Template:Redirect category shell

This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:

• If help is needed to determine appropriate categories, then this redirect populates Category:Miscellaneous redirects. Monitors of that category will check this redirect and add or remove rcats as needed.

When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized.

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List of redirect category shell reasons

If no reason was given, then using {{Redr}} or {{Redirect category shell}} without a reason creates:

This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:

• Important – Please Read! This template should not be applied without reasons by bot nor by any automated or semi-automated process. It should not be used without parameters unless you want to learn how to categorize redirects. For editors who want to learn how to categorize redirects, this template is a learning tool. Only those editors who intend to return to the redirect to learn which rcats to use should apply this template without parameters, or with an empty first parameter!
• If help is needed to determine appropriate categories, then this redirect populates Category:Miscellaneous redirects. Monitors of that category will check this redirect and add or remove rcats as needed.

When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized.

{{Redr|*From a page move from a page which has been renamed to the target page of this redirect, usually to avoid breaking links to the old page name.}} creates:

This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:

• From a page move from a page which has been renamed to the target page of this redirect, usually to avoid breaking links to the old page name.

When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized.

{{Redr|*From an alternative capitalization of the target page's title or a referenced term within the article.}} creates:

This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:

• From an alternative capitalization of the target page's title or a referenced term within the article.

When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized.

{{Redr|*From an alternate name of a subject described in the target page. This has many variants, such as longer name, shorter name, and synoynm.}} creates:

This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:

• From an alternate name of a subject described in the target page. This has many variants, such as longer name, shorter name, and synoynm.

When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized.

{{Redr|*From an alternative spelling of the target page's title.}} creates:

This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:

• From an alternative spelling of the target page's title.

When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized.

{{Redr|*From an incorrect capitalization of the target page's title. Usually these redirects are made solely to help with aid with searching, so this redirect should not be linked to directly.}} creates:

This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:

• From an incorrect capitalization of the target page's title. Usually these redirects are made solely to help with aid with searching, so this redirect should not be linked to directly.

When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized.

{{Redr|*From a template shortcut, used for convenience.}} creates:

This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:

• From a template shortcut, used for convenience.

When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized.

{{Redr|*From a page which has been merged into another page. This redirect is kept to preserve the edit history.}} creates:

This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:

• From a page which has been merged into another page. This redirect is kept to preserve the edit history.

When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized.

{{Redr|{{R from merge}}}} creates:

This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:

 

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This page was kept as a redirect to the corresponding main article on the topic it names, in order to preserve the page's edit history after its content was merged into the other article's content. Please do not remove the tag that generates this text (unless the need to recreate an article on this page has been demonstrated), nor delete this page. For more information, follow the first category link.

When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized.

{{Redr|*From a shortcut in any namespace to a page that is not a template.}} creates:

This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:

• From a shortcut in any namespace to a page that is not a template.

When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized.

{{Redr|*From a misquotation or a mondegreen. The correct form is given by or in the target of the redirect.}} creates:

This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:

• From a misquotation or a mondegreen. The correct form is given by or in the target of the redirect.

When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized.

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