 | Partial minor planet designation is a redirect from a partial minor-planet designation, that is, a redirect from a minor planet's name to its full designation, which also contains a leading catalog number. If no article exists, this redirect typically points to a list entry in the meanings of minor planet names. Alternatively, this page may redirect to a biography or any other page that seems more appropriate. It may also be turned into a disambiguation page. |
 | Do not turn this redirect into a minor-planet article and do not categorize it, to avoid duplication. |
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About
{{Partial minor planet designation}} is used for redirect pages that link from a minor planet's name to its full designation, which also contains a leading catalog number. Such a redirect may point to its corresponding minor-planet object article (if exists) or to the meanings of minor planet names (anchored list). The template also contains a warning, as in almost all cases, a page with a partial minor planet designation must remain a redirect; only pages with a full designation are appropriate for articles (exceptions are recognized dwarf planets).
This template is part of the ongoing effort to manage and organize minor planet redirects (see previous efforts here dating back to 2009). Any redirect that contains this template is automatically added to Category:Minor planet object redirects (non-primary).
Usage
The template creates a boilerplate message and automatically manages categorization and usage of redirect templates. Use cases are:
Redirect to "Meanings of minor planet names"
This is the most typical case when no proper minor-planet article exists. The partial designation then points to a list (meanings of minor planet names). For example the page with partial designation Pasacentennium redirects to the corresponding entry in the "meanings table" for asteroid 2860 Pasacentennium (which is a redirect).
#REDIRECT [[Meanings of minor planet names: 2001–3000#860]] {{Partial minor planet designation}}- The target gives both the official naming citation with further links to the subject it refers to, and the actual minor planet designation for which no article exists. Redirect templates {{R from short name}}, {{R to list}}, {{R to anchor}}, and {{R unprintworthy}} wrapped in a category shell are automatically displayed. In case asteroid 2860 Pasacentennium becomes notable and is turned into an article, Pasacentennium should have its redirect target amended as described in the following section.
Redirect to minor-planet object articles
A partial designation should redirect to its minor-planet article, if it exists (and not to the meanings of minor planet names as shown above). For example partial designation Mündleria points to asteroid 1466 Mündleria (a stand-alone article).
#REDIRECT [[1466 Mündleria]] {{Partial minor planet designation|article=yes}}- Use
|article=yes. This disables the default R-template (see above). A warning message: "Do not turn this redirect into a minor-planet article and do not categorize it, to avoid duplication" is also displayed.
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Redirect to custom pages
{{Partial minor planet designation|double-redirect=<custom-page>}}
If there is an article that is more appropriate as a target for a minor-planet name (e.g. a biography of the person the minor planet is named after), that is itself a redirect, use parameter |double-redirect=. This adds {{R avoided double redirect}}.
Additional redirect templates
If/when adding custom redirect templates to a particular redirect, please add them above {{Partial minor planet designation}}, maintaining the blank line. This will put the non-standard R-template(s) at the top of the page, separating them from the standard R-templates below, making them easier to see.
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| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article | article | when given a value (e.g. yes), the R-templates {{R to list}}, {{R to anchor}}, and {{R unprintworthy}} are not displayed. This is for redirects targeting an article rather than an anchored list | String | optional |
| Double Redirect | double-redirect | when given the title of an article as value, R-template {{R avoided double redirect}} will be displayed with the given article as the R-templates first value. This is setting can be used when the target of the redirect page is also a redirect. | String | optional |