Template:R from portmanteau

When used with the "Redirect category shell" (Rcat shell) template:

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 portmanteau: This is a redirect from a portmanteau to a related topic, such as the expansion of the portmanteau. The expanded form is given by the target of the redirect.
  • Use {{R from short name}}, instead, for abbreviations that are shortened names but not portmanteaus.

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Usage

• This redirect category (rcat) template populates Category:Redirects from portmanteaux. Add this rcat to a redirect (not a talk-page redirect) in the following manner:

#REDIRECT [[(target article title)]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from portmanteau}}
}}

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 article title)]]

{{R from portmanteau}}

This is in accord with instructions found at Wikipedia:REDCAT.

• Use this rcat to tag only mainspace redirects from portmanteaux to their expanded forms. Please do not use this template to tag an acronym, which is a special type of initialism that is spoken as a word, such as NATO and RADAR. For those use {{R from acronym}} instead. Also, if the redirect is simply a shortened name, then use the {{R from short name}} rcat instead.
• There is one unnamed parameter that may be used to specify the expanded form of the portmanteau.

This will change the wording from "The correct name is given by the target of the redirect," to "The correct name is (expanded term)."

Aliases

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

Printworthiness

• In main-article namespace, some portmanteau redirects to expanded forms 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:

• {{R printworthy}} and
• {{R unprintworthy}}

Please click on each one for more details and guidance.

• Template {{Redirect category shell}} will accept these and any other rcats:

{{Redirect category shell|
{{R from portmanteau}}
{{R printworthy}}
}}

{{Redirect category shell|
{{R from portmanteau}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}

See also

• {{R from acronym}}
• {{R from shortcut}}
• {{R from short name}}
• {{R from initialism}}
• WikiProject Redirect/Style guide

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