Template talk:R from incomplete name

Template talk:R from initialism §Proposed merge from {{R from an incomplete name}}

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Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: page moved per request. - GTBacchus^(talk) 20:08, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

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Template:R from an incomplete name → Template:Noredirect — to conform with every other redirect template. McLerristarr / Mclay1 05:59, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Merge/Redirect proposal

This template, R from incomplete name, should be merged with the template R from short name and made into a redirect to it (Rcat), due to the great similarity between the two in meaning. Either of these templates could easily be mistaken or misinterpreted for the other, as they are so nearly identical in both purpose and meaning, and therefore the two should not exist as completely separate redirect templates. Since this template is a subcategory of R from short name, the redirect should be from here to the latter. — |J~Pæst| 00:53, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

As I understand it, This page is being depreciated is used when the name is officially considered incomplete (but not outright incorrect) despite being sufficient to unambiguously identify the subject. This page is being depreciated is when the short name has some official approval. --SoledadKabocha (talk) 00:45, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

To |J~Pæst| & SoledadKabocha: I have been wondering the same as you, JPæst, because as I look at the entries in the two cats, it seems as though most editors don't know the difference. The same goes for {{R from shortening}} and its cat. SoledadKabocha, the difference you cite seems to be too subtle for most editors to discern. If I may, I suggest that all three be combined to {{R from short name}} and its cat. This would eliminate the anomaly you cite below, as well. – Paine Ellsworth ^CLIMAX! 09:19, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

I am neutral as to any merge. But I realize that I may have been a little sloppy in explaining originally. From what I understand of the fact that "incomplete" categorizes as unprintworthy while "short" does not, the distinction is primarily of whether the short name follows the usual printworthiness guidelines. I assume that a merged template would require users to manually specify "r printworthy" or "r unprintworthy" to make any claims of (un)printworthiness? --SoledadKabocha (talk) 17:57, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

That's a correct assumption – at this point I see no reason why a default printworthiness is needed. Thank you! – Paine Ellsworth ^CLIMAX! 09:58, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

I'm restoring this template, and strongly recommend keeping these cases distinct, as per SoledadKabocha. While short names may be printworthy or not, these ones clearly aren't. More importantly, while links to a proper short name may be kept, these ones should be replaced by the correct, full name. I came here, quite irritated to see This page is being depreciated being redirected to This page is being depreciated. Don't know if everybody understands the difference, but if not, this might be, because we didn't explain it well enough. Similar templates are often listed and the difference explained on the transcluded template, and there's no reason why we can't do the same here. If some still don't get the the difference, this is no major problem, and in fact it's better to have 50% of these redirects correctly categorized, than none. --PanchoS (talk) 15:34, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

Unprintworthy or not

The template categorizes articlespace redirects as unprintworthy. However, the displayed instructions say "It is not necessary to replace links to this redirect with piped links." Are these contradictory, and what should be done if so? --SoledadKabocha (talk) 00:47, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

State State

United States [[State State]] redirects and their targets

Flag and name	Redirect	Target
Template:Flaglist	Alabama State	Alabama State University
Template:Flaglist	Alaska State	Alaska
Template:Flaglist	Arizona State	Arizona State University
Template:Flaglist	Arkansas State	Arkansas State University
Template:Flaglist	California State	California State University
Template:Flaglist	Colorado State	Colorado State University
Template:Flaglist	Connecticut State
Template:Flaglist	Delaware State	Delaware State University
Template:Flaglist	Florida State	Florida State University
Template:Flaglist	Georgia State	Georgia State University
Template:Flaglist	Hawaii State	Hawaii
Template:Flaglist	Idaho State	Idaho State University
Template:Flaglist	Illinois State	Illinois State University
Template:Flaglist	Indiana State	Indiana State University
Template:Flaglist	Iowa State	Iowa State University
Template:Flaglist	Kansas State	Kansas State University
Template:Flaglist	Kentucky State	Kentucky State University
Template:Flaglist	Louisiana State	Louisiana State University
Template:Flaglist	Maine State
Template:Flaglist	Maryland State	Maryland
Template:Flaglist	Massachusetts State
Template:Flaglist	Michigan State	Michigan State University
Template:Flaglist	Minnesota State	Minnesota State University, Mankato
Template:Flaglist	Mississippi State	Mississippi State University
Template:Flaglist	Missouri State	Missouri State University
Template:Flaglist	Montana State	Montana State University
Template:Flaglist	Nebraska State	Nebraska
Template:Flaglist	Nevada State	Nevada State University
Template:Flaglist	New Hampshire State	New Hampshire
Template:Flaglist	New Jersey State	New Jersey
Template:Flaglist	New Mexico State	New Mexico State University
Template:Flaglist	New York State	New York (state)
Template:Flaglist	North Carolina State	North Carolina State University
Template:Flaglist	North Dakota State	North Dakota State University
Template:Flaglist	Ohio State	Ohio State University
Template:Flaglist	Oklahoma State	Oklahoma State University
Template:Flaglist	Oregon State	Oregon State University
Template:Flaglist	Pennsylvania State	Pennsylvania State University
Template:Flaglist	Rhode Island State	Rhode Island
Template:Flaglist	South Carolina State	South Carolina State University
Template:Flaglist	South Dakota State	South Dakota State University
Template:Flaglist	Tennessee State	Tennessee State University
Template:Flaglist	Texas State	Texas State University
Template:Flaglist	Utah State	Utah State University
Template:Flaglist	Vermont State	Vermont State University
Template:Flaglist	Virginia State	Virginia State University
Template:Flaglist	Washington State	Washington State (disambiguation)
Template:Flaglist	West Virginia State	West Virginia State University
Template:Flaglist	Wisconsin State	Wisconsin State College of Milwaukee
Template:Flaglist	Wyoming State	Wyoming

36 [[State State]] are short name primary-topic redirects to [[State State University]], not incomplete names.

One (Wisconsin State) also redirects to an educational institution, albeit not one named "State University" – Wisconsin State College of Milwaukee.

12 are either {{R from more specific name}} or {{R from longer name}} redirects to the article about that state, or red links which would likely be the same, if created.

One (Washington State) is a disambiguation, with no primary topic between Washington State University and Washington (state). – wbm1058 (talk) 11:19, 23 September 2025 (UTC) amended 15:11, 25 September 2025 (UTC)