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If you want to redirect one page to another, | If you want to redirect one page to another, | ||
Click the word "REDIRECT" at the bottom of the edit screen, then put the page to be redirected to inside the brackets. | |||
That puts | |||
<nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Destination Page]]</nowiki> | <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Destination Page]]</nowiki> | ||
on the page. | |||
(Or you could manually type that in yourself -- it makes no difference). | |||
the redirect keyword is case-insensitive, you can also write | the redirect keyword is case-insensitive, you can also write | ||
<nowiki>#redirect [[Destination Page]]</nowiki> | <nowiki>#redirect [[Destination Page]]</nowiki> | ||
Make sure that single line is the only thing on the page -- it doesn't work if even a single blank line or space comes before it in the edit box. | |||
''(It may technically "work" if you add a few lines after it -- comments or categories -- but why would you put that information on the redirect page, where no one will see it, rather than on the destination page?)'' | |||
Chained redirects do not function automatically. The first redirect will execute, but the process stops after one step. The next page, containing another redirect, is shown as a link. The user must click on the link to follow the chain. So, each redirect should be constructed to point directly to the proper ultimate page (see also the list at [[Special:DoubleRedirects]] -- pitch in and help us get these cleaned up). | Chained redirects do not function automatically. The first redirect will execute, but the process stops after one step. The next page, containing another redirect, is shown as a link. The user must click on the link to follow the chain. So, each redirect should be constructed to point directly to the proper ultimate page (see also the list at [[Special:DoubleRedirects]] -- pitch in and help us get these cleaned up). | ||
:I can do that automatically with a bot script, so we never need to worry about it. — <span style="font-family: Kristen ITC, Arial;">[[User:Sean Fennel]][[User talk:Sean Fennel|@]]</span> 16:00, 6 February 2007 (PST) | :I can do that automatically with a bot script, so we never need to worry about it. — <span style="font-family: Kristen ITC, Arial;">[[User:Sean Fennel]][[User talk:Sean Fennel|@]]</span> 16:00, 6 February 2007 (PST) | ||
For an example of a properly-done redirect, see [[wikiinfo]]. | |||
That mis-spelling takes you to the (properly-spelled) "Wikinfo.org" page, with a tiny note "(Redirected from Wikiinfo)". | |||
[[category:help]] | [[category:help]] | ||