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	: This is in accord with instructions found at [[Wikipedia:REDCAT]].		: This is in accord with instructions found at [[Wikipedia:REDCAT]].
	* Use this rcat to tag all mainspace redirects ''to'' [[initialism]]s of words from their expanded forms. Please do '''not''' use this template for redirects to [[acronym]]s. Use {{tl\|R to acronym}} ''instead''. Initialisms are spoken letter by letter, while acronyms are spoken as words:		* Use this rcat to tag all mainspace redirects ''to'' [[initialism]]s of words from their expanded forms. Please do '''not''' use this template for redirects to [[acronym]]s. Use {{tl\|R to acronym}} ''instead''. Initialisms are spoken letter by letter, while acronyms are spoken as words:
	** [[OAU]] is an initialism for "Organisation of African Unity"		** OAU is an initialism for "Organisation of African Unity"
	** [[RADAR]] is an acronym for "RAdio Detection And Ranging"		** RADAR is an acronym for "RAdio Detection And Ranging"
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{{Substitution|not|nor used to tag [[Wikipedia:Soft redirects|soft redirects]]}}
__NOTOC__
=== Usage ===
{{hatnote|Use this rcat template on '''[[wp:mainspace|mainspace]] redirects only'''.}}
* This redirect category ([[WP:RCAT|rcat]]) template populates {{Cat|Redirects to initialisms}}. Add this rcat to a [[Wikipedia:Redirect page|redirect page]], ''not'' a [[Help:Talk|talk page]], in the following manner:
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
#REDIRECT [[(target article title)]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R to initialism}}
}}
</syntaxhighlight>
: 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 [[(target article title)]]

{{R to initialism}}
</syntaxhighlight>
: This is in accord with instructions found at [[Wikipedia:REDCAT]].
* Use this rcat to tag all mainspace redirects ''to'' [[initialism]]s of words from their expanded forms. Please do '''not''' use this template for redirects to [[acronym]]s. Use {{tl|R to acronym}} ''instead''. Initialisms are spoken letter by letter, while acronyms are spoken as words:
** [[OAU]] is an initialism for "Organisation of African Unity"
** [[RADAR]] is an acronym for "RAdio Detection And Ranging"
* If a redirect to an initialism is not in mainspace, then tag it with {{tl|R from long name}} rather than this rcat.

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

=== Printworthiness ===
{{Redirect category printworthiness|bullet=In main-article namespace, many redirects from expanded forms to their initialisms are considered printworthy; however, there are many others that are thought to be unprintworthy, so there is no default sort for [[wp:printworthiness|printworthiness]].}}

=== See also ===
* {{tl|R from long name}}
* {{tl|R from initialism}}
* {{tl|R to acronym}}
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Redirect/Style guide|WikiProject Redirect/Style guide]]

{{R template index}}

<includeonly>{{Sandbox other||

[[Category:Redirect templates|Initialism, to]]
[[Category:Redirects to initialisms| ]]
[[Category:Templates for redirects from a longer name|Initialism, to]]
[[Category:Main namespace redirect templates]]}}</includeonly> <noinclude>
[[Category:Redirect category template documentation pages|Initialism, to]]
</noinclude>

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