Help:Redirects: Difference between revisions

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>

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.

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>.