Help:Redirect

Redirect refers to the action that the server takes of taking you from one page immediately to another. For instance, searching for Lord Rochester will automatically redirect you to John Wilmot.

How to make a redirect (redirect command)

To redirect page A (the redirecting page) to a different page B (the target page), enter the following redirecting command at the top of the redirecting page.

#REDIRECT [[NAME OF PAGE B]]

Undesirable redirects

Do not make double redirects (a redirect that points to another redirect); they do not work (to prevent endless looping, a redirect will not "pass thru" more than one entry; if someone is redirected to a redirect, the chain stops at the first redirect), they create slow, unpleasant experiences for the reader, and they make the navigational structure of the site confusing.

Double redirects are usually created after a move when old redirects are left unchanged and pointing toward an old name.

Another type of undesirable redirect is a self-redirect: an article that redirects to itself through a redirect.

Creating new redirects

You can create a new page in order to make a redirect.

Only the redirect line will be displayed when you save the page.

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

http://wiki.ageofintrigue.com/index.php?title=Lord_Rochester&redirect=no

If you wish to add a reason, add it one space after and on the same line as #REDIRECT [[Wherever]]. For example, on the redirect page Lord Rochester,

#REDIRECT [[Lord Rochester]] {{R from form of address to given name}} 

That will also add the redirect to the category listed in the Category column below. Note that there must be a space between the end of the redirect code and the template code for this to work properly.

Redirects take effect immediately after saving a page. You may need to clear your cache in order to see these changes.

What do we use redirects for?

In the simplest sense, we use redirects to cut down on duplicate pages and to keep information on the wiki standardized while still allowing for a variety of search terms to aid our users in finding what they're looking for.

Reasons for using a redirect

• Abbreviations
• Pages that are too short for their own articles
• Misspellings
• Alternate spellings and pronunciations
• Plurals
• Related terms
• People who are members of a group, organization, ensemble, or team
• Other capitalizations
• Alternative names
• To facilitate disambiguation
• Renamings and mergers
• Duplicate pages

See also

• Page Creation
• How to edit a page