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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?== | ||
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 [ | :<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. | ||