Titles that appear here are sometimes good candidates for WP:Requested moves discussions, but in many cases are the result of them, most commonly when WP:COMMONNAME or some other such concern has resulted in an article being at a broader, more general term than its content might naturally suggest. In other cases, an entry here may be a subtopic that redirects to a more overarching article, but which may deserve its own eventual separate article, in which case the redirect should also be tagged with {{R with possibilities}}.

The pages in this category are redirects from more specific names, that are not a subtopic or subsection at the target article, to less specific (more general) names. To add a redirect to this category, place {{Rcat shell|{{R from more specific name}}}} on the second new line (skip a line) after #REDIRECT [[Target page name]]. For more information follow the links. Never substitute redirect template(s), nor place them on soft redirects. See also the complete list of redirect templates and the redirect style guide.

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More specific names are not necessarily longer versions of the same name, for which see Category:Redirects from long names.