Template:R from subsidiary/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:R from subsidiary.
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.

Usage[edit]

This redirect category (rcat) template populates Category:Redirects from subsidiaries. This may include any kind of subsidiary of the target subject, most often a subsidiary companies, department, division, project, or other business unit; but could be a similar sub-division of a non-commercial entity (e.g. an affiliate or chapter of an NGO, a division of an agency/ministry).

Add this rcat to a redirect page (not a talk-page redirect) in the following manner, in accord with instructions found at WP:REDCAT:

#REDIRECT [[Target article title]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from subsidiary}}
}}

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, without {{Rcat shell}}, though this is now deprecated:

#REDIRECT [[Target article title]]

{{R from subsidiary}}

Use this rcat to tag any mainspace redirect that is a subsidiary, in the broad sense, of the target (i.e., when the relationship is more specific that one that would call for the generic {{R from subtopic}} / Category:Redirects from subtopics "parent" rcat of this one). This type of redirect might target an article section ({{R to section}}) and may also have "possibilities" ({{R with possibilities}}) of becoming a separate Wikipedia article (i.e. when you can already determine that the subject is likely to pass WP:Notability (organizations and companies) because you can find non-trivial coverage of the subsidiary in multiple, independent, reliable sources). Use those two rcats along with this one, {{R from subtopic}}, when appropriate.

To go to a subsection (for this redirect in particular or at least including coverage of it somewhere within):

#REDIRECT [[Target article title#Section name]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from subsidiary}}
{{R to section}}
}}

Parameter[edit]

The parameter |of= can be used to specify the entity of which this redirecting subject is a subsidiary, for the unusual case that this redirect's target is not that parent entity, but something else, such as the founder of both entities. In such a case, both this redirect and the value of |of= should redirect to the same target.

Example:

#REDIRECT [[Xander Yojimbo Ziegfeld#Charities]]

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from subsidiary|of=Ziegfeld Family Foundation}}
{{R to section}}
}}

This is a rather self-testing parameter; because it wikilinks the value of |of=, it will glaringly redlink if you input an invalid value:
From a subsidiary: This is a redirect from a subsidiary of Ziegfeld Family Foundation, which also redirects to the related target subject.

Printworthiness[edit]

In main-article namespace, many redirects from subtopics are considered unprintworthy; however, there are many others that are printworthy, 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}}
{{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 from subsidiary}}
{{R printworthy}}
}}

{{Rcat shell|
{{R from subsidiary}}
{{R unprintworthy}}
}}

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

In the majority of cases, including redirects to sections, a subsidiary name is printworthy, unless the redirect in question is also an {{R from misspelling}} or similar misnomer.

Aliases[edit]

Also known as... – list of template names that redirect here and may also be used as alternative/shortcut names for this template

Some things that are not aliases of this template:

{{R from subsidiary topic}} – "subsidiary" in this case is an adjective modifying "topic", not a noun meaning "sub-organization"
{{R from subdivision}} – used for municipal subdivisions (neighborhoods, boroughs)
{{R from chapter}} – probably too ambiguous to exist, and would mostly get used for book sections

TemplateData[edit]

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

TemplateData for R from subsidiary

This redirect category (rcat) template populates Category:Redirects from subsidiaries, marking this redirect as being from a subsidiary of the target subject.

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
of	`of` `1`	Specifies name of the entity of which this is a subsidiary, in the case that the redirect target is something else, such as the founder of both; the 'of' value should also redirect to the same article this redirect's subject. Example \|of=International Underwater Basketweaving Union	String	optional

Template:R from subsidiary/doc

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