoken as a word, such as "NATO" or "radar" or "ANOVA".
- Use {{R from initialism}} for abbreviations that have letters that are pronounced separately, such as "OAU" or "USSR" or "DoD".
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No default
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{{R to acronym}}
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- To an acronym: This is a redirect to an acronym from its expanded form.
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No default
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{{R from adjective}}
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No default
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{{R from adverb}}
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No default
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{{R from airline code}}
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Printable
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{{R from airport code}}
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Printable
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{{R from album}}
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- From an album: This is a redirect from an album to a related topic such as the recording artist or a list of albums.
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No default
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{{R from alternative language}}
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See also ISO codes for language redirects
- From an alternative language: This is a redirect from a page name in an as yet undetermined language to a page name in an as yet undetermined language. These words may directly translate or they may be related words, names or phrases.
- This redirect leads to its target in accordance with the naming conventions for titles in other languages and can help writing and searches.
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No default (Exception: Printable
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{{R from alternative military designation}}
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Printable
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{{R from alternative name}}
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{{R to alternative name}} may also be used.
- 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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No default
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{{R comics from alternative name}}
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- From an alternative name in comics: This is a redirect from a title that is another name or identity, a pseudonym, a nickname, or a synonym of the comic book character detailed in the target article.
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Printable
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{{R ME from alternative name}}
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- From a Middle-earth alternative name: This is a redirect from an alternative article title of a Middle-earth related topic such as a pseudonym, 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 and can help 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 use {{R from incorrect name}} instead.
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No default
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{{R from alternative scientific name}}
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Printable
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{{R from alternative spelling}}
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- From a different spelling: This is a redirect from a title with a different spelling 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 with piped links.
- There are many more specific templates. See subcategories of Category:Redirects from modifications for other options (capitals, abbreviations, diacritics, plurals, stylizations, transliteration, ligatures, different parts of speech, etc.)
- At present, {{R from alternative hyphenation}}, {{R from alternative punctuation}}, and {{R from alternative spacing}} all redirect to this template and feed into the same maintenance category. This is likely to change in the future, so please use the more specific template names.
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No default
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{{R ME from alternative spelling}}
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No default
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{{R from alternative translation}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from alternative transliteration}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from ambiguous sort name}}
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- From an ambiguous sort name: This is a redirect from an ambiguous sort 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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Printable
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{{R from ambiguous term}}
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- 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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Unprintable
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{{R from American English}}
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Unprintable
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{{R to anchor}}
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- To an embedded anchor: This is a redirect from a topic that does not have its own page to an embedded anchor on the redirect's target page.
- An {{anchor|(anchor name)}} or {{visible anchor}} template, a HTML element with
id="(anchor name)", or an |id=(anchor name) parameter might be installed at the beginning of a paragraph, in or near a section header or within a table. The anchor might also be an old section header that has been edited and is anchored within or near the new header to prevent broken internal and external links.
- Even though section headers of the general form
==(Header name)== are themselves a type of anchor, use {{R to section}} instead.
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Unprintable
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{{R from animal}}
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- From an animal: This is a redirect from one or more animals to a related main topic that describes the animal(s).
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No default
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{{R from antonym}}
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- From antonym: This is a redirect from a page that is an antonym or opposite of the target page.
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Printable
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{{R to article without mention}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from ASCII-only}}
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Unprintable
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{{R to ASCII-only}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from ATC code}}
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- From ATC code: This is a redirect from a title that is an ATC code to an article about a pharmaceutical drug or to a section of an ATC list.
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Unprintable
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{{R from ATCvet code}}
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- From ATCvet code: This is a redirect from a title that is an ATCvet code to an article about a veterinary drug or to a section of an ATCvet list.
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Unprintable
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"B"
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{{R to joint biography}}
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- To a joint biography: This is a redirect from one person's name to a biographical article that includes this person along with one or more other persons.
- Be sure to include
{{DEFAULTSORT:(surname), (given name)}}
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{{R from birth name}}
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- From birth name: This is a redirect from a person's birth name (née or né) to a more common name or a related topic.
- Use this rcat to tag mainspace redirects when the title matches the subject's name given to them at birth. If the redirect is from a personal name that differs from the birth name, then use {{R from personal name}} instead. In either case, be sure to include
{{DEFAULTSORT:(surname), (given name)}}
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No default
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{{R from book}}
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- From a book: This is a redirect from a book title to a more general, relevant article, such as the author or publisher of the book or to its title in an alternative language.
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Unprintable
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{{R from brand name}}
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Printable
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{{R from British English}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from bus route}}
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No default
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{{R from London bus route}}
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No default
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{{R from NYC bus route}}
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No default
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"C"
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{{R from calling code}}
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No default
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{{R from CamelCase}}
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- From a camel case title: This is a redirect from a camel case page name. In the initial versions of Wikipedia, all links had to be "CamelCase", i.e., words that used medial capitals; they are "two-humped" like a Bactrian camel. These are kept as redirects to maintain edit history and to avoid breaking links that may have been made externally.
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Unprintable
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{{R from Canadian settlement name}}
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No default
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{{R from miscapitalisation}}
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- From a miscapitalisation: This is a redirect from a capitalisation error. The correct form is given by the target of the redirect.
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Unprintable
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{{R from other capitalisation}}
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- From other capitalisation: This is a redirect from a title with another method of capitalisation. It leads to the title in accordance with the Wikipedia naming conventions for capitalisation, or it leads to a title that is associated in some way with the conventional capitalisation of this redirect title. This may help writing, searching and international language issues.
- If this redirect is an incorrect capitalisation, then {{R from miscapitalisation}} should be used instead, and pages that use this link should be updated to link directly to the target. Miscapitalisations can be tagged in any namespace.
- Use this rcat to tag only mainspace redirects; when other capitalisations are in other namespaces, use {{R from modification}} instead.
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Unprintable
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{{R from CAS Registry Number}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from case citation}}
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- From case citation: This is a redirect from a legal case citation to its associated article about the case.
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Unprintable
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{{R from catchphrase}}
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No default
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{{R to category namespace}}
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- From outside category namespace: This is a redirect from a page outside the category namespace to a category page. This redirect page must be outside the category namespace.
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Unprintable
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{{R category with possibilities}}
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- From a category with possibilities: This is a redirect from a category title that potentially could be populated as a separate category.
- Other pages should not populate this redirected category. If you find category links to this redirect from articles, templates, categories, or portals, please retarget those links to the category page to which this entry redirects.
- If used to tag redirects in any namespace other than category space, then Category:Pages with templates in the wrong namespace will be populated, so be sure to use this rcat only on category pages.
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N/A
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{{R to century}}
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- To a century: This is a redirect from a year or decade to the associated century article. Years from 4000 to 1700 BC should redirect to the relevant century per Wikipedia:Timeline standards.
- Do not replace these redirected links with a link directly to the target page. Individual articles may be created for these years or decades in the future.
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Printable
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{{R from chemical formula}}
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Printable
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{{R from city and province}}
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Printable
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{{R from city and state}}
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Printable
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{{R from code}}
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No default
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{{R from postal code}}
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- From a postal code: This is a redirect from a postal code to its assigned geographic area.
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Unprintable
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{{R comics from alternative name}}
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- From an alternative name in comics: This is a redirect from a title that is another name or identity, a pseudonym, a nickname, or a synonym of the comic book character detailed in the target article.
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Printable
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{{R comics to list entry}}
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- To a comics list entry: This is a redirect from a comics related title for a minor topic to a list of minor entities, a type of article which is a collection of brief descriptions and covers the subject more comprehensively.
- Links to list entries should use this redirect and should not be piped with the target pagename. This allows "what links here" to be used to identify the links to the individual sections.
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No default
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{{R comics from merge}}
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- From a comics merge: This is a redirect from a comics title that was merged into the target article. This page was kept as a redirect in order to preserve its edit history after its content was merged into the target article's content. Please do not remove the tag that generates this text (unless the need to recreate content on this page has been demonstrated) nor delete this page.
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No default
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{{R comics naming convention}}
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{{R comics with possibilities}}
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- From a comics title with possibilities: This is a redirect from a comics-related title that potentially could be expanded into an article.
- For guidance on how to start a new page from a section, please see Wikipedia:Summary style. It is important that the topic is notable in accordance with the guideline (here is a helpful essay), and that the article is structured in line with the manual of style; otherwise, there is a possibility that the article will be re-merged and turned back into a redirect.
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Printable
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{{R comics from related word}}
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{{R comics to section}}
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- Comics, to a section: This is a redirect from a comics-related subject that does not have its own page to an article section that covers the subject.
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No default
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{{R from common noun}}
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No default
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{{R from company name}}
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No default
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{{R from predecessor company name}}
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- From predecessor company name: This is a redirect from the name of a former company to a successor company.
- This applies to mergers and acquisitions – if this redirect resulted from a company that changed its name, then use {{R from former name}} instead.
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No default
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{{R from cover song}}
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- From a song's cover version: This is a redirect from a cover version of a song to the article about the original song this version covers. This accords with editing guidelines located at WP:SONGDAB.
- Use this rcat only on redirects that are in Wikipedia's main-article namespace, and only when the redirect's topic is a song which is a cover version of its target. If it is not a cover version of its target, use {{R from song}} instead.
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Unprintable
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{{R for convenience}}
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- Used for convenience: This is a redirect from a title that is intended to make it easier to get to the target page; the target is a more appropriate page for the purpose of the redirected title. This rcat is reserved for redirects that may not fit other descriptions.
- This redirect leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names and can help writing and searches. It does not need to be replaced with a piped link.
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No default
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"D"
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{{R to decade}}
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- To a decade: This is a redirect from a year (or years) to to the associated decade article. Years from 1700 to 500 BCE should redirect to the relevant decade per Wikipedia:Timeline standards.
- Do not replace these redirected links with a link directly to the target page. Individual articles may be created for these years in the future.
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Printable
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{{R from demonym}}
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- From a demonym: This is a redirect from a term that denotes the inhabitants of a target place.
- 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.
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No default
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{{R from diacritic}}
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- From the same page name with diacritics: This is a redirect from a page name that has diacritical marks (accents, umlauts, etc.) to essentially the same page name without those marks or a "List of..." page anchored to a promising list item name without diacritics.
- 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).
- Sort these redirects with {{DEFAULTSORT:(title without diacritics)}} and be sure to use a colon ( : ) rather than a pipe ( | ) to access the magic word directly.
- This rcat can also be used on redirects to sections and anchors to indicate the diacritics version of a term/name written both ways.
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Unprintable
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{{R to diacritic}}
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For actual transliterations use {{R from transliteration}}.
- To the same page name with diacritics: This is a redirect from a page name that does not have diacritical marks (accents, umlauts, etc.) to essentially the same page name with diacritical marks or a "List of..." page anchored to a promising list item name with diacritics. The correct form is given by the target of the redirect.
- This redirect aids in searches and may be applied (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).
- This rcat can also be used on redirects to sections and anchors to indicate the diacritics-free version of a term/name written both ways.
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Unprintable
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{{R ME without diacritics}}
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- From same ME page name without diacritics: This is a redirect from essentially the same Middle-earth page name that does not have diacritical marks (accents, umlauts, etc.) to the same title with those marks.
- Use this redirect link (without piping) when the page concerns language translation or English language equivalents. Other pages using this link should be updated to replace text with the redirect target (again, without piping).
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Unprintable
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{{R to disambiguation page}}
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- To a disambiguation page: This is a redirect to a disambiguation page. This redirect is intended for use in links from other articles that need to refer to the disambiguation page, rather than be disambiguated. Therefore, this template should only appear on a redirect page that has "(disambiguation)" at the end of its title. Ambiguous titles that do not have page names ending with "(disambiguation)" should use {{R from ambiguous term}} instead. For disambiguations that later prove to still be ambiguous (e.g. "(painter)" when there are multiple notable painters by the same name) and which redirect to disambiguation pages, then {{R from incomplete disambiguation}} is the appropriate rcat template.
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Unprintable
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{{R from incomplete disambiguation}}
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- From incomplete disambiguation: This is a redirect from an incomplete disambiguation, a page name that is too ambiguous to be the title of an article or other project page. Such titles should redirect to an appropriate disambiguation page (or section of it), or to a more complete disambiguation.
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Unprintable
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{{R from incorrect disambiguation}}
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- From incorrect disambiguation: This is a redirect from a page name with incorrect disambiguation due to a typographical error, a format that does not follow Wikipedia convention or a previous editorial misconception.
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Unprintable
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{{R from other disambiguation}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from predictable disambiguation}}
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- From predictable disambiguation: This is a redirect from a page name with parenthetical disambiguation that will appear in search predictions for an ambiguous term that readers are likely to search, to a page name using natural disambiguation that otherwise would not appear in predictions for the probable search term.
- When the redirect and its target have the same base page name and only the disambiguation qualifier is different, use {{R from other disambiguation}} instead.
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Unprintable
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{{R from unnecessary disambiguation}}
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- From currently unnecessary disambiguation: This is a redirect from a page name that has a currently unneeded disambiguation qualifier. Examples are:
- Jupiter (planet)
 Jupiter (unnecessary parenthetical qualifier)
- Paris, FranceParis (unnecessary comma-separated qualifier)
- Japanese Bobtail catJapanese Bobtail (unnecessary natural qualifier)
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Unprintable
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{{R from DOI prefix}}
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Printable
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{{R from domain name}}
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- From a domain name: This is a redirect from a domain name to an article about an associated entity or website, which is more often referred to by its official name than by its domain name.
- Use this redirect link (without piping) when the link in the context specifically concerns the website. Other pages using this link should be updated to replace the text with the redirect target (again, without piping).
- Use the
|domain= parameter to specify the top-level domain name, for categorisation.
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Unprintable
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{{R from second-level domain}}
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- From a second-level domain: This is a redirect from a second-level domain to an article about its associated top-level domain, often to a section in that article, or to an article about its website.
- Use this redirect link (without piping) when the link in the context specifically concerns the second-level domain. Other pages using this link should be updated to replace the text with the redirect target (again, without piping).
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Unprintable
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{{R from top-level domain}}
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- From a top-level domain: This is a redirect from a top-level domain to an article about a website (or the company that hosts it) that is more often referred to by its short name or company name rather than its top-level domain name.
- Use this redirect link (without piping) when the link in the context specifically concerns the website. Other pages using this link should be updated to replace the text with the redirect target (again, without piping).
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Unprintable
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{{R avoided double redirect}}
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Note: This rcat may also populate Category:Avoided double redirects to be updated when appropriate.
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No default
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{{R to draft namespace}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from drug trade name}}
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Printable
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{{R from duplicated article}}
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- From a duplicated article: This is a redirect from a page on the same or very similar subject matter that was kept as a redirect to preserve this page's edit history after the content was merged.
- Please do not delete this redirect nor remove this tag unless the need to recreate this article is demonstrated.
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Unprintable
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{{R ME from duplicated article}}
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- From a Middle-earth duplicated article: This is a redirect from a page on the same or very similar subject matter related to the Middle-earth legendarium. This title was kept as a redirect in order to preserve this page's edit history after the content was merged.
- Please do not delete this redirect nor remove this tag unless the need to recreate this article is demonstrated.
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Unprintable
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"E"
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{{R from E number}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from E2 symmetry}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from emoji}}
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- From an emoji: This is a redirect from an emoji to an article describing the depicted concept or the emoji itself, per WP:REMOJI.
- Only use {{R from Unicode character}} in addition to this redirect template if the title consists of a single Unicode character. Do not use it for multiple-character emoji sequences, such as skin tone variants or national flags.
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Printable
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{{R from eponym}}
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No default
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{{R from mathematical expression}}
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No default
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{{R extended-protected}}
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- Extended-confirmed protected: This is a redirect from a title that is extended confirmed protected from editing for any of several possible reasons.
- Please do not replace these redirected links with links directly to the target page unless expressly advised to do so below or elsewhere on this page, or if the change is supported by a policy or guideline.
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No default
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"F"
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{{R from fictional character}}
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Also sorts to Category:Redirects from fictional characters by default
- From a fictional character: This is a redirect from a fictional character to a related fictional work or list of characters. The destination may be an article about a related fictional work that mentions this character, a standalone list of characters, or a subsection of an article or list.
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No default
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{{R from fictional element}}
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Also sorts to Category:Redirects from fictional elements by default.
- From a fictional element: This is a redirect from a fictional element (such as an object or concept) to a related fictional work or list of similar elements. The destination may be an article about a related fictional work that mentions this element, a subsection, or a standalone list of elements.
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{{R from fictional location}}
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- From a fictional location: This is a redirect from a fictional location or setting to a related fictional work or list of places. The destination may be an article about a related fictional work that mentions this place, a subsection, or a standalone list of settings.
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No default
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{{R from file extension}}
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- From a file extension: This is a redirect from a title that is a file extension (such as
.svg.txt- It leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names and can help writing. It is not necessary to replace these redirected links with a piped link.
- This redirect is automatically sorted by the first letter (not by the leading dot).
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Unprintable
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{{R from file metadata link}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from filename}}
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- From a filename: This is a redirect from a title that is a filename of the target.
- It leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names and can help writing and searches. It is not necessary to replace these redirected links with a piped link.
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{{R from film}}
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- From a film: This is a redirect from a film title that is a subtopic of the redirect target or a title in an alternative language that has been produced in that language.
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{{R from former name}}
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{{R to former name}}
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{{R ME from former name}}
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{{R from former Swiss municipality}}
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{{R fully protected}}
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- Fully protected: This is a redirect from a title that is fully protected from editing for any of several possible reasons. It may have been protected by an administrator, or it may be on the Cascade-protected list, or both.
- Please do not replace these redirected links with links directly to the target page unless expressly advised to do so below or elsewhere on this page, or if the change is supported by a policy or guideline.
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"G"
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{{R from gender}}
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- From gender: This is a redirect from a word or phrase that specifies gender to one that is either gender-neutral or specific to a different gender.
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{{R from gene symbol}}
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{{R from gerund}}
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{{R from given name}}
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{{R from Greek letter organization letters}}
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"H"
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{{R from H2 symmetry}}
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Unprintable
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{{R mentioned in hatnote}}
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- Mentioned in a hatnote: This is a redirect from a title that is mentioned in a hatnote at the redirect target. The mention is usually atop the target article. It may, however, be directly under a section header, or in another article's hatnote (whenever the hatnote is under a section, {{R to section}} should also be used).
- The titles of redirects mentioned in hatnotes may refer to a subject other than that of the target page. It is possible that this redirect may need to be retargeted, or become an article under its own title (see {{R with possibilities}}). If the title is a good candidate for a Wiktionary link, it may also be added.
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{{R to help namespace}}
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- To a help page: This is a redirect from any page inside or outside of help namespace to a page in that namespace.
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{{R from highway}}
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- From a highway: This is a redirect from a highway page title that may be a topic more detailed than the target page. When the target page becomes too long, this redirect may be converted into an article that will be carved out of the target page.
- Do not replace these redirected links with a link directly to the target page.
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{{R from highway in region}}
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- From "highway in region": This is a redirect from the format "(highway) in (region)" to the (highway) article.
- Do not replace these redirected links with a link directly to the target page.
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Unprintable
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{{R from highway in region without possibilities}}
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- From "highway in region" without possibilities: This is a redirect from the format "(highway) in (region)" to the (highway) article, a redirect that is unlikely to ever be expanded into its own article.
- Do not replace these redirected links with a link directly to the target page, since times change, and there is still a chance, however slight, that this redirect will someday become a separate article in Wikipedia.
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Unprintable
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{{R from high-use template}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from former name}}
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Printable
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{{R with history}}
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- With history: This is a redirect from a page containing substantive page history. This page is kept as a redirect to preserve its former content and attributions. Please do not remove the tag that generates this text (unless the need to recreate content on this page has been demonstrated), nor delete this page.
- This template should not be used for redirects having some edit history but no meaningful content in their previous versions, nor for redirects created as a result of a page merge (use {{R from merge}} instead), nor for redirects from a title that forms a historic part of Wikipedia (use {{R with old history}} instead).
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{{R with old history}}
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- With old history: This is a redirect from a page that was from a historic version of this Wikipedia project.
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{{R from HTML entity}}
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Unprintable
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"I"
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{{R from identifier}}
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- From an identifier: This is a redirect from a unique (alpha-)numerical identifier (like an EAN) to an article discussing that particular class of identifiers in mainspace. By convention the redirect must include the parenthetical disambiguator "(identifier)". Its purpose is to avoid clutter in "What links here" of the target article and to improve reverse lookup of articles containing references to individual manifestations of this particular class of identifiers (typically linked to through templates (of the various {{catalog lookup link}}, {{infobox}}, {{authority control}} and similar types) but it can also be used directly in piped links naming such manifestations), so that all mentionings of this class of identifier can be found in articles more easily. Do not use this redirect for "normal" links to the target page (in many cases, a similarly named redirect without the "(identifier)" disambiguator exists for this purpose).
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{{R from IMO number}}
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- From an IMO number: This is a redirect from a title that is an IMO number to an article about the corresponding ship, ship owner or management company.
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Unprintable
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{{R from imprint}}
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Printable
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{{R from incomplete disambiguation}}
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- From incomplete disambiguation: This is a redirect from an incomplete disambiguation, a page name that is too ambiguous to be the title of an article or other project page. Such titles should redirect to an appropriate disambiguation page (or section of it), or to a more complete disambiguation.
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{{R from incomplete name}}
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- From an incomplete name: This is a redirect from a title that is an incomplete form of a topic's correct name. The correct name is given by the target of this redirect.
- Use this rcat to tag redirects from an incomplete form of a name, including a person's, a geographic entity's full name, or a book title. For acceptable short names, please use {{R from short name}} instead. For outright erroneous names, please use {{R from incorrect name}} instead.
- This redirect is kept to aid searches. Pages linking to this title should be updated to link directly to the correct title given above, unless the form is an acceptable short name better tagged by {{R from short name}}.
- This template tags redirects with a subcategory of the Redirects from incorrect names category, so the template {{R from incorrect name}} should not be used with this one.
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{{R from incorrect disambiguation}}
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- From incorrect disambiguation: This is a redirect from a page name with incorrect disambiguation due to a typographical error, a format that does not follow Wikipedia convention or a previous editorial misconception.
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{{R from incorrect name}}
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- From an incorrect name: This is a redirect from an erroneous name – either an incorrect name or a title that is unsuitable as a Wikipedia article title or other project page name – that serves readers because it is a good search term. The correct name is given by the target of the redirect.
- Pages that use this link should be updated to link directly to the target without the use of a piped link that hides the correct details.
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{{R from initialism}}
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- From an initialism: This is a redirect from an initialism to a related topic, such as the expansion of the initialism.
- Use {{R from acronym}}, instead, for abbreviations that are pronounced as words, such as NATO and RADAR.
- Use {{R from short name}}, instead, for the initials of a person's name.
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{{R to initialism}}
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{{R from ISO 4 abbreviation}}
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- From an ISO 4 abbreviation: This is a redirect from an ISO 4 publication title abbreviation to the unabbreviated publication title, or an article containing information about the publication.
- In cases of an ISO 4 abbreviation with partially missing dots, or dots used inappropriately, please use {{R from misspelling}}.
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{{R from ISO 639 code}}
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Categories Redirects from ISO 639-1 and 639-5 may also be populated.
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{{R from ISO 3166 code}}
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{{R from ISO 15924 code}}
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"J–K–L"
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{{R from Java package name}}
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- From a Java package name: This is a redirect from a Java package name, or the fully-qualified name of a Java class or interface, to the software project or language feature that provides that package, or the computer-science concept that it implements.
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Unprintable
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{{R to joint biography}}
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- To a joint biography: This is a redirect from one person's name to a biographical article that includes this person along with one or more other persons.
- Be sure to include
{{DEFAULTSORT:(surname), (given name)}}
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{{R from journal}}
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- From journal: This is a redirect from a trade or professional journal article to a more general, relevant Wikipedia article, such as the author or publisher of the article or to the title in an alternative language.
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Unprintable
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{{R from alternative language}}
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See also ISO codes for language redirects
- From an alternative language: This is a redirect from a page name in an as yet undetermined language to a page name in an as yet undetermined language. These words may directly translate or they may be related words, names or phrases.
- This redirect leads to its target in accordance with the naming conventions for titles in other languages and can help writing and searches.
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{{R from legislation}}
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- From enacted legislation: This is a redirect from the alphanumeric form of enacted legislation to an article titled in an alternative form that corresponds directly with the enacted legislation's alphanumeric form.
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Unprintable
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{{R from less specific name}}
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- From a less specific name: This is a redirect from a title that is a less specific name to a more specific, less general one.
- It may be a less specialized term, a broader usage, a generic term or simply be worded less narrowly. It leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names and can help writing and searches. It is not necessary to replace these redirected links with a piped link.
- Such names often indicate that a broader, overview article needs to be written. For such redirects {{R with possibilities}} should also be added.
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{{R from letter–word combination}}
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- From a letter–word combination: This is a redirect from a title that is a letter–word combination to a topic that describes or explains the combination.
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{{R from ligature}}
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- 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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{{R to ligature}}
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- From a title without ligatures: This is a redirect from a page name that replaces ligatures – (Æ or æ; Œ or œ; IJ or ij, or ß) – with their English language equivalents.
- 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).
- This redirect is used for searches and leads to its target in accordance with Wikipedia naming conventions.
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Unprintable
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{{R to list entry}}
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- To a list entry: This is a redirect to a list in which the subject is an entry.
- For redirects from a topic to a related list and not to an entry on that list, use {{R from list topic}} instead.
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{{R comics to list entry}}
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- To a comics list entry: This is a redirect from a comics related title for a minor topic to a list of minor entities, a type of article which is a collection of brief descriptions and covers the subject more comprehensively.
- Links to list entries should use this redirect and should not be piped with the target pagename. This allows "what links here" to be used to identify the links to the individual sections.
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{{R ME to list entry}}
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{{R from list topic}}
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- From a list topic: This is a redirect from the topic of a list to the equivalent list. It is not necessary to replace links to this redirect with a piped link to the target page.
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Printable
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{{R from London bus route}}
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{{R from London place name}}
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Printable
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{{R from long name}}
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- From a longer title: This is a redirect from a title that is a complete, more complete or longer version of the topic's name. It leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names and can help writing and searches. However, do not replace these redirected links with a piped link unless the page is updated for another reason.
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{{R from lyric}}
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- From a lyric: This is a redirect from a lyric to a song or other source that describes the lyric.
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"M"
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{{R to main namespace}}
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- From outside mainspace: This is a redirect from a page outside the main-article namespace (mainspace) to an article in mainspace. This redirect page must be outside of mainspace.
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N/A
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{{R from manufacturer's designation}}
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- From a manufacturer's designation: This is a redirect from a manufacturer's designation to a more common military or commercial designation of an aircraft, vehicle, or other item.
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{{R from married name}}
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Printable
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{{R from mathematical expression}}
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{{R ME from alternative name}}
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- From a Middle-earth alternative name: This is a redirect from an alternative article title of a Middle-earth related topic such as a pseudonym, 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 and can help 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 use {{R from incorrect name}} instead.
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{{R ME from alternative spelling}}
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{{R ME without diacritics}}
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- From same ME page name without diacritics: This is a redirect from essentially the same Middle-earth page name that does not have diacritical marks (accents, umlauts, etc.) to the same title with those marks.
- Use this redirect link (without piping) when the page concerns language translation or English language equivalents. Other pages using this link should be updated to replace text with the redirect target (again, without piping).
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{{R ME from duplicated article}}
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- From a Middle-earth duplicated article: This is a redirect from a page on the same or very similar subject matter related to the Middle-earth legendarium. This title was kept as a redirect in order to preserve this page's edit history after the content was merged.
- Please do not delete this redirect nor remove this tag unless the need to recreate this article is demonstrated.
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Unprintable
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{{R ME from former name}}
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No default
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{{R ME to list entry}}
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{{R ME with possibilities}}
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- Middle-earth, with possibilities: This is a redirect from the name of a Middle-earth topic which currently redirects to a section or to an entry in a list or other article, and which may be expandable into a separate article. The topic described by the title is more detailed than what is currently provided on the target page, or section of that page.
- When the target page becomes too large, this redirect may be replaced with an article carved out of the target page. See also {{R ME to section}}, and when appropriate, use both together.
- If the topic is not susceptible to a major expansion, tag instead with {{R ME to section}} or {{R ME to list entry}} as applicable.
- Do not replace these redirected links with a link directly to the target page.
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{{R ME to section}}
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{{R from member}}
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- From a member: This is a redirect from a person who is a member of a group to a general, related topic, such as the group name, organization, ensemble, or team of membership.
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Printable
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{{R from meme}}
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{{R mentioned in hatnote}}
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- Mentioned in a hatnote: This is a redirect from a title that is mentioned in a hatnote at the redirect target. The mention is usually atop the target article. It may, however, be directly under a section header, or in another article's hatnote (whenever the hatnote is under a section, {{R to section}} should also be used).
- The titles of redirects mentioned in hatnotes may refer to a subject other than that of the target page. It is possible that this redirect may need to be retargeted, or become an article under its own title (see {{R with possibilities}}). If the title is a good candidate for a Wiktionary link, it may also be added.
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{{R from merge}}
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- From a merge: This is a redirect from a page that was merged into another page. This redirect was kept in order to preserve the edit history of this page after its content was merged into the content of the target page. Please do not remove the tag that generates this text (unless the need to recreate content on this page has been demonstrated) or delete this page.
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{{R comics from merge}}
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- From a comics merge: This is a redirect from a comics title that was merged into the target article. This page was kept as a redirect in order to preserve its edit history after its content was merged into the target article's content. Please do not remove the tag that generates this text (unless the need to recreate content on this page has been demonstrated) nor delete this page.
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{{R scouting from merge}}
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- From a Scouting page merge: This is a redirect from a Scouting title that was merged into the target article. This page was kept as a redirect in order to preserve its edit history after its content was merged into the target article's content. Please do not remove the tag that generates this text (unless the need to recreate content on this page has been demonstrated) nor delete this page.
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{{R from file metadata link}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from military designation}}
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- From a military designation: This is a redirect from a military designation to a more common civilian or manufacturer's designation of an aircraft, vehicle, or other item.
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Printable
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{{R from alternative military designation}}
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Printable
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{{R from variant military designation}}
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Printable
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{{R from miscapitalisation}}
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- From a miscapitalisation: This is a redirect from a capitalisation error. The correct form is given by the target of the redirect.
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Unprintable
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{{R from misspelling}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from modification}}
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Do not use this template in addition to {{R from transliteration}}, which is a subcategory.
- From a modification: This is a redirect from a modification of the target's title or a closely related title. For example, the words may be rearranged.
- Please note that there are many more specific templates. Please use {{R from alternative spelling}} for spelling changes (including punctuation and spacing), and {{R from misquotation}} for common alterations of the actual quotation; see subcategories of Category:Redirects from modifications for other options (capitals, abbreviations, diacritics, plurals, stylizations, transliteration, ligatures, different parts of speech, etc.). If you are unsure which to use, this template is fine; someone will make it more specific later if necessary.
- In cases of modification from distinctly longer or shorter names, please use {{R from long name}} or {{R from short name}}, respectively. An abbreviation should be tagged with {{R from initialism}} or, if it can be spoken like a word such as NASA and RADAR, use {{R from acronym}}.
- Use this rcat instead of {{R from other capitalisation}} and {{R from plural}} in namespaces other than mainspace for those types of modification. This may also apply to several other subcategories of modification; please check those templates' output before saving if using outside of mainspace.
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{{R from monotypic taxon}}
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- From a monotypic taxon: This is a redirect from a monotypic taxon to its only lower-ranking member. In a biology-related article, when for example a family has only one genus, the family may be a redirect to the genus.
- Use {{R to monotypic taxon}} when making a redirect to a monotypic taxon from its only member, for example, from a species to the genus of which it is the only member.
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{{R to monotypic taxon}}
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- To a monotypic taxon: This is a redirect from the only lower-ranking member of a monotypic taxon to its monotypic taxon. In a biology-related article, when for example a genus has only one species, the binomial name may be a redirect to the genus.
- Use {{R from monotypic taxon}} instead when making a redirect from a monotypic taxon to its only member, for example, from a family name to its sole genus.
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{{R from more specific name}}
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- From a more specific name: This is a redirect from a title that is a more specific name to a less specific, more general one.
- It may be a more specialized term, include extraneous identifiers, or simply be worded more narrowly. It leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names and can help writing and searches. It is not necessary to replace these redirected links with a piped link.
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{{R from more specific geographic name}}
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{{R from move}}
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- From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name.
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"N"
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{{R from former name}}
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{{R from name and country}}
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{{R from name with title}}
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- From name with title: This is a redirect from a person's name (typically surname) preceded (or followed) by a title, such as "Mayor Smith" or "Cardinal Doe" to the name with no title or with the title in parentheses.
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Unprintable
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{{R to name with title}}
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- To name with title: This is a redirect from the name with no title to a person's name (typically surname) preceded (or followed) by a title, such as "Mayor Foo" or "Cardinal Foo", or with the title in parentheses ().
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Unprintable
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{{R comics naming convention}}
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{{R from non-neutral name}}
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- From a non-neutral name: This is a redirect from a title that contains a non-neutral, pejorative, controversial, or offensive word, phrase, or name. It leads to the target page in accordance with Wikipedia naming conventions for neutrality in page titles and can help writing and searches. Normally, these redirected links should be replaced with links that go directly to the target page.
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Unprintable
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{{R from CAS Registry Number}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from E number}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from numerals}}
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Unprintable
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{{R to numerals}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from numeronym}}
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- From a numeronym: This is a redirect from a numeronym to a related topic, such as the expansion of the numeronym.
- Remember that a numeronym is a special type of acronym containing numbers that can be spoken as a word.
- Use {{R from acronym}} for abbreviations that do not contain numbers.
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Unprintable
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{{R from NYC bus route}}
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No default
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"O"
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{{R with old history}}
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- With old history: This is a redirect from a page that was from a historic version of this Wikipedia project.
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Unprintable
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{{R from other capitalisation}}
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- From other capitalisation: This is a redirect from a title with another method of capitalisation. It leads to the title in accordance with the Wikipedia naming conventions for capitalisation, or it leads to a title that is associated in some way with the conventional capitalisation of this redirect title. This may help writing, searching and international language issues.
- If this redirect is an incorrect capitalisation, then {{R from miscapitalisation}} should be used instead, and pages that use this link should be updated to link directly to the target. Miscapitalisations can be tagged in any namespace.
- Use this rcat to tag only mainspace redirects; when other capitalisations are in other namespaces, use {{R from modification}} instead.
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Unprintable
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{{R from other disambiguation}}
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Unprintable
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"P"
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{{R from person}}
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- From a person(s): This is a redirect from a person or persons' name to a related article or section that describes the person(s).
- It is a topic more specific than currently provided on the target article or a section of that article, hence this redirect is a potential article that may be suitable for expansion in accordance with Wikipedia's notability policy on biographies of notable people. The magic word
{{DEFAULTSORT:(surname), (given name)}} should be included below the #REDIRECT code in this page for correct category sorting of this person's name.
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Printable
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{{R from personal name}}
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- From personal name: This is a redirect from an individual's personal name to an article titled with the subject's professional stage name, pen name, or other better known moniker.
- This redirect leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names; it may help writing and aid searches. It is not necessary to replace these redirected links with a piped link.
- If this is the name of a living person, then one or more reliable sources must be included in the target article that will support the existence of this personal name, or else this redirect's talk page must be created and the reference(s) added there. This is in accord with Wikipedia's biography of living persons (BLP) policy, which applies to all Wikipedia pages, to include redirects.
- Use this rcat only on redirects that are in Wikipedia's main-article namespace, and only when the personal name differs from the subject's name when born. If the redirect title is the subject's birth name, use {{R from birth name}} instead.
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Unprintable
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{{R from phrase}}
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- From a phrase: This is a redirect from a phrase to a more general relevant article covering the topic.
- Phrases should only have an individual article when there is enough (usually historical background) material to warrant a detailed article on the genesis and sociological impact of the phrase in question.
- If the phrase is a catchphrase, use {{R from catchphrase}}; if it is a slogan, then use {{R from slogan}}; if it is a quotation, then use {{R from quotation}}.
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{{R plant with possibilities}}
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- From a plant with possibilities: This is a redirect from a plant-related title that potentially could be expanded into an article. A redirect that employs this template will usually be a generally accepted species name that targets an article about a genus (or higher taxon).
- For guidance on how to start a new page from a section, please see Wikipedia:Summary style. It is important that the topic is notable in accordance with the guideline, and that the article is structured in line with the manual of style; otherwise, there is a possibility that the article will be re-merged and turned back into a redirect.
- Do not replace these redirected links with piped links.
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{{R from plural}}
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- From the plural form: This is a redirect from a plural noun to its singular form.
- This redirect link is used for convenience; it is often preferable to add the plural directly after the link (for example,
[[link]]s
- Use this rcat to tag only mainspace redirects; when plural forms are found in other namespaces, use {{R from modification}} instead.
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{{R to plural}}
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- To its plural form: This is a redirect from a singular noun to its plural form.
- Redirects of this sort exist for reader convenience in cases of singular–plural pairs. It is also used for "false singulars", wherein the plural or plural-looking form is better attested in usage, such that the normal "prefer the singular" Wikipedia naming convention is not followed. Examples:
- Use this rcat to tag qualified mainspace redirects only; if qualified singular forms are found in other namespaces, use {{R from modification}} instead.
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{{R to portal namespace}}
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{{R from portmanteau}}
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- From a portmanteau: This is a redirect from a portmanteau to a related topic, such as the expansion of the portmanteau. The expanded form is given by the target of the redirect.
- Use {{R from short name}}, instead, for abbreviations that are shortened names but not portmanteaus.
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{{R with possibilities}}
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- With possibilities: This is a redirect from a title that potentially could be expanded into a new article or other type of associated page such as a new template. The topic described by this title may be more detailed than is currently provided on the target page or in a section of that page.
- {{R printworthy}} should be used together with this template when applied to a redirect in mainspace.
- When used on a template redirect, it will automatically populate Category:Template redirects with possibilities.
- When the target page becomes too large, or for any reason a new page would be an improvement, this redirect may be replaced with an article, template or other project page that is carved out of the target page. See also {{R to section}} and use together with this rcat when appropriate.
- If the topic of the redirect is not susceptible to expansion, then use other rcats such as {{R to section}} or {{R to list entry}} when appropriate.
- Since a new page may be created, links to this redirect should not be replaced with a direct link to the target page.
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{{R category with possibilities}}
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- From a category with possibilities: This is a redirect from a category title that potentially could be populated as a separate category.
- Other pages should not populate this redirected category. If you find category links to this redirect from articles, templates, categories, or portals, please retarget those links to the category page to which this entry redirects.
- If used to tag redirects in any namespace other than category space, then Category:Pages with templates in the wrong namespace will be populated, so be sure to use this rcat only on category pages.
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N/A
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{{R comics with possibilities}}
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- From a comics title with possibilities: This is a redirect from a comics-related title that potentially could be expanded into an article.
- For guidance on how to start a new page from a section, please see Wikipedia:Summary style. It is important that the topic is notable in accordance with the guideline (here is a helpful essay), and that the article is structured in line with the manual of style; otherwise, there is a possibility that the article will be re-merged and turned back into a redirect.
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{{R ME with possibilities}}
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- Middle-earth, with possibilities: This is a redirect from the name of a Middle-earth topic which currently redirects to a section or to an entry in a list or other article, and which may be expandable into a separate article. The topic described by the title is more detailed than what is currently provided on the target page, or section of that page.
- When the target page becomes too large, this redirect may be replaced with an article carved out of the target page. See also {{R ME to section}}, and when appropriate, use both together.
- If the topic is not susceptible to a major expansion, tag instead with {{R ME to section}} or {{R ME to list entry}} as applicable.
- Do not replace these redirected links with a link directly to the target page.
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{{R plant with possibilities}}
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- From a plant with possibilities: This is a redirect from a plant-related title that potentially could be expanded into an article. A redirect that employs this template will usually be a generally accepted species name that targets an article about a genus (or higher taxon).
- For guidance on how to start a new page from a section, please see Wikipedia:Summary style. It is important that the topic is notable in accordance with the guideline, and that the article is structured in line with the manual of style; otherwise, there is a possibility that the article will be re-merged and turned back into a redirect.
- Do not replace these redirected links with piped links.
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{{R from postal abbreviation}}
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- From postal abbreviation: This is a redirect from a postal abbreviation to its associated city, state or other geographic entity.
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{{R from US postal abbreviation}}
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{{R from postal code}}
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- From a postal code: This is a redirect from a postal code to its assigned geographic area.
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Unprintable
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{{R from UK postcode}}
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{{R from predecessor company name}}
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- From predecessor company name: This is a redirect from the name of a former company to a successor company.
- This applies to mergers and acquisitions – if this redirect resulted from a company that changed its name, then use {{R from former name}} instead.
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{{R from predictable disambiguation}}
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- From predictable disambiguation: This is a redirect from a page name with parenthetical disambiguation that will appear in search predictions for an ambiguous term that readers are likely to search, to a page name using natural disambiguation that otherwise would not appear in predictions for the probable search term.
- When the redirect and its target have the same base page name and only the disambiguation qualifier is different, use {{R from other disambiguation}} instead.
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{{R printworthy}}
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{{R from product name}}
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- From a product or service: This is a redirect from a title that is the name of a product or service to a more general, relevant article such as the company or person that sells it.
- This redirect leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names and can help writing and searches. It is not necessary to replace these redirected links with a piped link.
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{{R to project namespace}}
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{{R from proper noun}}
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- From a proper noun: This is a redirect from a proper noun, a noun that begins with an upper-case letter (such as "Africa"), to a related word or topic that may or may not use a proper noun in its title.
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{{R extended-protected}}
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- Extended-confirmed protected: This is a redirect from a title that is extended confirmed protected from editing for any of several possible reasons.
- Please do not replace these redirected links with links directly to the target page unless expressly advised to do so below or elsewhere on this page, or if the change is supported by a policy or guideline.
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{{R fully protected}}
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- Fully protected: This is a redirect from a title that is fully protected from editing for any of several possible reasons. It may have been protected by an administrator, or it may be on the Cascade-protected list, or both.
- Please do not replace these redirected links with links directly to the target page unless expressly advised to do so below or elsewhere on this page, or if the change is supported by a policy or guideline.
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{{R semi-protected}}
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- Semi-protected: This is a redirect from a title that is semi-protected from editing for any of several possible reasons.
- Please do not replace these redirected links with links directly to the target page unless expressly advised to do so below or elsewhere on this page, or if the change is supported by a policy or guideline.
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{{R template-protected}}
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- Template-protected: This is a redirect from a page that is template-protected from editing for any of several possible reasons. Only administrators and template editors may edit this page.
- Please do not replace these redirected links with links directly to the target page unless expressly advised to do so below or elsewhere on this page, or if the change is supported by a policy or guideline.
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{{R from pseudonym}}
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"Q–R"
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{{R from quotation}}
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{{R from radio frequency}}
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- From a radio frequency: This is a redirect from a radio frequency to a related topic, most commonly the single radio station that broadcasts on the frequency..
- If more than one station with an article broadcasts using the frequency, a disambiguation page should be used instead.
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{{R from railroad name with ampersand}}
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{{R to redirect template}}
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{{R to related topic}}
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{{R from related word}}
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{{R comics from related word}}
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{{R from relative}}
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{{R from remote talk page}}
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N/A
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{{R from reporting name}}
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{{R restricted}}
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{{R from Wade–Giles romanization}}
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{{R from route number}}
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- From a route number: This is a redirect from a numbered road that is insufficiently notable for an independent article to a list of roads that covers the route.
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"S"
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{{R from S2 symmetry}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from school}}
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- From a school: This is a redirect from a school article that may have had very little information or did not meet notability criteria. The information from this article may have been merged into a list of schools or an article on the appropriate school district or geographical location.
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{{R from scientific abbreviation}}
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Printable
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{{R from scientific name}}
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Printable
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{{R from alternative scientific name}}
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Printable
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{{R to scientific name}}
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{{R scouting from merge}}
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- From a Scouting page merge: This is a redirect from a Scouting title that was merged into the target article. This page was kept as a redirect in order to preserve its edit history after its content was merged into the target article's content. Please do not remove the tag that generates this text (unless the need to recreate content on this page has been demonstrated) nor delete this page.
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{{R from second-level domain}}
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- From a second-level domain: This is a redirect from a second-level domain to an article about its associated top-level domain, often to a section in that article, or to an article about its website.
- Use this redirect link (without piping) when the link in the context specifically concerns the second-level domain. Other pages using this link should be updated to replace the text with the redirect target (again, without piping).
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Unprintable
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{{R to section}}
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{{R comics to section}}
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- Comics, to a section: This is a redirect from a comics-related subject that does not have its own page to an article section that covers the subject.
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No default
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{{R ME to section}}
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No default
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{{R semi-protected}}
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- Semi-protected: This is a redirect from a title that is semi-protected from editing for any of several possible reasons.
- Please do not replace these redirected links with links directly to the target page unless expressly advised to do so below or elsewhere on this page, or if the change is supported by a policy or guideline.
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{{R from short name}}
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- From a short name: This is a redirect from a title that is a shortened form of a more complete page title, such as a person's full name or the unbroken title of a written work.
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{{R from shortcut}}
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- From a shortcut: This is a redirect from a shortcut in any namespace to a page in any namespace except template namespace.
- Shortcuts are wikilinked on community pages, talk pages, and edit summaries, but not in mainspace articles.
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Unprintable
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{{R from slogan}}
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{{R from song}}
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- From a song: This is a redirect from a song title to a more general, relevant article such as an album, film or artist where the song is mentioned. Redirecting to the specific album or film in which the song appears is preferable to redirecting to the artist when possible.
- There is consensus that the majority of songs do not meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines. Songs should only have an individual article when there is enough material to warrant a detailed article.
- For redirects of cover songs to the article about the original song, use {{R from cover song}} instead.
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Unprintable
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{{R from cover song}}
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- From a song's cover version: This is a redirect from a cover version of a song to the article about the original song this version covers. This accords with editing guidelines located at WP:SONGDAB.
- Use this rcat only on redirects that are in Wikipedia's main-article namespace, and only when the redirect's topic is a song which is a cover version of its target. If it is not a cover version of its target, use {{R from song}} instead.
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Unprintable
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{{R from sort name}}
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- From the sorting name: This is a redirect from the target's sort name; for example, it begins with the surname of a person whose article begins with their given name.
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{{R from ambiguous sort name}}
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- From an ambiguous sort name: This is a redirect from an ambiguous sort 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 from South Indian spelling}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from more specific geographic name}}
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{{R from less specific name}}
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- From a less specific name: This is a redirect from a title that is a less specific name to a more specific, less general one.
- It may be a less specialized term, a broader usage, a generic term or simply be worded less narrowly. It leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names and can help writing and searches. It is not necessary to replace these redirected links with a piped link.
- Such names often indicate that a broader, overview article needs to be written. For such redirects {{R with possibilities}} should also be added.
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{{R from more specific name}}
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- From a more specific name: This is a redirect from a title that is a more specific name to a less specific, more general one.
- It may be a more specialized term, include extraneous identifiers, or simply be worded more narrowly. It leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names and can help writing and searches. It is not necessary to replace these redirected links with a piped link.
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{{R to sports league}}
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- To sports league: This is a redirect from team or other redirect currently not with its own article to article for the sports league.
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Unprintable
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{{R from spouse}}
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- From spouse: This is a redirect from the name of a person's spouse (husband or wife) or former spouse to the article about the person.
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{{R from stock symbol}}
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Unprintable
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{{R to stub template}}
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- To a stub template: This is a redirect from a template shortcut or title that may have been moved (renamed) or merged to the target stub template.
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N/A
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{{R from stylization}}
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- From a stylization: This is a redirect from a stylized article title. It leads to the target in accordance with Wikipedia naming conventions for symbols and stylizations. This may help writing, searching, and international language issues.
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{{R from subpage}}
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- From a subpage: This is a redirect from a subpage. In a page title, a subpage name appears after a forward slash (/); for example, "Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Articles", which is a subpage of "Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket", redirects to Template:CricketRecentChanges. Not all articles or other pages with "/" in their titles are subpages (e.g. CP/M).
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Unprintable
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{{R to subpage}}
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{{R from subsidiary title}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from subtopic}}
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{{R to subtopic}}
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- To a subtopic: This is a redirect to a subtopic of the redirect's title.
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{{R from surname}}
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{{R from former Swiss municipality}}
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{{R to Swiss municipality 2L}}
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- To a Swiss municipality 2L: This is a redirect from a title in the form "[name of municipality](space)[two-letter abbreviation for canton]" to a municipality of Switzerland. With this format, the municipality Aclens in the canton of Vaud is a redirect titled "Aclens VD".
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Unprintable
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{{R to Swiss municipality (canton)}}
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{{R to Swiss municipality (, Switzerland)}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from symbol}}
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- From a symbol: This is a redirect from a symbol to the meaning of the symbol or to a related topic.
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No default
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{{R from gene symbol}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from mathematical expression}}
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{{R from stock symbol}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from E2 symmetry}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from H2 symmetry}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from S2 symmetry}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from synonym}}
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{{R from systematic abbreviation}}
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{{R from systematic name}}
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{{R to systematic name}}
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Unprintable
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"T"
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{{R from remote talk page}}
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N/A
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{{R to talk page}}
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{{R taxon with possibilities}}
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- From a taxon with possibilities: This is a redirect from a title related to a living organism that potentially could be expanded into an article. A redirect that employs this template will usually be a generally accepted species name that targets an article about a genus (or higher taxon).
- For guidance on how to start a new page from a section, please see Wikipedia:Summary style. It is important that the topic is notable in accordance with the guideline, and that the article is structured in line with the manual of style; otherwise, there is a possibility that the article will be re-merged and turned back into a redirect.
- Do not replace these redirected links with piped links.
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{{R from monotypic taxon}}
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- From a monotypic taxon: This is a redirect from a monotypic taxon to its only lower-ranking member. In a biology-related article, when for example a family has only one genus, the family may be a redirect to the genus.
- Use {{R to monotypic taxon}} when making a redirect to a monotypic taxon from its only member, for example, from a species to the genus of which it is the only member.
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{{R to monotypic taxon}}
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- To a monotypic taxon: This is a redirect from the only lower-ranking member of a monotypic taxon to its monotypic taxon. In a biology-related article, when for example a genus has only one species, the binomial name may be a redirect to the genus.
- Use {{R from monotypic taxon}} instead when making a redirect from a monotypic taxon to its only member, for example, from a family name to its sole genus.
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{{R from team}}
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- From a team: This is a redirect from a team/club/squad to the sporting league/association in which the team is a member.
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No default
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{{R from technical name}}
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Printable
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{{R to technical name}}
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{{R from telephone number}}
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- From telephone number: This is a redirect from a telephone number to a related topic, such as the company that can be reached there.
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Unprintable
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{{R to template namespace}}
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- From outside template namespace: This is a redirect from a page outside the template namespace to a template page. This redirect page must be outside the template namespace.
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Unprintable
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{{R template-protected}}
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- Template-protected: This is a redirect from a page that is template-protected from editing for any of several possible reasons. Only administrators and template editors may edit this page.
- Please do not replace these redirected links with links directly to the target page unless expressly advised to do so below or elsewhere on this page, or if the change is supported by a policy or guideline.
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{{R from name with title}}
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- From name with title: This is a redirect from a person's name (typically surname) preceded (or followed) by a title, such as "Mayor Smith" or "Cardinal Doe" to the name with no title or with the title in parentheses.
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Unprintable
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{{R to name with title}}
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- To name with title: This is a redirect from the name with no title to a person's name (typically surname) preceded (or followed) by a title, such as "Mayor Foo" or "Cardinal Foo", or with the title in parentheses ().
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Unprintable
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{{R from list topic}}
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- From a list topic: This is a redirect from the topic of a list to the equivalent list. It is not necessary to replace links to this redirect with a piped link to the target page.
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{{R from top-level domain}}
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- From a top-level domain: This is a redirect from a top-level domain to an article about a website (or the company that hosts it) that is more often referred to by its short name or company name rather than its top-level domain name.
- Use this redirect link (without piping) when the link in the context specifically concerns the website. Other pages using this link should be updated to replace the text with the redirect target (again, without piping).
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Unprintable
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{{R from trademark}}
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{{R from alternative translation}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from alternative transliteration}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from television episode}}
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Category:Episode redirects to lists or one of its subcategories may also be populated by default.
- From a television episode: This is a redirect from a television episode title to a related work or lists of episodes. The destination may be an article about a related episode, a subsection or a standalone list of episodes.
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{{R from Twitter username}}
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Unprintable
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"U"
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{{R from UK postcode}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from Unicode character}}
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- From a Unicode character: This is a redirect from a single Unicode character to an article or Wikipedia project page that infers meaning for the symbol. Examples would be monetary symbols like dollar and euro signs, language symbols, emoji, and so on. For a multiple-character-long title with diacritics, use template {{R from diacritic}} instead. For codes such as "U+00E6", use {{R from Unicode code}}.
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Unprintable
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{{R from Unicode code}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from UN/LOCODE}}
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{{R from unnecessary disambiguation}}
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- From currently unnecessary disambiguation: This is a redirect from a page name that has a currently unneeded disambiguation qualifier. Examples are:
- Jupiter (planet)Jupiter (unnecessary parenthetical qualifier)
- Paris, FranceParis (unnecessary comma-separated qualifier)
- Japanese Bobtail catJapanese Bobtail (unnecessary natural qualifier)
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{{R unprintworthy}}
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{{R to userbox}}
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- To a userbox: This is a redirect from a shortcut or the result of a page move/rename to a userbox template.
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N/A
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{{R to user namespace}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from US military aircraft designator}}
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Unprintable
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{{R from US postal abbreviation}}
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"V–W"
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{{R from variant military designation}}
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Printable
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{{R from verb}}
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No default
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{{R from Wade–Giles romanization}}
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Printable
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{{R to warning template}}
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N/A
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{{R with Wikidata item}}
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- From a cross-project redirect: This is a redirect from a title linked to an item on Wikidata. The Wikidata item linked to this page is (no entity). Error: no Wikidata item linked! Either link a Wikidata item or remove this template.
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No default
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{{R ME without diacritics}}
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- From same ME page name without diacritics: This is a redirect from essentially the same Middle-earth page name that does not have diacritical marks (accents, umlauts, etc.) to the same title with those marks.
- Use this redirect link (without piping) when the page concerns language translation or English language equivalents. Other pages using this link should be updated to replace text with the redirect target (again, without piping).
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Unprintable
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{{R from letter–word combination}}
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- From a letter–word combination: This is a redirect from a title that is a letter–word combination to a topic that describes or explains the combination.
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No default
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{{R from work}}
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- From a creative work: This is a redirect from a creative work to a related topic such as the author/artist, publisher, or a subject related to the work.
- Creative works should only have an individual article when they meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines and there is enough material to warrant a detailed article.
- If the work is an album, book, comic, film, journal, quotation, song (or cover song), slogan, TV program, or episode, please use the more specific template.
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No default
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{{R from writer}}
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- From a writer(s): This is a redirect from a writer (or writers) to a related topic usually about one of their works.
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No default
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"X–Y–Z"
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{{R from year}}
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- From year: This is a redirect from a formatted year title to the related year article.
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Unprintable
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