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'''Redirects''' allow you to take a user from one page to another, or from one part of a page to another, without action on their part.  They should be used with '''''Great Care'''''.

''(To go to an interwiki redirect click {{SERVER}}{{localurl:X|redirect=no}} and change the page name (here X) in the address bar of the browser. Type it in canonical form, i.e., starting with a capital and with underscores for spaces.)''

For general info on '''redirects''' in [[MediaWiki:MediaWiki]], see [[MediaWiki:Help:Redirect]] &mdash; part of the [[MediaWiki:Help:Contents|MediaWiki User's Guide]]. This article discusses policy on the use and abuse of redirects on the English Wikipedia. Other MediaWiki projects may have different approaches.

==How to make a redirect==

To redirect a page (1) to a different page (2), enter on the top of page 1:

'''<nowiki>#REDIRECT [[NAME OF PAGE 2]]</nowiki>'''

For example, to redirect the [{{SERVER}}{{localurl:website|redirect=no}} website] page to the [[Web Site]] page, [{{SERVER}}{{localurl:website|action=edit}} edit] the website page and enter:

'''<nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Web Site]]</nowiki>'''

Everything after the redirect line will be blanked when you save the page. Any text on the same line as the redirect will stay, but will not be visible unless someone edits the page.
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It's possible to add a text in the same line after the #REDIRECT to describe why it had been created. There is a [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Redirect pages|list of Redirect message templates]] (with titles starting with "R_") in the Template namespace that may be used for this, e.g. <nowiki>{</nowiki>{R_to_sort_name}} displays [[Template:R_to_sort_name]], e.g. on 
[{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Aasen, Ivar Andreas|redirect=no}} Aasen,_Ivar_Andreas] ''(if you click this link, you won't be redirected. When you click 'Edit this page' there, you will see how it can be used)''. '''Note: This feature is broken right now. See the [[MediaZilla:927|bug report]].'''
-->

More examples are included below:

== What do we use redirects for? ==
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* Avoiding broken links (see [[#Renamings and merges|below]])

* Minor but notable topics

Sub-topic redirects are often temporary, eventually being replaced by fully fledged articles on the sub-topic in question. Be conservative when creating sub-topic redirects &mdash; they can sometimes be counter-productive, because they disguise the absence of a proper article from editors. Sub-topic redirects should only be used where the main article has a section on the sub-topic.  Using (or creating) a new category as a catch-all for the overall topic would probably be better in this case.  The main article would be used as a combination Table of Contents and Overview.

It is best to have an article at a well-defined, unambiguous term, with redirects from looser colloquial terms, rather than vice versa.


=== Renamings and merges ===
Please try to avoid broken links, because they annoy visitors. Therefore, if the layout of some section of ConRunner is changed, or we merge articles, please always leave redirects in the old location to point to the new location. Search engines and visitors will probably have linked to ''that'' page at ''that'' url. If the page is deleted, potential new visitors from search engines will be greeted with an edit window, or more likely, an error message. The same is true for anyone who previously bookmarked ''that'' page, and so on. 

On a small scale, this applies to cases where there may be duplicate articles on some subject, or lots of twisty little stubs on different aspects of the same overall subject.   The first fix in such an instance is to be sure to ctagorize correctly.  Second, place redirects to the (properly written) correct page.

== When should we delete a redirect? ==

To delete a redirect '''without replacing it with a new article''', list it on [[wikipedia:redirects for deletion|redirects for deletion]]. See [[wikipedia:deletion policy|deletion policy]] for details on how to nominate pages for deletion.

This isn't necessary if you just want to replace a redirect with an article, or change where it points: see [[meta:redirect#How do I change a redirect?|How do I change a redirect?]] for instructions on how to do this. If you want to ''swap'' a redirect and an article, but are not able to move the article to the location of the redirect please use [[Wikipedia:Requested moves]] to request help from an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|admin]] in doing that.

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Recently, some users' talk pages are being redirected to [[:Image:Autofellatio.jpg]]. If this has happened, the discussions should be put back instead of the redirects being deleted.

== What needs to be done on pages that are targets of redirects? ==
We follow the "[[Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles#Principle of least astonishment|principle of least astonishment]]" &mdash; after following a redirect, the readers's first question is likely to be: "hang on ... I wanted to read about ''this''. Why has the link taken me to ''that''?". Make it clear to the reader that they ''have'' arrived in the right place.

Normally, we try to make sure that all "inbound redirects" are mentioned in the first couple of paragraphs of the article. For example:

* '''Longships''' were boats used by the Vikings... 
** [[longship]], redirect from [[viking ship]]
* '''Mario Party''' is a video game series...
** [[Mario Party]], redirect from [[Mario Party 2]]
* '''Edvard Munch''' ([[1863]]&ndash;[[1944]]) was ... The broadest collection of his works is at on display at the Munch Museum at...
** [[Edvard Munch]], redirect from [[Munch Museum]]

Don't cause a [[Wikipedia:secondary redirect|secondary redirect]].  They don't work like a primary redirect; same with tertiary redirects.

== Self-links, duplicate links ==
Avoid [[Wikipedia:Self link|self-links]], including self-links through redirects ("loop links"). Also, avoid having two links that go to the same place. These can confuse readers, and cause them to unnecessarily load the same page twice.

== Related topics ==
*[[Wikipedia:How to edit a page|How to edit a page]]
*[[Wikipedia:How to rename (move) a page|How to rename (move) a page]]
*[[Wikipedia:Redirects for deletion|Redirects for deletion]]
*[[Wikipedia:Redirects with possibilities|Redirects with possibilities]]
*[[User:Daniel Quinlan/redirects]]-project
*[[Wikipedia:List of interwiki redirects|List of interwiki redirects]]
*[[Wikipedia:Multiple redirects]] (maintenance list for items to be fixed)
*Practise editing pages in our [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|Wikipedia sandbox]]!
*[[Wikipedia:Unrelated redirect|Unrelated redirect]]
*[[Wikipedia:Off-topic redirect|Off-topic redirect]]

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