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Template:Shortcut (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, see meta: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 Cambridge University page to the University of Cambridge page, edit the Cambridge University page and enter:

#REDIRECT [[University of Cambridge]]

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 Tag Text that will be shown (and usage notes) Category to find articles so tagged
Abbreviations {{R from abbreviation}} Template:R from abbreviation Category:Redirects from abbreviation
Misspellings {{R from misspelling}} Template:R from misspelling Category:Redirects from misspellings
Aiding writing {{R aiding writing}} Template:R aiding writing
Other spellings, other punctuation {{R from alternate spelling}} Template:R from alternate spelling Category:Redirects from alternate spellings
Other capitalisations {{R for alternate capitalisation}} Template:R for alternate capitalisation
  • Natural Selection redirects to Natural selection
  • To enable case-insensitive searching: Adding a redirect for articles with mixed case titles allows searches for these articles to be case-insensitive. For example, without the redirect Isle of wight a search for any capitalization other than exactly 'Isle of Wight' would not find the article Isle of Wight. These search related redirects are needed only if the article title has more than two words and words following the first have different capitalizations.
 Category:Redirects for alternative capitalisation
Other names, pseudonyms, nicknames, and synonyms {{R from alternate name}} Template:R from alternate name Category:Redirects from alternate names
Other languages {{R from alternate language}} Template:R from alternate language Category:Redirects from alternate languages
Accents {{R from ASCII}} Template:R from ASCII Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:R_from_ASCII
Plurals, tenses, etc {{R from plural}} Template:R from plural Category:Redirects from plurals
Related words {{R from related word}} Template:R from related word Category:Redirects from related words
Sub-topics or closely related topics that should be explained within the text {{R with possibilities}} Template:R with possibilities Category:Redirects with possibilities
Facilitate disambiguation {{R to disambiguation page}} Template:R to disambiguation page Category:Redirects to disambiguation pages
To track statements that date quickly {{R for as of}} Template:R for as of Category:Redirects from "As of"
  • 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. For example, denial of service has a section on distributed denial of service. Sub-topics should be boldfaced on their first appearance in the section, to indicate that they are in fact alternate titles or sub-titles.

In accordance with wikipedia:naming conventions (precision) it's best to have an article at a well-defined, unambiguous term, with redirects from looser colloquial terms, rather than vice versa.

See also: Redirect template message list

Renamings and merges

We try to avoid broken links, because they annoy visitors. Therefore, if we change the layout of some section of Wikipedia, or we merge two duplicate articles, we 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. The same is true for anyone who previously bookmarked that page, and so on.

On a small scale, this applies to cases where we had duplicate articles on some subject, or lots of twisty little stubs on different aspects of the same overall subject. On a larger scale, we've had a few fairly major reorganisations:

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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