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{{High-use}}
{{Substitution|not|nor used to tag [[Wikipedia:Soft redirects|soft redirects]]}}
{{Twinkle standard installation}}
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===Purpose===
This redirect category ([[WP:RCAT|rcat]]) template sorts redirects into two categories:
# {{Cat|Redirects to category space}} – for [[WP:PNR|PNR]]s and [[WP:CNR|CNR]]s, and
# {{Cat|Unprintworthy redirects}} – only redirects from the [[wp:Main namespace|main-article namespace]] (mainspace) to a category page
: In 2003, efforts were begun to support the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]'s goal of increasing access and availability of ''Wikipedia'' articles in {{diff|Wikipedia:Pushing to 1.0||1319195|printed versions}}. Mainspace redirects that target pages in the category namespace are not suitable for a printed version. In other words they are [[wp:Printworthiness|unprintworthy]].
{{info|image=Stop hand nuvola.svg|Please do not alter the printworthy settings of this rcat without first notifying the '''[[WP:Version 1.0 Editorial Team|Version 1.0 Editorial Team]]''', who are responsible for any and all materials, including redirects, that go into a printed version of ''Wikipedia''.}}
This rcat is '''''not''''' for use on the [[WP:soft redirect|soft redirect]]s that are in category namespace. If placed on a category redirect, it will not populate the expected categories; it will instead be sorted to {{Cat|Pages with templates in the wrong namespace}}.
: ''No rcat should ever be used to tag '''any''' soft redirect.''

=== Usage ===
{{hatnote|Use this rcat template in any [[wp:namespace|namespace]] '''except [[wp:Category namespace|category namespace]]'''.}}
* Apply this rcat to a redirect in the following manner:
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
#REDIRECT [[:Category:(target page name)]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R to category namespace}}
}}
</syntaxhighlight>
: and ''when the redirect is in article mainspace'', printworthiness should also be tagged:
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
#REDIRECT [[:Category:(target page name)]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R to category namespace}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}
</syntaxhighlight>
:: '''Note:''' ''A leading colon must be used as shown above'' (<nowiki>[[</nowiki>{{red|{{large|''':'''}}}}Cat...) ''or the redirect will populate the target category.''
: Template {{tl|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:
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
#REDIRECT [[:Category:(target page name)]]

{{R to category namespace}}
</syntaxhighlight>
:: '''Note:''' ''Again, a leading colon must be used as shown above'' (<nowiki>[[</nowiki>{{red|{{large|''':'''}}}}Cat...) ''or the redirect will populate the target category.''
: This is in accord with instructions found at [[Wikipedia:REDCAT]].
* Use this rcat to tag any redirect from a page ''outside'' of the category namespace to a category. '''Be careful''' to place a colon (''':''') ''before'' the word "Category" in the target as shown above. Otherwise, the redirect will actually be placed into that category, which is ''not'' to be desired.
* This rcat should ''never'' be used on a redirect that is in the category namespace that targets any other page.

==== Aliases ====
* [{{fullurl:Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:R_to_category_namespace|hidetrans=1&hidelinks=1&limit=500}} Also known as...] – list of templates that redirect here and may also be used

===See also===
{{Rcat see also}}

<includeonly>{{Sandbox other||

[[Category:Redirect templates|Category]]
[[Category:Redirects to category space| ]]
[[Category:Templates for redirects to specific namespaces|Category]]
[[Category:Templates for unprintworthy redirects|Category]]
[[Category:Unprintworthy redirects| ]]
[[Category:Unknown namespace redirect templates]]}}</includeonly> <noinclude>
[[Category:Redirect category template documentation pages|Category]]
</noinclude>

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