Help:Redirect

A redirect is a page created so that navigation to a given title takes the reader directly to a different page. A redirect is created using the syntax:

...where "target" is the name of the target page. It is also possible to add a section header to make a redirect to a specific section of the target page in the following manner:

The pound/number sign (#) is also used to link to page anchors.

A page is treated as a redirect page if its begins with #REDIRECT followed by a valid or . A space is usually left before the link. (Note that some alternative capitalizations of "REDIRECT" are possible.)

Examples:

Note that the redirect link must be explicit – it cannot contain magic words, templates, etc.

When redirecting to a category page, prefix the target pagename with a colon to prevent the redirect from showing up in the category. (Redirects from one category page to another should use soft redirects – see below.) Redirects to image pages also require the colon.

To go to the redirect page itself (to edit it, view its history, etc.), click the link in the "(Redirected from...)" notice.

If the redirect target is a non-existing page (redlink), or a special page, or a page in another project, then the redirect is not followed, and the reader sees the display of the redirect page (as illustrated below). If the target is a non-existent section of an existing page, then the redirect will take the reader to the top of the target page.

Chains of redirects are not followed. If title A redirects to B, and B is itself a redirect page, then a reader navigating to A will see the display of the redirect page B (as illustrated). See Double redirects. (Bots fix such chains so that each redirect points directly to the final target page.)

A redirect page viewed directly, either in the situations described above, or when the URL used to access the page contains the query parameter &redirect=no, looks like this:

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