Template:R to user namespace/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:R to user namespace. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template should not be substituted nor used to tag soft redirects.

This redirect category (rcat) template sorts redirects into two categories:

1. Category:Redirects to user namespace – for cross-namespace redirects, and
2. Category:Unprintworthy redirects – only redirects from the main-article namespace (mainspace)

At some point in the future, Jimmy Wales wants to make more printed versions of Wikipedia encyclopedia articles. Mainspace redirects that target pages in the user namespace are not suitable for a printed version. In other words they are unprintworthy.

This rcat is not for use on redirects that are in the user namespace. If placed on a redirect that is a user page, it will not populate the expected categories; it will instead be sorted to Category:Pages with templates in the wrong namespace.

• Apply this rcat to a redirect in the following manner:

#REDIRECT [[User:(target page name)]]

{{Redr|to user namespace}}

Template {{Redr}} is an alias for the This is a redirect template, which may be used to add up to seven appropriate rcats, along with their parameters, to a redirect. For more information see the documentation on its template page and its comparison page. This rcat may also tag a redirect individually:

#REDIRECT [[User:(target page name)]]

{{R to user namespace}}

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

• Use this rcat on all redirects to a page in the user namespace from a page outside of the user namespace. This rcat should never be used on a redirect in the user namespace that targets any other page.

As noted, this rcat may be used to categorize a user talk-page redirect that targets a user page, however it should never be used to target a user talk page nor any talk page.

• Also known as... – list of templates that redirect here and may also be used

Redirects to other namespaces family:

Note: three rcat templates in italics also sort redirects from within their namespaces.

• Parent category:Cross-namespace redirects
• WikiProject Redirect/Style guide