Soft Redirect

This template is used on approximately ५,६०० pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

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Summary

• This template is for creating soft redirects, that is to say, short pages inviting readers to visit another page on a different Wiki project. This cannot be performed with a classical redirect due to technical restrictions.
• This template is also used to redirect an entry to a special page, in which case hard redirects have been disabled.
• Occasionally it is used to effectively disable a redirect that has been deprecated, e.g. WP:DIVA, in which case {{Historical}} is usually also used, above the soft redirect template.
• For redirecting categories, use {{Category redirect}} instead.
• For all other redirects within the English Wikipedia, please continue to use #REDIRECT [[Other article]].

This places tagged pages in Category:Wikipedia soft redirects or Category:User soft redirects.

Usage

Single parameter

{{Soft redirect|target}}

Example

{{Soft redirect|Meta:Template:Interwiki redirect}} will produce:

Meta:Template:Interwiki redirect
This page is a soft redirect.

Two parameters

{{Soft redirect|target|label}}

Example

{{Soft redirect|Lawn mower|grasscutter}} will produce:

grasscutter
This page is a soft redirect.

Please remember that this is just to illustrate the second "label" parameter. Template:Soft redirect should not be used when #REDIRECT [[Lawn mower]] should be used.

Other examples

• Wiki: Bylaws
• Wiki: Special:SpecialPages

See also

• Wiki: Soft redirect guideline
• {{Double soft redirect}}, a template for a "soft redirect with two targets".
• Wiki: Wiki sister projects § Specialized soft redirect templates