Template:R from miscapitalisation

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 miscapitalisation: This is a redirect from a capitalisation error. The correct form is given by the target of the redirect.
  • This redirect is made available to aid searches or to maintain links. Pages that use this link should be updated to link directly to the correct form without using a piped link hiding the correct details.
  • This template tags redirects with the Redirects from miscapitalisations category, a subcategory of Redirects from incorrect names, so template {{R from incorrect name}} should not be used with this template.

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Usage

Use this rcat template in any namespace.

• Use this redirect category (rcat) template on a redirect in the following manner:

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1. REDIRECT (target page name)

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and when the redirect is in article mainspace, printworthiness should also be tagged:

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">

1. REDIRECT (target article title)

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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:

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">

1. REDIRECT (target page name)

• From a miscapitalisation: This is a redirect from a capitalisation error. The correct form is given by the target of the redirect.
  • This redirect is made available to aid searches or to maintain links. Pages that use this link should be updated to link directly to the correct form without using a piped link hiding the correct details.
  • This template tags redirects with the Redirects from miscapitalisations category, a subcategory of Redirects from incorrect names, so template {{R from incorrect name}} should not be used with this template.

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

• Example: the mainspace article redirect Pope francis is tagged:

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">

1. REDIRECT Pope Francis

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or if used individually:

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">

1. REDIRECT Pope Francis

• From a miscapitalisation: This is a redirect from a capitalisation error. The correct form is given by the target of the redirect.
  • This redirect is made available to aid searches or to maintain links. Pages that use this link should be updated to link directly to the correct form without using a piped link hiding the correct details.
  • This template tags redirects with the Redirects from miscapitalisations category, a subcategory of Redirects from incorrect names, so template {{R from incorrect name}} should not be used with this template.

• From an unprintworthy page title: This is a redirect from a title that would not be helpful in a printed or CD/DVD version of Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Printability and Version 1.0 Editorial Team for more information.

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• This template takes a parameter, either unnamed (|1=) or named (|of=) that may be used to provide the correct form when it is not the same as the target page's title – for example when an alternate name for the article has been miscapitalised. Supply the correct name as the first parameter in any of the following ways:

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 or

• From a miscapitalisation: This is a redirect from a capitalisation error. The correct form is (correct form).
  • This redirect is made available to aid searches or to maintain links. Pages that use this link should be updated to link directly to the correct form without using a piped link hiding the correct details.
  • This template tags redirects with the Redirects from miscapitalisations category, a subcategory of Redirects from incorrect names, so template {{R from incorrect name}} should not be used with this template.

 or

• From a miscapitalisation: This is a redirect from a capitalisation error. The correct form is (correct form).
  • This redirect is made available to aid searches or to maintain links. Pages that use this link should be updated to link directly to the correct form without using a piped link hiding the correct details.
  • This template tags redirects with the Redirects from miscapitalisations category, a subcategory of Redirects from incorrect names, so template {{R from incorrect name}} should not be used with this template.

 or

• From a miscapitalisation: This is a redirect from a capitalisation error. The correct form is (correct form).
  • This redirect is made available to aid searches or to maintain links. Pages that use this link should be updated to link directly to the correct form without using a piped link hiding the correct details.
  • This template tags redirects with the Redirects from miscapitalisations category, a subcategory of Redirects from incorrect names, so template {{R from incorrect name}} should not be used with this template.

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Example: the miscapitalised redirect Westminster palace employs:

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">

1. REDIRECT Palace of Westminster

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• This rcat populates Category:Redirects from miscapitalisations and Category:Unprintworthy redirects by default. In 2003, efforts were begun to support the Wikimedia Foundation's goal of increasing access and availability of Wikipedia articles in printed versions. Most miscapitalisations are not suitable for a printed version. In other words they are unprintworthy. Here is what to do for those few miscapitalisations that are printworthy:
  • If a mainspace redirect is a miscapitalisation that is deemed to be printworthy, then the default listing in the Unprintworthy redirects category can be subdued and the redirect categorized as printworthy by use of the second parameter:

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 or if applied individually:

• From a miscapitalisation: This is a redirect from a capitalisation error. The correct form is given by the target of the redirect.
  • This redirect is made available to aid searches or to maintain links. Pages that use this link should be updated to link directly to the correct form without using a piped link hiding the correct details.
  • This template tags redirects with the Redirects from miscapitalisations category, a subcategory of Redirects from incorrect names, so template {{R from incorrect name}} should not be used with this template.

 or use two pipes to make an empty first parameter:

• From a miscapitalisation: This is a redirect from a capitalisation error. The correct form is given by the target of the redirect.
  • This redirect is made available to aid searches or to maintain links. Pages that use this link should be updated to link directly to the correct form without using a piped link hiding the correct details.
  • This template tags redirects with the Redirects from miscapitalisations category, a subcategory of Redirects from incorrect names, so template {{R from incorrect name}} should not be used with this template.

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Note 1: All redirects that are in main-article namespace (mainspace) are considered either printworthy (usable in printed versions of Wikipedia) or unprintworthy. When an untagged redirect is found, please decide its printworthiness and tag it appropriately.

Note 2: If used individually with the |of= parameter employed, and the redirect is deemed printworthy, then the second parameter must be applied as |2=printworthy in the following manner:

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If "2=" is not used, then unexpected results will occur, even when applied individually.

Note 3: Redirects from miscapitalisations should not be directly linked. Pipe the title with possibilities to a disambiguated title, for example:

• [[Jim Blythe (author)|Jim Blythe]], which appears as Jim Blythe

• Important note: When this rcat is used together with R with possibilities, the Unprintworthy category must be subdued or else the redirect will populate both Printworthy and Unprintworthy categories, which of course is unacceptable.

• This rcat may be used to tag redirects from homoglyphs and homographs when they have been created in error or specifically made available as search terms.

Aliases

Please note that common miscapitalisations can also be useful redirects

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

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:R from miscapitalisation in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for R from miscapitalisation

This template is a redirect category template for redirects from a capitalisation error.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Correctly capitalised name	1 of	The name of this redirect, correctly capitalised, if it differs from the redirect target.	Line	optional
Printworthiness	2	Set to printworthy to mark this redirect as printworthy.	Number	optional
Printworthy	printworthy	Set to yes to mark this redirect as printworthy.	Line	optional
Unprintworthy	unprintworthy	Set to no to mark this redirect as printworthy.	Line	optional
Category	Category	Override the category to place this redirect in. Place any category with the Category: prefix and in double square brackets.	Line	optional

See also

• {{R from alternative capitalisation}}
  • {{R from CamelCase}} (a variant for instances of redirects from "CamelCase" alternative titles)
• {{R from misspelling}}
• {{R from incorrect name}}
• WikiProject Redirect/Style guide

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