redirect

Template documentation

Using this template does not create a redirect. The following pages may have what you are looking for: Wiki: Redirect is the official Wikipedia guideline on redirects. The page focuses on the rules and standards that the Wikipedia community has agreed to generally follow regarding redirects. Help:Redirect is a how-to page that focuses on the technical aspects of redirects. It instructs editors on how redirects work and how to handle them without causing errors. R template index contains a large list of templates that are used in order to tag and categorize redirects.

This template is used on approximately 49 000 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.

This template uses Lua: Module:Redirect hatnote

This template produces a hatnote:

• {{Redirect|Foo}} →

It is placed at the top of the article or section that is the primary topic of a redirect, and links to other topics that are ambiguous with the name of that redirect. This template is used instead of the generic {{for}} in order to reduce reader confusion.

An example would be when a user searches for the emperor Achilleus. However, the search term "Achilleus" redirects to the page titled Achilles (as in the mythical hero) because it is considered more likely the user were searching for the very well known hero than a relatively obscure emperor. Now, at the top of this Achilles page you will (among other things) find the following hatnote:

"Achilleus" redirects here. For the Roman emperor with this name, see Achilleus (Roman usurper).

That text is this template in action.

Parameters

Template:Expand-section A |text= option adds text to the end; note that this should only be used when truly necessary, when the other hatnote templates listed below don't suffice.

Examples

• {{Redirect|Foo}} →
• {{Redirect|REDIRECT||PAGE1}} →
• {{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1}} →
• {{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3}} →
• {{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1|and|PAGE2}} →
• {{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2|and|PAGE3}} →
• {{Redirect|Achilleus|the Emperor with this name|Achilleus (emperor)|other uses|Achilles (disambiguation)}} (as used on the page Achilles) →

More complex uses

For more complex cases, other templates can be used:

• {{Redirect2}} (when there are two incoming redirects)
• {{Redirect-multi}} (for two or more redirects)
• {{Redirect-several}} (for several redirects, without listing each)
• {{Redirect-distinguish}}
• {{See Wiktionary}} with "redirect" field
• {{Technical reasons}}

TemplateData

See also

• {{no redirect}}, {{-r}}
• {{is redirect}} — returns yes/
• Rcat functional index

• Template:Commons-inline at Wiki Commons.

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