Template:R to acronym

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

Template {{Redirect category shell}} may be used to add one or more rcat templates, along with their parameters and categories, to a redirect. For more information see the documentation page below.

When used by itself:

• To an acronym: This is a redirect to an acronym from its expanded form.

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Usage

Use this rcat template on mainspace redirects only.

• This redirect category (rcat) template populates Category:Redirects to acronyms. Add this rcat to a redirect page, not a talk page, in the following manner:

#REDIRECT [[(target article title)]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R to acronym}}
}}

Template {{Rcat shell}} is an alias for the Redirect category shell template, which may be used to add as many appropriate rcats as needed, usually from one to seven, along with their parameters, to a redirect. For more information see the documentation on its template page. This rcat may also tag a redirect individually:

#REDIRECT [[(target article title)]]

{{R to acronym}}

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

• Use this rcat on all mainspace redirects to acronyms from their expanded forms. Do not use this template for redirects to initialisms that are not also acronyms. Instead, use the {{R to initialism}} rcat.

Aliases

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

Printworthiness

• In main-article namespace, some expanded redirects to their acronyms are considered printworthy; however, there are some others that are thought to be unprintworthy, so there is no default sort for printworthiness. In 2003, efforts were begun to support the Wikimedia Foundation's goal of increasing access and availability of Wikipedia articles in printed versions. Some rcats automatically populate either Category:Printworthy redirects or Category:Unprintworthy redirects by default. Others, like this rcat, do not, and that means it is up to editors to choose which of those categories, Printworthy or Unprintworthy, is appropriate and should be populated. The rcats that are used separately to populate those categories are:

• {{R printworthy}} and
• {{R unprintworthy}}

Please click on each one for more details and guidance.

• Template {{Redirect category shell}} will accept these rcats just like any other.

Examples:

{{Rcat shell|
{{R to acronym}}
{{R printworthy}}
}}

{{Rcat shell|
{{R to acronym}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}

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

See also

• {{R from acronym}}
• {{R to initialism}}
• {{R to short name}}
• WikiProject Redirect/Style guide

External links

• Template:R to acronym at Wikipedia, the free Terran-based encyclopedia that anyone can edit.