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When used with the "Redirect category shell" (Rcat shell) template:
This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
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Some redirects should target other redirects, but that is not allowed by Wikipedia software. A redirect that targets another redirect is called a "double redirect". This redirect category (rcat) template may be used to tag redirects from alternative forms (abbreviations, disambiguated titles, etc.) of titles that are themselves redirects to broader-topic articles (whether or not marked as redirects with possibilities). To avoid a double redirect, any alternative-title redirect must also target the same broader article, and must be updated if the redirect from the more specific title is converted to a separate article.
#REDIRECT [[(target article title)]]
{{Rcat shell|
{{R avoided double redirect|1=(specified page)}}
}}
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may be omitted:#REDIRECT [[(target article title)]]
{{Rcat shell|
{{R avoided double redirect|(specified page)}}
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#REDIRECT [[(target article title)]]
{{R avoided double redirect|(specified page)}}
#REDIRECT [[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)]]
{{Rcat shell|
{{R avoided double redirect|Harriman Nelson}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}
#REDIRECT [[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)]]
{{R avoided double redirect|Harriman Nelson}}
Avoided double redirects are considered to inherit the redirect categories of the initial redirect and should not be placed in redirect categories that apply in the same way to both. (This would create a redundancy that would increase the maintenance burden.) For instance, say Campus of Foobar University is a redirect to Foobar University tagged with {{R from subtopic}} and {{R to section}}. The avoided double redirect, Foobar University campus, should be tagged only with {{R from avoided double redirect}}, not {{R from subtopic}} and {{R to section}}.
However, additional redirect categories may be used when they apply specifically to the avoided double redirect. For instance, Campus of Fooobar University (with a triple o) could have {{R from misspelling}} in addition to {{R from avoided double redirect}}.
{{R printworthy}} and {{R unprintworthy}} may be used when appropriate.
Please do not alter the printworthy settings of any rcat without first notifying the Version 1.0 Editorial Team, who are responsible for any and all materials, including redirects, that go into a printed version of Wikipedia. |
{{R printworthy}}
and{{R unprintworthy}}
{{Redirect category shell|
{{R avoided double redirect}}
{{R printworthy}}
}}
{{Redirect category shell|
{{R avoided double redirect}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}
TemplateData for R avoided double redirect
This redirect category (rcat) template may be used to tag redirects from alternative forms (abbreviations, disambiguated titles, etc.) of titles that are themselves redirects to broader-topic articles (whether or not marked as redirects with possibilities). To avoid a double redirect, any alternative-title redirect must also target the same broader article, and must be updated if the redirect from the more specific title is converted to a separate article.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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Redirect page name | 1 | The page this redirect would target if the page wasn't also a redirect. | Page name | required |