Template:R to monotypic taxon/sandbox

When used with the "Redirect category shell" (Rcat shell) template:

Template {{Redirect category shell}} may be used to add one or more rcat templates, along with their parameters and categories, to a redirect. For more information see the documentation page below.

When used by itself: {{Redirect template
| info = In a biology-related article, when for example a genus has only one species, the binomial name may be a redirect to the genus.

• • Use {{R from monotypic taxon}} instead when making a redirect from a monotypic taxon to its only member, for example, from a family name to its sole genus.
    

| name = To a monotypic taxon
| from = the only lower-ranking member of a monotypic taxon
| id = R_to_monotypic_taxon
| printworthy = yes
| main category = Redirects to monotypic taxa
| to = its monotypic taxon
}}

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Usage

Use this rcat template on mainspace redirects only.

• This rcat template populates Category:Redirects to monotypic taxa by default. Add this rcat to a redirect (not a talk-page redirect) in the following manner:

#REDIRECT [[(target article title)]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R to monotypic taxon}}
}}

Template {{Rcat shell}} is an alias for the Redirect category shell template, which may be used to add as many appropriate rcats as needed, usually from one to seven, along with their parameters, to a redirect. For more information see the documentation on its template page. This rcat may also tag a redirect individually:

#REDIRECT [[(target article title)]]

{{R to monotypic taxon}}

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

• Use this rcat to tag any mainspace redirect from the only lower-ranking member of a monotypic taxon to its monotypic parent taxon. In a biology-related article, when for example a genus has only one species, the binomial name may redirect to that genus.
  • Use {{R from monotypic taxon}} when making a redirect from a monotypic taxon to its only member, for example, from a family name to its sole genus.

• An unnamed parameter may be used to specify more precisely the kind of organism involved and to sort the article in the appropriate subcategory. At present the four possible sorts are:

• {{Rcat shell|{{R to monotypic taxon}}}}
  • populates Category:Redirects to monotypic taxa
• {{Rcat shell|{{R to monotypic taxon|plant}}}}
  • sorts the redirect to Category:Redirects to monotypic taxa of plants
• {{Rcat shell|{{R to monotypic taxon|fish}}}}
  • sorts the redirect to Category:Redirects to monotypic taxa of fish
• {{Rcat shell|{{R to monotypic taxon|fungus}}}}
  • sorts the redirect to Category:Redirects to monotypic taxa of fungi
• {{Rcat shell|{{R to monotypic taxon|spider}}}}
  • sorts the redirect to Category:Redirects to monotypic taxa of spiders
• {{Rcat shell|{{R to monotypic taxon|crustacean}}}}
  • sorts the redirect to Category:Redirects to monotypic taxa of crustaceans
• {{Rcat shell|{{R to monotypic taxon|reptile}}}}
  • sorts the redirect to Category:Redirects to monotypic taxa of reptiles
• {{Rcat shell|{{R to monotypic taxon|insect}}}}
  • sorts the redirect to Category:Redirects to monotypic taxa of insects

Other parameter values and subcategories may be added.

Aliases

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

Printworthiness

• In main-article namespace, many redirects to monotypic taxa are printworthy; however, there are others that are unprintworthy, so there is no default sort for printworthiness. In 2003, efforts were begun to support the Wikimedia Foundation's goal of increasing access and availability of Wikipedia articles in printed versions. Some rcats automatically populate either Category:Printworthy redirects or Category:Unprintworthy redirects by default. Others, like this rcat, do not, and that means it is up to editors to choose which of those categories, Printworthy or Unprintworthy, is appropriate and should be populated. The rcats that are used separately to populate those categories are:

• {{R printworthy}} and
• {{R unprintworthy}}

Please click on each one for more details and guidance.

• Template {{Redirect category shell}} will accept these rcats just like any other.

Examples:

{{Rcat shell|
{{R to monotypic taxon}}
{{R printworthy}}
}}

{{Rcat shell|
{{R to monotypic taxon}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}

Either {{Redirect category shell}} or its alias/shortcut, {{Rcat shell}}, may be used.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:R to monotypic taxon in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for R to monotypic taxon

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Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Taxon type	1	Taxon type. May be blank, or filled with plant, fish, fungus, spider, crustacean, reptile, or insect. Example plant	Line	optional
Printworthy	2	Set to "unprintworthy" to indicate unprintworthy redirect	Line	optional

See also

• {{R from monotypic taxon}}
• WikiProject Redirect/Style guide

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:R to monotypic taxon/doc. (edit | history)
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