Template:R From Former Name
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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- 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 former name: This is a redirect from a former name or working title of the target topic to the new name that resulted from a name change.
 | This template is used on approximately 26,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them. |
 | This template should not be substituted nor used to tag soft redirects. |
Usage
- This redirect category (rcat) template populates Category:Redirects from former names. Add this rcat to a redirect page (not a talk-page redirect) in the following manner:
#REDIRECT [[(target article title)]]
{{Rcat shell|
{{R from former name}}
}}
- 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 former name}}
- This is in accord with the instructions found at Wikipedia:REDCAT.
- Use this rcat on a redirect from a former name or former working title of the target article.
- This redirect is not used on redirects from predecessor company names, which are reserved for mergers and acquisitions that result in a different company name. For these redirects use {{R from predecessor company name}} instead.
Optional parameters
Either the |of= or the |1= parameter can be used to specify the more current name. This is useful when redirecting from a former term to a more recent one that is a subsection or anchor in a broader article that itself is not the other name of what is being redirected. Three ways to accomplish this are as follows:
{{R from former name|of=(alternative name)}}{{R from former name|1=(alternative name)}}{{R from former name|(alternative name)}}
Aliases
- Also known as... – list of templates that redirect here and may also be used
Printworthiness
 | 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. |
- In main-article namespace, many redirects from former names to current titles are unprintworthy; however, there are others that are printworthy, 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 former name}}
{{R printworthy}}
}}
{{Redirect category shell|
{{R from former name}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}
See also
- {{R from alternative name}}
- {{R from predecessor company name}}
- {{R to former name}}
- WikiProject Redirect/Style guide
