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=== Usage ===

{{hatnote|Use this rcat template in '''any [[wp:namespace|namespace]]'''.}}

* This redirect category ([[WP:RCAT|rcat]]) template populates {{Cat|Redirects from duplicated articles}} and, when the redirect is in [[wp:mainspace|main-article]] namespace (mainspace), {{cat|Unprintworthy redirects}} is also populated by default. At some point in the future, [[Jimmy Wales]] wants to make more {{diff|Wikipedia:Pushing to 1.0||1319195|printed versions}} of ''Wikipedia'' encyclopedia articles. Redirects from duplicated articles are not suitable for a printed version. In other words, such redirects are [[WP:Printworthiness|unprintworthy]].

* Add this rcat to a [[WP:Redirect pages|redirect page]] in the following manner:

<pre>

#REDIRECT [[(target page name)]]

{{Rcat shell|

{{Redr|R from duplicated article}}

}}

</pre>

: and ''when the redirect is in article mainspace'', printworthiness should also be tagged:

<pre>

#REDIRECT [[(target page name)]]

{{Rcat shell|

{{R from duplicated article}}

{{R unprintworthy}}

}}

</pre>

: Template {{tl|RedrRcat shell}} is an alias for the ''ThisRedirect iscategory a redirectshell'' template, which may be used to add upas many appropriate rcats as needed, usually from one to seven, appropriatealong rcatswith their parameters, to a redirect. For more information see the documentation on its template page and its [[Template:This is a redirect/Comparison|comparison page]]. This rcat may also tag a redirect individually:

<pre>

#REDIRECT [[(target page name)]]

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: This is in accord with instructions found at [[Wikipedia:REDCAT]].

* Apply this rcat to a redirected page name that had the same or very similar subject matter as another article or other project page. This must be done in order to preserve the edit-history attributions of the redirect after the content was [[WP:Merging|merged]] into the target page.

* Since these redirects are former articles, they have revision histories of prior edits; however, they should '''''not''''' be [[WP:HISTMERGE|history merged]] with their targets. This is because in most cases they were originally created in good faith as separate distinct articles, without the creator having knowledge of the pre-existence of another article on exactly the same subject. This situation is different from a [[WP:cut-and-paste move|cut-and-paste move]] where a history merge would be required.

==== Aliases ====