Template talk:R from alternative name

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Courtland 02:42, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] alternative name

This template should be called "R from alternative name", for two reasons: 1) It's incorrect grammar 2) It's confusing - some redirect templates use alternative, others use alternate. ··gracefool |☺ 07:08, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Bad example: Alternate redirects to Alternative per the Redirect adjectives to nouns naming convention; in the context of this template, "alternative" serves the function of an adjective, which is what the word "alternate" is for. Or we could avoid the whole issue altogether by renaming it with a less ambiguous word such as "other" or "different". --Stratadrake 22:51, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] corresponding template

Is there a corresponding template for tagging redirects that are not an alternate name/phrasing for the subject they redirect to? Where we redirect to a particular subject because it's the closest related article we have on a subject? It seems to me that would be a highly useful template to have, since looking at the category page would essentially show you unwritten articles that won't show up as redlinks. -- Antaeus Feldspar 16:14, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

• If I understand your intent, the template to use would be {{R with possibilities}}. Courtland 23:43, 10 October 2005 (UTC)