wikidoc:Redirect

This section discusses policy on the use and abuse of redirects on the English Wikidoc.

How to make a redirect

To redirect a page (1) to a different page (2), enter the following on the top of page 1. Please note that although the redirect command itself is not case sensitive, some anti vandalism bots will automatically revert you unless it is all capital letters.

#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]]

Please note that you can redirect only to articles, not sections in them; although the syntax allows them, they don't work:

#REDIRECT University of Cambridge#History

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.

To go back and edit your redirect after it's working, add ?redirect=no to the end of the URL for your redirect:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_University?redirect=no

To add a reason, select one of the tags from the Tag column below and add it one space after and on the same line as #REDIRECT Wherever. For example, on the redirect page University of cambridge,

#REDIRECT University of Cambridge{{R from other capitalisation}} 

That will also add the redirect to the category listed in the Category column below.

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