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It is best to have an article at a well-defined, unambiguous term, with redirects from looser colloquial terms, rather than vice versa.
 
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'''See also''': [[Wikipedia:Template_messages#Redirect_pages|Redirect template message list]]
 
  
 
=== Renamings and merges ===
 
=== Renamings and merges ===

Latest revision as of 15:15, 24 October 2005

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 http://conrunner.net/wiki/index.php?title=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 — part of the 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:

#REDIRECT [[NAME OF PAGE 2]]

For example, to redirect the website page to the Web Site page, edit the website page and enter:

#REDIRECT [[Web Site]]

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.

More examples are included below:

What do we use redirects for?

Reason Correct usage
Abbreviations
Misspellings
Aiding writing
Other spellings, other punctuation
Other capitalisations
Other names, pseudonyms, nicknames, and synonyms
Other languages
Accents
Plurals, tenses, etc
Related words
Sub-topics or closely related topics that should be explained within the text
Facilitate disambiguation
To track statements that date quickly
  • Avoiding broken links (see 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 — 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 redirects for deletion. See 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 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 admin in doing that.

{{Wikipedia:Redirect/DeletionReasons}}

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 "principle of least astonishment" — 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:

Don't cause a secondary redirect. They don't work like a primary redirect; same with tertiary redirects.

Self-links, duplicate links

Avoid 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.

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