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JFletcher: /* How do I change a redirect? */

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How do I change a redirect?

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	It is possible to change the Melvin Harris redirect by editing it. First, try visiting the [[Melvin Harris]] page, which redirects to the [[Big Smoke]] page. Then, below the title of the page, you will see the text:		It is possible to change the Melvin Harris redirect by editing it. First, try visiting the [[Melvin Harris]] page, which redirects to the [[Big Smoke]] page. Then, below the title of the page, you will see the text:

	:<div class="plainlinks">(Redirected from [~~http://~~{{SERVER}}/index.php?title=Melvin_Harris&redirect=no Melvin Harris])</div>		:<div class="plainlinks">(Redirected from [{{SERVER}}/index.php?title=Melvin_Harris&redirect=no Melvin Harris])</div>

	Click this "Melvin Harris" link to go back to the redirect page at Melvin Harris. You can then click "edit" to alter the Melvin Harris page as usual (making the redirect point somewhere else, or replacing it with a new article) like any other wiki page.		Click this "Melvin Harris" link to go back to the redirect page at Melvin Harris. You can then click "edit" to alter the Melvin Harris page as usual (making the redirect point somewhere else, or replacing it with a new article) like any other wiki page.

JFletcher: /* Example */

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Example

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	If you want that page title to be "Big Smoke", then "Melvin Harris" should be a redirect. The Melvin Harris page would contain this:		If you want that page title to be "Big Smoke", then "Melvin Harris" should be a redirect. The Melvin Harris page would contain this:

	:<tt><nowiki>#redirect [[Big Smoke]]</nowiki><tt>		:<tt><nowiki>#redirect [[Big Smoke]]</nowiki></tt>

	==How do I change a redirect?==		==How do I change a redirect?==

JFletcher: Rewriting to be more specific to GTW

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Rewriting to be more specific to GTW

Gta-mysteries at 23:54, 6 September 2010

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	==Where can I find more help?==		==Where can I find more help?==
	See [[MetaWikiPedia:Help:Redirect]] for more detail on this feature.		See [[MetaWikiPedia:Help:Redirect]] for more detail on this feature.

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Gta-mysteries: moved Help:Redirect to Help:Redirects

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Gta-mysteries: new help page

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A '''redirect''' is a bit of code that forwards the user's browser to a new page. Creating redirects is helpful when there is more than one possible title for a page, or many different ways a user might search for a topic.

Creating redirects for potential titles helps your users find the existing page, and also helps to prevent the accidental creation of duplicate articles.

==How do I create a redirect?==
To make a page '''redirect''' to another, simply type this on the page:

:<tt><nowiki>#redirect [[Page title]]</nowiki></tt>

where ''Page title'' is the name of the page you want this one to redirect to.

You can also use:

:<tt><nowiki>#redirect [[Page title#Section]]</nowiki></tt>

This will redirect the user to a section header. Use this sparingly, because if someone who is unaware of the redirect changes the title of a section, the redirect will no longer go to that section but will take you to the top of the page instead.

Using either lower case <tt>#redirect</tt> or upper case <tt>#REDIRECT</tt> will work. The <tt>#redirect</tt> line ''must'' be the first line of the page. All other lines below it will be ignored.

===Example===
Instead of creating duplicate articles for [[w:c:starwars:Darth Vader|Darth Vader]] and [[w:c:starwars:Anakin Skywalker|Anakin Skywalker]] on the [[w:c:Star Wars|Star Wars]] Wikia, you might want links <tt><nowiki>[[Darth Vader]]</nowiki></tt> and <tt><nowiki>[[Anakin Skywalker]]</nowiki></tt> to point to the same page.

If you want that page title to be "Anakin Skywalker", then "Darth Vader" should be a redirect. The Darth Vader page would contain this:

<nowiki>#redirect [[Anakin Skywalker]]</nowiki>

==How do I change a redirect?==
It is possible to change the Darth Vader redirect by editing it. First, try visiting the [[w:c:starwars:Darth Vader|Darth Vader]] page, which redirects to the Anakin Skywalker page. Then, below the title of the page, you will see the text:

:<div class="plainlinks">(Redirected from [http://starwars.wikia.com/index.php?title=Darth_Vader&redirect=no Darth Vader])</div>

Click this "Darth Vader" link to go back to the redirect page at Darth Vader. You can then click "edit" to alter the Darth Vader page as usual (making the redirect point somewhere else, or replacing it with a new article) like any other wiki page.

==What is a "soft redirect"?==
A soft redirect is a very short page that essentially tells the user to look at another to obtain the information they were seeking.

The technique is most often used when redirecting users across wikis, especially where cross-wiki redirects are disabled. On such a wiki, the text of a hard redirect will be displayed, but will not actually take the user to the other wiki.

See [[Help:Soft redirect]] for more information.

==What is a "double redirect"?==
A '''double redirect''' is a redirect page that points to ''another'' redirect page. For example, suppose that <nowiki>[[Darth Vader]]</nowiki> points to <nowiki>[[Anakin skywalker]]</nowiki> (lowercase s) which points to <nowiki>[[Anakin Skywalker]]</nowiki> (uppercase S). Then visits to the Darth Vader page will be forwarded only once and stop at the <nowiki>[[Anakin skywalker]]</nowiki> redirect.

To fix this, click the (Redirected from...) link on the <nowiki>[[Anakin skywalker]]</nowiki> redirect page, to go back to the <nowiki>[[Darth Vader]]</nowiki> redirect. Edit Darth Vader's redirect to point to <nowiki>[[Anakin Skywalker]]</nowiki>.

==Can I put anything else on a redirect page?==
All text below the first line will be ignored, except for category links. Although this is rarely needed, there are a few circumstances where you might want to categorize redirects.

==Where can I find more help?==
See [[MetaWikiPedia:Help:Redirect]] for more detail on this feature.

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	===Example===		===Example===
	Instead of creating duplicate articles for [[~~w:c:starwars:Darth Vader~~\|~~Darth Vader~~]] and [[~~w:c:starwars:Anakin Skywalker\|Anakin Skywalker]] on the [[w:c:Star Wars\|Star Wars~~]] ~~Wikia~~, you might want links <tt><nowiki>[[~~Darth Vader~~]]</nowiki></tt> and <tt><nowiki>[[~~Anakin Skywalker~~]]</nowiki></tt> to point to the same page.		Instead of creating duplicate articles for [[Big Smoke\|Melvin Harris]] and [[Big Smoke]], you might want links <tt><nowiki>[[Melvin Harris]]</nowiki></tt> and <tt><nowiki>[[Big Smoke]]</nowiki></tt> to point to the same page.

	If you want that page title to be "~~Anakin Skywalker~~", then "~~Darth Vader~~" should be a redirect. The ~~Darth Vader~~ page would contain this:		If you want that page title to be "Big Smoke", then "Melvin Harris" should be a redirect. The Melvin Harris page would contain this:

	<nowiki>#redirect [[~~Anakin Skywalker~~]]</nowiki>		:<tt><nowiki>#redirect [[Big Smoke]]</nowiki><tt>

	==How do I change a redirect?==		==How do I change a redirect?==
	It is possible to change the ~~Darth Vader~~ redirect by editing it. First, try visiting the [[~~w:c:starwars:Darth Vader\|Darth Vader~~]] page, which redirects to the ~~Anakin Skywalker~~ page. Then, below the title of the page, you will see the text:		It is possible to change the Melvin Harris redirect by editing it. First, try visiting the [[Melvin Harris]] page, which redirects to the [[Big Smoke]] page. Then, below the title of the page, you will see the text:

	:<div class="plainlinks">(Redirected from [http://~~starwars.wikia.com~~/index.php?title=~~Darth_Vader~~&redirect=no ~~Darth Vader~~])</div>		:<div class="plainlinks">(Redirected from [http://{{SERVER}}/index.php?title=Melvin_Harris&redirect=no Melvin Harris])</div>

	Click this "~~Darth Vader~~" link to go back to the redirect page at ~~Darth Vader~~. You can then click "edit" to alter the ~~Darth Vader~~ page as usual (making the redirect point somewhere else, or replacing it with a new article) like any other wiki page.		Click this "Melvin Harris" link to go back to the redirect page at Melvin Harris. You can then click "edit" to alter the Melvin Harris page as usual (making the redirect point somewhere else, or replacing it with a new article) like any other wiki page.

	==What is a "soft redirect"?==		==What is a "soft redirect"?==
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	==What is a "double redirect"?==		==What is a "double redirect"?==
	A '''double redirect''' is a redirect page that points to ''another'' redirect page. For example, suppose that <nowiki>[[~~Darth Vader~~]]</nowiki> points to <nowiki>[[~~Anakin skywalker~~]]</nowiki> (lowercase s) which points to <nowiki>[[~~Anakin Skywalker~~]]</nowiki> (uppercase S). Then visits to the ~~Darth Vader~~ page will be forwarded only once and stop at the <nowiki>[[~~Anakin skywalker~~]]</nowiki> redirect.		A '''double redirect''' is a redirect page that points to ''another'' redirect page. For example, suppose that <nowiki>[[Melvin Harris]]</nowiki> points to <nowiki>[[Big smoke]]</nowiki> (lowercase ''s'') which points to <nowiki>[[Big Smoke]]</nowiki> (uppercase ''S''). Then visits to the Melvin Harris page will be forwarded only once and stop at the <nowiki>[[Big smoke]]</nowiki> redirect.

	To fix this, click the (Redirected from...) link on the <nowiki>[[~~Anakin skywalker~~]]</nowiki> redirect page, to go back to the <nowiki>[[~~Darth Vader~~]]</nowiki> redirect. Edit ~~Darth Vader~~'s redirect to point to <nowiki>[[~~Anakin Skywalker~~]]</nowiki>.		To fix this, click the (Redirected from...) link on the <nowiki>[[Big smoke]]</nowiki> redirect page, to go back to the <nowiki>[[Melvin Harris]]</nowiki> redirect. Edit Melvin Harris's redirect to point to <nowiki>[[Big Smoke]]</nowiki>. All double redirects are listed at [[Special:DoubleRedirects]]

	==Can I put anything else on a redirect page?==		==Can I put anything else on a redirect page?==