Template:Automatic redirect categories

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Usage

This is a template to automatically detect and apply various redirect categories. It applies the following:

Namespaces

Applied to redirects from any namespace to a specific namespace

Type	Usage	Template	Examples
Wikipedia (project) namespace	For: any page to a page in the Wikipedia namespace Not for: a page in the Wikipedia namespace to a page outside of the Wikipedia namespace	{{R to project namespace}}	Wikipedia:MOS → Wikipedia:Manual of Style MOS:ABBR → Wikipedia:Manual of Style (abbreviations) Help:IPA → Wikipedia:IPA
Help namespace	For: any page to a page in the help namespace Not for: a page in the help namespace to a page outside of the help namespace	{{R to help namespace}}	Help:Magic word → Help:Magic words H:R → Help:Redirect (H:R is in the Main namespace) Wikipedia:Thumbnail → Help:Files
Portal namespace	For: any page to a page in the portal namespace Not for: a page in the portal namespace to a page outside of the portal namespace	{{R to portal namespace}}	Portal:Beatles → Portal:The Beatles P:ENG → Portal:England Wikipedia:0 → Portal:Contents

Applied to only cross-namespace redirects

Type	Usage	Template	Examples
Category namespace	For: a page outside of the category namespace to a page in the category namespace Not for: a page in the category namespace to any page	{{R to category namespace}}	CAT:A → Category:Wikipedia adminship (CAT:A is in the Main namespace) Category:A → Category:Wikipedia adminship
Draft namespace	For: a page outside of the draft namespace to a page in the draft namespace Not for: a page in the draft namespace to any page	{{R to draft namespace}}	Wikipedia:Wikiproject Dacia/Drafts/Arcina → Draft:Arcina Draft:Beatles → Draft:The Beatles
Main namespace	For: a page outside of the main namespace to a page in the main namespace Not for: a page in the main namespace to any page	{{R to main namespace}}	Template:DSM IV TR → Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Beatles → The Beatles
Talk namespaces	For: a page outside of any talk namespace to a page in any talk namespace Not for: a page in a talk namespace to any page	{{R to talk page}}	Help:Table → Talk:Library Wikipedia:Edit conflict → Wikipedia talk:Edit conflict User talk:Simon → User:Simon ({{R to user namespace}}) User talk:Jimbo → Talk:Genius
Template namespace	For: a page outside of the template namespace to a page in the template namespace Not for: a page in the template namespace to any page	{{R to template namespace}}	T:S → Template:Strikethrough (T:S is in the Main namespace.) Template:R from → Template:R template index
User namespace	For: a page outside the user namespace to a page in the user namespace Not for: a page in the user namespace to any page	{{R to user namespace}}	Wikipedia:MOS → User:Jimbo Wales User talk:Tricky Ed → User:SuperEditor User:SuperEditor → User talk:Tricky Ed ({{R to talk page}}) User:SuperEditor → User:Tricky Ed User:Jimbo Wales/Workpage → User:Jimbo Wales

Subpages

• {{R from subpage}}
• {{R to subpage}}

Disambiguation pages

• {{R to disambiguation page}}
• {{R from unnecessary disambiguation}} – For example in cases of talk pages ending in (disambiguation), to match the application of {{R to disambiguation page}} on non-talk pages.

Protection levels

• {{R fully protected}}
• {{R template-protected}}
• {{R extended-protected}}
• {{R semi-protected}}
• {{pp-move}}
• {{pp}}

Other

• {{R with Wikidata item}}

Programming

This template uses Module:RedirectData to detect the namespace that is redirected to.

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