From a less specific name: This is a redirect from a title that is a less specific name to a more specific, less general one.
It may be a less specialized term, a broader usage, a generic term or simply be worded less narrowly. It leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names and can help writing and searches. It is not necessary to replace these redirected links with a piped link.
Such names often indicate that a broader, overview article needs to be written. For such redirects {{R with possibilities}} should also be added.
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized.
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 less specific name: This is a redirect from a title that is a less specific name to a more specific, less general one.
It may be a less specialized term, a broader usage, a generic term or simply be worded less narrowly. It leads to the title in accordance with the naming conventions for common names and can help writing and searches. It is not necessary to replace these redirected links with a piped link.
Such names often indicate that a broader, overview article needs to be written. For such redirects {{R with possibilities}} should also be added.
If you plan to make breaking changes to this template, move it, or nominate it for deletion, please notify Twinkle's users and maintainers at Wikipedia talk:Twinkle as a courtesy, as the standard installation of Twinkle adds and removes this template. Thank you!
#REDIRECT [[(target page name)]]
{{Rcat shell|
{{R from less specific name}}
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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:
#REDIRECT [[(target page name)]]
{{R from less specific name}}
Use this rcat to tag all redirects from a title that is a less specific, more general page name.
Important note: If the redirect situation suggests that we are missing a more general, overarching article than the redirect target's scope, then {{R with possibilities}} should also be used to tag the redirect. If the target page of the redirect needs a broader scope, then this issue should be raised on the article's talk page.
Please do not alter the printworthy settings of this 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 to more general page titles are considered unprintworthy; however, there are many 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:
Places a redirect in [[Category:Redirects from less specific names]]. This template can be added to a redirect which has a name which is a valid alternative to the title of the target page, specifically a more general term for the subject of the article; it may indicate that a broader article needs to be created, or that the scope of the extant article needs to be expanded. There are some more specific alternative name redirect templates which can be used instead of this one, such as {{R from full name}} (for individuals) and {{R from more specific geographic name}} (for places). Do not use this template if the redirect is an incorrect title for the target page; use {{R from incorrect name}} instead. This template takes no parameters.