Template:R from surname

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

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

When used by itself:

• From a surname: This is a redirect from a person's surname. It is used because Wikipedia has only one article about a person with this surname, or because one individual is the most likely topic sought by this surname (other persons who share this name might be listed at an anthroponymy article or at the end of a disambiguation page).

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Usage

Use this rcat template on mainspace redirects only.

• This redirect category (rcat) template populates Category:Redirects from surnames and, for administrative purposes, Category:Surnames is also populated by default. Add this rcat to a redirect page (not a talk-page redirect) in the following manner:

#REDIRECT [[(target article title)]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from surname}}
}}

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 from surname}}

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

• Use this rcat to tag any mainspace redirect from a surname. These surname redirects are used because Wikipedia has only one article about a person with this surname, or because one individual is the most likely topic sought by this surname (other persons who share this name might be listed at an anthroponymy article or at the end of a disambiguation page).
• The sort to Category:Surnames was asked for by contributors who monitor that category for maintenance needs. If necessary, it can be suppressed by using the unnamed parameter, |1=, in the following manner:

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from surname|1=nocat}}
}}

or the 1= may be omitted:

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from surname|nocat}}
}}

and if applied individually:

{{R from surname|nocat}}

That will suppress the redirect's population of Category:Surnames, and it will still populate the Redirects from surnames category.

Aliases

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

Printworthiness

• In main-article namespace, some surname redirects are printworthy; however, there are others that are 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 and any other rcats:

{{Redirect category shell|
{{R from surname}}
{{R printworthy}}
}}

{{Redirect category shell|
{{R from surname}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}

TemplateData

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TemplateData for R from surname

This redirect category (rcat) template is used where there is only one article about a person with this surname, or because one individual is the most likely topic sought by this surname. This rcat populates [[Category:Redirects from surnames]] and, for administrative purposes, [[Category:Surnames]] is also populated by default.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
1	1	By default, this rcat will populate [[Category:Surname]]. That can be suppressed using "nocat" in this unnamed parameter. [[Category:Redirects from surnames]] will be unaffected. Suggested values nocat	String	optional

See also

• {{R from given name}}
• {{R from relative}}
• {{R from sort name}}
• {{R from spouse}}
• WikiProject Redirect/Style guide

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