Template:R from surname/doc

Usage

 * This redirect category (rcat) template populates and, for administrative purposes,  is also populated by default.  Add this rcat to a redirect page (not a talk-page redirect) in the following manner:
 * 1) REDIRECT (target article title)


 * 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:


 * 1) REDIRECT (target article title)


 * This is in accord with instructions found at REDCAT.


 * Use this rcat to tag any mainspace redirect from a surname. These surname redirects are used because Wikipedia may have only one biographical article of a person by a certain surname, or because one individual is ubiquitously known by a certain surname (other persons who share this name might be listed at a primary topic disambiguation page).
 * The sort to was asked for by contributors who monitor that category for maintenance needs.  If necessary, it can be suppressed by using the unnamed parameter, 1, in the following manner:


 * or the may be omitted:


 * and if applied individually:


 * That will suppress the redirect's population of Category:Surnames, and it will still populate the Redirects from surnames category.

Aliases

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

Printworthiness

 * In main-article namespace, some surname redirects are printworthy; however, there are others that are unprintworthy, 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 .  Some rcats automatically populate either  or  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:
 * and
 * Please click on each one for more details and guidance.
 * Please click on each one for more details and guidance.


 * Template Redirect category shell will accept these rcats just like any other.
 * Examples:


 * Either Redirect category shell or its alias/shortcut, Rcat shell, may be used.