Template:R to project namespace/doc

Purpose
This redirect category (rcat) template sorts redirect pages into one of two categories:
 * 1)  – for pseudo-namespace redirects (PNRs) (for example, MOS:) and cross-namespace redirects (CNRs), or
 * 2)  – for project namespace redirects (for example, Wikipedia: or its shortcut, WP:) to other project pages

This rcat template also populates the following:
 * 3. – only redirects from main-article namespace (mainspace)
 * 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 Wikipedia project namespace are not suitable for a printed version. In other words, they are unprintworthy.

Usage

 * Apply this rcat template to a redirect page by using the following wikitext:
 * 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 rcat templates and their parameters as needed to a redirect, usually from one to seven. 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 template to tag any redirect page to a page in the project (Wikipedia: or WP:) namespace, whether the redirect page itself is in project namespace or in any other namespace. These redirect pages will automatically be sorted as either inside or outside of project namespace.

Aliases

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