

Provide a way of conveniently going to a page (shortcut).which uses alternative capitalization and hyphenation.which is a term for a subtopic (in this case one may use a redirect to a section).which is an alternative term for the subject.Allow access in the case that a pagename is provided:.

For example, on the English Wiktionary, most redirects are prohibited by policy.

Some projects have policies on what redirects should exist. exprĪ code like %70 in a redirect disables it, although the link works from the redirect page. If that is the case, the browser will not be automatically redirected on visiting the page. Redirect 1-> Redirect 2 -> Redirect 3 -> Redirect 1.Ī redirect target cannot depend on a variable, template, or parser function. If the chain forms a loop, the browser is brought to its predecessor and the redirect loop is displayed. On visiting any page on a simple chain of redirects, the browser is redirected to the final destination. A double redirect does not work (see below). When a page called for inclusion is a redirect page, the redirect target is included instead, with the same parameters, without any redirect message. If the redirect target is a non-existing page in the same project, or to a page in another project, one simply arrives at the redirect page. To get the canonical URL of the target page in your browser's address bar, click the article tab. Help:Redirect From Online Manual, a Wikimedia project coordination wiki However, the browser shows the URL of the redirect page, and the target page shows a small notice below the top title to indicate you arrived here indirectly.įor example, if somebody goes to Help:Redirection, then they will end up at this page instead, and the top of the page will look like: If the redirect target is an existing page in the same project, going to the redirect page by means of a link, the URL, or the Go button, results in the redirect target page, just like following the link. 3.10 Force client site redirects (method 2).3.9 Force all redirects to be client side redirects (HTTP 302 Temporary Redirect).3.8 Redirect and/or link to non-existing page.3.6.4 Images linking to a specific page.3.6.3 A redirect to a page in the image or category namespace.3.6.1 Interwiki redirects and redirects to special pages.3.1 From Online Manual, a Wikimedia project coordination wiki.2.1 From Online Manual, a Wikimedia project coordination wiki.
