Template:Redirect category

The pages in this category are redirects. To add a redirect to this category, place {{Redirect category shell|(redirect template link)}} on the second new line (skip a line) after #REDIRECT [[Target page name]]. For more information follow the links. Never substitute redirect template(s), nor place them on soft redirects.
See also the complete list of redirect templates.

This is a maintenance category, used for the maintenance of BTW. It is not part of the encyclopedia and contains non-article pages, or groups articles by status rather than subject. Do not include this category in content categories.

This is a tracking category. It builds and maintains a list of pages primarily for the sake of the list itself. They are not part of the BTW's categorization scheme.

• This category is hidden on its [member pages—unless the corresponding user preference (appearance → show hidden categories) is set.
• These categories can be used to track, build and organize lists of pages needing "attention en masse" (for example, pages using deprecated syntax), or that may need to be edited at someone's earliest convenience.
• These categories also serve to aggregate members of several lists or sub-categories into a larger, more efficient list (discriminated by classifications).

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Not to be confused with Template:Category redirect.

See also: Template:Redirect category shell

Usage

This template provides for a uniform header for use on all redirect categories. Its parameters allow modifications of the template's default output, so that each header can be customized for the specific redirect category where it is being used. To use, copy the following syntax and paste it atop the redirect category intended for its use:

{{Redirect category |text= |from= |to= |template= |parameters= |template2= |sortkey= |no_info= |soft_redirect= |not_maintenance= |shortcut= }}

Parameters

• Use |from= and/or |to= to describe the purpose of the redirects in the category.
• The |template= parameter names the {{Redirect category shell}} template in redirect categories.
• Use |parameters= to list the associated redirect template (rcat) used with the Redirect category shell template, along with its parameters.
• For |sortkey=, add yes for the header to include an instruction to use {{DEFAULTSORT:}} in cases where appropriate.

Unused parameters may be removed or left, blank, in place; both conditions result in the template's rendering of the default output where each modification would otherwise occur.

Categorisation

This template adds categories to Category:All redirect categories, Category:Hidden categories and Category:Redirect tracking categories.

If the template is transcluded on a page outside of the category namespace, then that page will not be added to these categories and will be added to Category:Pages with templates in the wrong namespace instead.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools.

TemplateData for Redirect category

This template provides for a uniform header for use on all redirect categories.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Redirects from	from	The sort of redirect that the template for this category should be placed on. Example a subject that does not exist as a standalone article	Content	suggested
Redirects to	to	The sort of page that redirects with this category's template should redirect to. Example an article, or subsection thereof, where the subject could be described, but presently is not	Content	suggested
Redirect template sample invocation	parameters	An example invocation of the redirect template for this category. Should be surrounded by {{tl}} or similar. Example {{tl|R to article without mention}}	Content	suggested
Beginning text	text	Adds text to the beginning of the template message.	Content	optional
Shortcut	shortcut	A shortcut link for this category.	Page	optional
Suppress categorization as a redirect tracking category	fiction	If "yes", suppresses the addition of this page to Category:Redirect tracking categories. This is useful if this page is already tagged with a subcategory of that category.	String	optional
Suppress info	no_info	If "yes", removes the warning about not substituting redirect templates or placing them on soft redirects.	String	optional
Allow soft redirects	soft_redirect	Advanced: if "yes", indicates that this category's redirect can be used on soft redirects. This is rare, so you should check the template's documentation before adding it.	String	optional
Suppress maintenance categorization	not_maintenance	Advanced: if "yes", do not mark this category as a maintenance category.	String	optional
Display DEFAULTSORT notice	sortkey	Advanced: if "yes", adds note to use {{DEFAULTSORT:}} when appropriate.	String	optional
Suppress maintenance categorization	nocat	Advanced: if "yes", do not mark this category as a maintenance category.	Unknown	optional
Shell template	template	Advanced: the shell template to use in the example invocation. Should be entered as the name of a template, without the "Template:" prefix. Default Redirect category shell	String	optional
Template2	template2	no description	Content	optional

See also

• BattleTechWiki:Template index/Redirect pages

Other category-header templates

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Redirect category/doc. (edit | history)
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