Template:R to ASCII-only/doc

Usage

 * This redirect category (rcat) template populates and, when the redirect is in the main-article namespace (mainspace),  is also populated by default.  In 2003, efforts were begun to support the Wikimedia Foundation's goal of increasing access and availability of  Wikipedia articles in .  Mainspace redirects from titles with non-ASCII characters are usually not suitable for a printed version.  In other words they are unprintworthy.  See below for what to do for the few redirects to ASCII-only page titles that are printworthy.


 * Add this rcat to a redirect in the following manner:
 * and when the redirect is in article mainspace, printworthiness should also be tagged:


 * 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:


 * This is in accord with instructions found at REDCAT.


 * Use this rcat on any redirect from a title with differences that are non-ASCII symbols, and yet, they are not diacritical marks (accents, umlauts, and so forth – use R from diacritics instead) or ligatures (use R from ligature instead) to a title in only basic ASCII characters.

Printworthy parameter

 * printworthy – By default, this template tags and categorizes redirects as unprintworthy. Use the first parameter to subdue that category and populate instead in the following manner:
 * or

Aliases

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