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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"
* If a redirect to an initialism is not in mainspace, then tag it with {{tl|R from long name}} rather than this rcat.
* If a redirect to an initialism is not in mainspace, then tag it with {{tl|R from long name}} rather than this rcat.