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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 template shortcuts}} and, when the shortcut is in the [[wp:Mainspace|main-article namespace]] (mainspace), the {{c|Unprintworthy redirects}} category is also populated by default.  At some point in the future, [[Jimmy Wales]] wants to make more <span class="plainlinks">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Pushing_to_1.0&oldid=1319195 printed versions]</span> of ''Wikipedia'' encyclopedia articles.  Template-shortcut redirects from mainspace are not suitable for a printed version.  In other words they are [[wp:Printworthiness|unprintworthy]]. 
* Add this rcat to a redirect in the following manner: 
<pre>
#REDIRECT [[Template:(target page name)]]

{{R from template shortcut}}
</pre>
: This is in accord with instructions found at [[Wikipedia:REDCAT]].
* Template {{tl|This is a redirect}} may also be used to add this and up to seven appropriate rcats to a redirect.
* Use this rcat on any redirect that is a shortcut to a template, which usually has a longer pagename.  The redirect itself does not necessarily have to be a template, e.g., <nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[T:S]]]], which is a template shortcut that is actually in mainspace.  Such shortcuts are known as [[WP:pseudo-namespace|pseudo-namespace]] redirects.
** Note:  Pseudo-namespace template shortcuts such as '''T:S''' above may be transcluded by use of a leading colon:
::: <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{red|''':'''}}<nowiki>T:S|This text has been "struck through".}}</nowiki></code>, which results in:
::: {{:T:S|This text has been "struck through".}}
:: If the leading colon is not included, then the result is a red link:
::: {{T:S|This text has been "struck through".}}
:: These are also useful as shortcuts to the template page itself:
::: {{code|<nowiki>[[T:S]]</nowiki>}}, which results in:
::: [[T:S]] ([[File:Redirect arrow without text.svg|35px]][[Template:Strikethrough]])
* It is important to note that it is the ''target'' that determines the difference between a template shortcut and any other shortcut.  If the shortcut redirect is in ''any namespace'' and the target is a template, then the redirect is a "template shortcut".  Shortcut redirects that target template pages should ''always'' be tagged with {{tlc|R from template shortcut}} and should ''never'' be tagged with {{tlc|R from shortcut}}, which is meant only for shortcuts that do ''not'' target templates.
* Also, template talk pages are in the [[WP:talk namespace|talk namespace]] and are not in template space; if the shortcut redirect targets a talk page of ''any'' subject namespace, then use {{tlc|R from shortcut}} ''instead''.

==== Aliases ====
* <span class="plainlinks">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:R_from_template_shortcut&hidetrans=1&hidelinks=1&limit=500 Also known as...]</span> – list of templates that redirect here and may also be used

=== See also ===
* {{tl|R from shortcut}}
* {{tl|R to redirect template}}
* {{tl|R to template namespace}}
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Redirect/Style guide|WikiProject Redirect/Style guide]]

{{R template index}}

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[[Category:All redirect templates]]
[[Category:Redirect templates|Shortcut, template]]
[[Category:Redirects from template shortcuts| ]]
[[Category:Templates for redirects from a shorter name|Shortcut, template]]
[[Category:Templates for redirects to templates|Shortcut, template]]
[[Category:Templates for unprintworthy redirects|Shortcut, template]]
[[Category:Unprintworthy redirects| ]]

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