Template:R to category namespace/doc

Purpose
This redirect category (rcat) template sorts redirects into two categories:
 * 1)  – for PNRs and CNRs, and
 * 2)  – only redirects from the main-article namespace (mainspace) to a category page
 * In 2003, efforts were begun to support the Wikimedia Foundation's goal of increasing access and availability of Wikipedia articles in .  Mainspace redirects that target pages in the category namespace are not suitable for a printed version.  In other words they are unprintworthy.

This rcat is not for use on the soft redirects that are in category namespace. If placed on a category redirect, it will not populate the expected categories; it will instead be sorted to.
 * No rcat should ever be used to tag any soft redirect.

Usage

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


 * Note: A leading colon must be used as shown above ( [[ Cat...) or the redirect will populate the target category.
 * 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:


 * Note: Again, a leading colon must be used as shown above ( [[ Cat...) or the redirect will populate the target category.
 * This is in accord with instructions found at REDCAT.


 * Use this rcat to tag any redirect from a page outside of the category namespace to a category. Be careful to place a colon (:) before the word "Category" in the target as shown above.  Otherwise, the redirect will actually be placed into that category, which is not to be desired.
 * This rcat should never be used on a redirect that is in the category namespace that targets any other page.

Aliases

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