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From Meta, a Wikimedia project coordination wiki Help:Redirect FromMeta,aWikimediaprojectcoordinationwiki Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Thispagecontainschangeswhicharenotmarkedfortranslation.+/- MediaWikiHandbook:Contents,Readers,Editors,Moderators,Systemadmins,Researchers Seealso:Wikipedia:Redirect Aredirectisapagethatautomaticallyredirectsthereader'sbrowsertoaspecifiedtargetpage.Redirectsareusedtohelpuserslocateinformationandkeepwikisorganized,sothatmultiplenames,abbreviations,misspellings,orrelatedtopicscanallpointtothesamepage. Aredirectiscreatedbythetext #REDIRECT[[nameofthetargetpage]] Asanexample,ifthepage "Foo"startswiththeline #REDIRECT[[Bar]],thenthepersonswhovisitthepage "Foo"willbeshownthepage "Bar"withanotethattheywereredirectedfrom"Foo".Thepage "Bar"doesnotneedanythinginittobethetargetoftheredirection. Anytextthereafterisignoredandisrenderedonlyinadiff. Contents 1Appearance 2Help:Redirect 2.1FromMeta,aWikimediaprojectcoordinationwiki 2.2Restrictions 2.3Purposesofaredirect 2.3.1Specialpurposes 2.4Creatingaredirect 2.5Renderingoftheredirectpage 3Help:Redirection 3.1FromMeta,aWikimediaprojectcoordinationwiki 3.2Changingaredirect 3.3Brokenredirects 3.4Templateredirects 3.5Movingapage 3.6Redirecttospecialtargets 3.6.1Interwikiredirectsandredirectstospecialpages 3.6.2Aredirecttoananchor 3.6.3Aredirecttoapageintheimageorcategorynamespace 3.6.4Aredirectfromacategorypagetoanothercategorypage 3.6.5Imageslinkingtoaspecificpage 3.7CSSclass 3.8Redirectand/orlinktonon-existingpage 3.9Seealso 3.10Linkstootherhelppages Appearance[edit] Iftheredirecttargetisanexistingpageinthesameproject,goingtotheredirectpagebymeansofalink,theURL,ortheGo button,resultsintheredirecttargetpage,justlikefollowingthelink.However,thebrowsershowstheURLoftheredirectpage,andthetargetpageshowsasmallnoticeafterthetoptitletoindicateyouarrivedhereindirectly. Forexample,ifsomebodygoestoredirection,thentheywillendupatthispageinstead,andthebeginningofthepagewilllooklike: Help:Redirect FromMeta,aWikimediaprojectcoordinationwiki (RedirectedfromHelp:Redirection) TogetthecanonicalURLofthetargetpageinyourbrowser'saddressbar,clickthearticletab. Iftheredirecttargetisanon-existingpageinthesameproject,ortoapageinanotherproject,onesimplyarrivesattheredirectpage. Whenapagecalledforinclusionisaredirectpage,theredirecttargetisincludedinstead,withthesameparameters,withoutanyredirectmessage.Adoubleredirectdoesnotwork(seefurther). Restrictions[edit] Onvisitinganypageonasimplechainofredirects,thebrowserisredirectedtothefinaldestination.Ifthechainformsaloop,thebrowserisbroughttoitspredecessorandtheredirectloopisdisplayed.See,e.g.,Redirect1 → Redirect2 → Redirect3 → Redirect1. Aredirecttargetcannotdependonavariable,template,orparserfunction.Ifthatisthecase,thebrowserwillnotbeautomaticallyredirectedonvisitingthepage.See,e.g.,expr. Acodelike%70inaredirectdisablesit,althoughthelinkworksfromtheredirectpage. Someprojectshavepoliciesonwhatredirectsshouldexist.Forexample,ontheEnglishWiktionary,mostredirectsareprohibitedbypolicy. Purposesofaredirect[edit] Allowaccessinthecasethatapagenameisprovided: whichisanalternativenameforthesubject whichisanameforasubtopic(inthiscaseonemayusearedirecttoasection) whichusesalternativecapitalizationandhyphenation whichusesalternativespelling whichhasacommonmisspelling Provideawayofconvenientlygoingtoapage(shortcut). Keeplinkstoapageactiveafterithasbeenmoved(evenifinternallinksareupdated,thisstillappliesforlinksfromoutside;alsoforlinksineditsummaries). Specialpurposes[edit] Convenientlylinkingindirectlytoapage,withouttheneedforapipedlink.However,apipedlinkisinsomerespectsevenbetterthanrelyingonaredirect. Allowingalinktitleindependentofthefinallinktarget;onecreatesapagewhosenameisthedesiredlinktitle,andwhichredirectstothedesiredtargetpage.Seee.g.w:Template:Ft,containing[[30.48cm|ft]],withthepagew:30.48cmredirectingtow:Foot(unitoflength).Thelinktitle"30.48cm"informsinthehoverboxabouttheunit"ft"evenwithoutfollowingthelinktothearticleaboutthisunit.SeealsoHelp:Advancededitingforanothertechniquewithasimilarresult. Whencreatingnewredirects,bearinmindthatcreatingtoomanyredirectscanclutterupthesearchresultspage,whichcanhinderusers.Also,don'tspendtoomuchtimecreatingredirects.Oftenit'smoreimportanttospendtimeimprovingthequalityofthetargetpage.Apipedlinkisanotherwaytomakealinktoapagewithanamewhichdoesnotoccurinthefirstpage. Creatingaredirect[edit] Ifyouarecreatinganewredirect,startanewpage,write#REDIRECT[[page name]](or#redirect[[page name]])atthebeginningofthepage,wherepage nameisthenameofthetargetpage.Hereisanexample.Ifyouarereplacinganexistingpagewitharedirect,forexampleaftermergingaduplicatepage,gotothepage,editit,andreplacetheexistingtextwith#REDIRECT[[page name]]. Thepagewillnotredirectifthereisanythingonthepagebeforetheredirect.Also,theremustbenospacesbetweenthe#andtheREDIRECT. Extratextafterthe#REDIRECTcommandandlinkisignored.Itisrenderedonlyinadiff,seehere,here,andhere.Category tagsarenotignored.Ifacategoryisset,theredirect-pageislistedinthecategoryitbelongsto.Whenfollowingthelinkfromthecategorypagetotheredirectpage,thenasusualtheredirectisapplied. Aneditsummaryisautomaticallyprovided,asdisplayedatMediaWiki:Autoredircomment,butonlyifnoeditsummaryissupplied(asopposedtotheautomaticeditsummaryinsectionediting,whichcanbesupplementedbytheuser). Renderingoftheredirectpage[edit] Afteryousavetheredirectpage,yougetsenttoapagewiththestring"&redirect=no"intheURL.Thusthejustcreatedredirectpageisshown,notthepagetowhichitredirects.Theredirectpageshouldlooksomethinglike: Help:Redirection FromMeta,aWikimediaprojectcoordinationwiki Redirectpage Help:Redirect Afterthepagetitle,thecontentofMediaWiki:Redirectpagesub(bydefaultthetext"Redirectpage"),abentarrow,andthelinktotheredirecttargetisrendered.Thislinkshowsthecanonicalformofthetarget.Asmentionedpreviously,thetextafterthelinktotheredirecttargetisignored,exceptforcategorytags. Toseeyourredirectworking,useyouraddressbartodeletethatpartoftheURL.Alternatively,createalinkonanotherpagetoyourredirect,andthenfollowthatlink. Changingaredirect[edit] Whenchangingaredirecttargettoadifferentpage,orturnaredirectpageintoaregularpage,youmustgototheredirectpage.Todoso,clickonalinktotheredirectpage.Thenlookforthelinktotheredirectpageatthetopofthepageyou'vebeenredirectedto;e.g. (RedirectedfromHelp:Redirection) Onceyougettotheredirectpage,clickEditthispage.Youcantheneitherchangethetargetoftheredirect,replacetheredirectwithabrandnewpageorreverttoanearlierversionofthearticle,beforeitbecamearedirect. Anotherwaytogettotheredirectpage:Gotothetargetpage,andclick"Whatlinkshere".Thiswillshowyoualltheback-linksfromthatpage,includingredirects.Tochangearedirect,clickonit,andthenclickonEditthispageaspreviously. Brokenredirects[edit] Abrokenredirectisaredirectwhosetargetpagedoesnotexist.Thistypeofredirectdoesnotfunctionandredirectionwillnotoccur.BrokenredirectsareloggedatSpecial:BrokenRedirects. Onmanywikisadministratorssimplydeletethem,butitissometimesusefultokeepabrokenredirectandwaitforthecreationofthetarget,ortosetanewtarget.Foranexample,seeHelp:Redirect/Brokenredirect. Templateredirects[edit] Callstoatemplatethatredirectstoanothertemplatewillresultinthetransclusionandfunctionofthetargettemplate.Doubleredirectsandbrokenredirectsdonotworkasusual.Seealsothehelppageontemplates. Forexample,wehavethechain/doubleredirect → /singleredirect → /Target.Thetemplatecall{{/doubleredirect}}isrenderedas: Redirecttarget Movingapage[edit] Whenapageismoved,aredirectfromtheoldtothenewpagenameisautomaticallycreated. Ifthenewpagenameisoccupiedbyaredirectthathasonlyoneeditinitshistoryandtargetedtotheoldpagename,itisreplacedbythepagebeingmoved.Iftheredirecthasmorethanonehistoryentry,ortheredirecttargetissomewhereelse,thenitcanonlybedeleted-and-movedbyanadministrator. Redirecttospecialtargets[edit] Interwikiredirectsandredirectstospecialpages[edit] Interwikiredirectsandredirectstospecialpageshavebeendisabled,trye.g.Help:InterwikiredirectdemoandHelp:Redirecttospecialpagedemo. Usedirectinterwikilinks(ordirectlinkstoSpecialpages)withoutredirect,orasoftredirect(non-automatic). Aredirecttoananchor[edit] Onemayredirecttoananchor,inparticularasection.Help:Sectionlinkingandredirectsisanexampleanditstargetalsoprovidesmoreinfo.(Itdoesnotworkforeveryenvironment.) Onemethodisthefollowingsyntax:#REDIRECT[[target_page#section_title]] Sectionredirectsaresupposedtoworkfromr18220onwards.Seebugzilla:218.Ifitdoesnotwork,youwillberedirectedtothecorrectpagebutyouwillnotbesenttotheintendedsection. Aredirecttoapageintheimageorcategorynamespace[edit] OnMetaandWikipediaaredirecttoanimagepageortoacategoryshowstheeditabletextonly.Togetthefullpageafterbeingredirected,usethelink"File",or"Category",respectively. OnCommonsaredirecttoacategorygivesthefullpage,butnotthesubcategoriesandpagesintheredirectpage(ifthatisalsoacategory). Topreventapagethatredirectstoacategoryfromappearinginthecategory;precedetheword Categorywithacolonlikeso : #REDIRECT[[:Category:Glossary]] Aredirectfromacategorypagetoanothercategorypage[edit] Aswithnormalpages,(onMeta,othersnottested)acategorypageitselfcanberedirectedtoanothercategorypage.Thisisusefulwhenmanydifferentarticlepageshavebeenassignedtovariationsoraliasesofthesame"proper"category,evenifonlyasatemporaryfixuntilallareunified.Forexample,pagesassignedtoUNorg,UnitedNations,andUnitedNationswouldallobviouslyrefertotheoneproperCategory:UnitedNationssoeachwouldberedirectedthereasabove.Inaddition,tohelpmanagethelistofsuchalias-redirects,theycanallbeassignedtoonecommonsubcategoryunderthepropercategory. Foraliveexample,aliasescategory:$1xandcategory:$1yredirecttopropercategory:$1whilesub-category:$1rof$1holdsthealiaslist.Note:Editorspleasemakecategory:$1xyandthenrenameallthesepageswithclearernames-TY! Imageslinkingtoaspecificpage[edit] Therearewaystomakeanimagelinktoaspecifiedpage,somewhichworkespeciallywellonMediawikisitesthatsupportembeddingexternalimages.Forpossibilities,seeHelp:Navigationalimage.ByDeeDriscollappointeeforUSAttorney'sOfficeWashingtonDC. CSSclass[edit] WiththenewpreprocessoraninternallinktoaredirectpagehasCSSclass "mw-redirect".Thiscanbeusefultomakethemstandout,forclean-upworkinvolvingbypassingredirects. Redirectand/orlinktonon-existingpage[edit] WhenBisasubtopicofA,andBdoesnothaveitsownpage,oratleastnotwithadditionalinfo,therearethefollowingpossibilities: RedirectBtoA,usethebacklinktogofromAtoB(disadvantage:notveryinvitingtocreateanewcontentpageB;inconvenientifAhasmanybacklinks). LinkAtoB("redlink")asinvitationorpreparationforcreatingpageB;usethebacklinktogofromBtoA(disadvantage:notobviousfornewbie,muchlessconvenientthanautomaticredirect,especiallyifBhasmanybacklinks). Both(indirectself-linkonA).TogofromAtoB,clickthelinkfromAtoB,whichbringsyoubacktoA,andusethelinkintheredirectmessage(fordetectingaredirectseehereinbefore;however,thereisnodistinctionbetweenaredirectback,andanonwardredirect)(disadvantage,asfarasnotyetmentioned:notobviousfornewbie). DittobutwithasoftredirectfromBtoA,i.e.apageonlycontainingsomethinglike"See[[A]]";onecanseeatAthatBisveryshortusingthestub feature(disadvantages:asoftredirectisnon-standard;peoplewhodonotknowaboutitsreasonmaychangeitinaregularredirect;isalittlelessconvenientthanautomaticredirect;requiresstubfeaturesetting) Bisaredirect,linkfromAtoBwith"redirect=no",orlinktoB'seditpage,e.g.TemplateandstartpageTemplate,respectively. Inthe3rdand4th cases,especiallyifAhasalistoflinkstopagesB,onecanmarkthelinkswithmoreinfo,e.g.bybolding,andexplainthemarking. 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