Template:Redirect

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Description and use

This template produces a hatnote:

• {{Redirect|Foo}} →
  "Foo" redirects here. For other uses, see Foo (disambiguation).

It is placed at the top of the article or section that is the primary topic of a redirect, and links to other topics that are ambiguous with the name of that redirect. This template is used instead of the generic {{for}} in order to reduce reader confusion.

An example would be when a user searches for the emperor Achilleus. However, the search term "Achilleus" redirects to the page titled Achilles (as in the mythical hero) because it is considered more likely the user were searching for the very well known hero than a relatively obscure emperor. Now, at the top of this Achilles page you will (among other things) find the following hatnote:

"Achilleus" redirects here. For the Roman emperor with this name, see Achilleus (Roman usurper).

That text is this template in action.

Parameters

Template:Expand-section A |text= option adds text to the end; note that this should only be used when truly necessary, when the other hatnote templates listed below don't suffice.

Examples

• {{Redirect|Foo}} →
  "Foo" redirects here. For other uses, see Foo (disambiguation).
• {{Redirect|REDIRECT||PAGE1}} →
  "REDIRECT" redirects here. For other uses, see PAGE1.
• {{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1}} →
  "REDIRECT" redirects here. For USE1, see PAGE1.
• {{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3}} →
  "REDIRECT" redirects here. For USE1, see PAGE1. For USE2, see PAGE2. For USE3, see PAGE3.
• {{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1|and|PAGE2}} →
  "REDIRECT" redirects here. For USE1, see PAGE1 and PAGE2.
• {{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2|and|PAGE3}} →
  "REDIRECT" redirects here. For USE1, see PAGE1. For USE2, see PAGE2 and PAGE3.
• {{Redirect|Achilleus|the Emperor with this name|Achilleus (emperor)|other uses|Achilles (disambiguation)}} (as used on the page Achilles) →
  "Achilleus" redirects here. For the Emperor with this name, see Achilleus (emperor). For other uses, see Achilles (disambiguation).

The |selfref=yes option marks the entire hatnote as a Wikipedia self-reference, causing it to be omitted when the page content is reused outside of Wikipedia (see {{self reference}} and MOS:SELFREF for more details).

More complex uses

For more complex cases, other templates can be used:

• {{Redirect2}} (when there are two incoming redirects)
• {{Redirect-multi}} (for two or more redirects)
• {{Redirect-several}} (for several redirects, without listing each)
• {{Redirect-distinguish}}
• {{See Wiktionary}} with "redirect" field
• {{Technical reasons}}

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Redirect in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Redirect

<templatedata> { "params": { "1": { "label": "Redirecting page", "description": "Name of page that redirects here", "type": "wiki-page-name", "required": true }, "2": { "label": "Use 1", "description": "Displayed as: For Use 1, see ... If left empty, defaults to For other uses, see ...", "type": "line", "required": false }, "3": { "label": "Target 1", "description": "Page to link to. Default is PAGENAME (disambiguation).", "type": "wiki-page-name", "required": false }, "4": { "label": "Use 2", "description": "Second use. Can be 'and' to give: For Use 1, see Target1 and Target2.", "type": "line", "required": false }, "5": { "label": "Target 2", "description": "Page to link second use to.", "type": "wiki-page-name", "required": false }, "6": { "label": "Use 3", "description": "Third use. Can be 'and'.", "type": "line", "required": false }, "7": { "label": "Target 3", "description": "Page to link third use to.", "type": "wiki-page-name", "required": false }, "text": { "label": "Custom text", "type": "line", "description": "Text to be appended to the end." }, "selfref": { "label": "Is self-reference?", "description": "Set to yes to make this hatnote invisible on e.g. printed versions, for WP:SELFREFs", "type": "boolean", "default": "no", "autovalue": "yes" } }, "description": "This template produces a hatnote similar to:\n\n\"Foo\" redirects here. For other uses, see Foo (disambiguation).", "format": "inline" } </templatedata>

See also

• {{no redirect}}, Template:Tlf
• {{is redirect}}, returns yes/<blank>
• {{Shortcut}}, for creating redirects primarily within the Wikipedia namespace that uses shorter names (e.g. MOS:SMALLCAPS or WP:AN).
• Rcat functional index

• Template:Commons-inline at Wikimedia Commons.

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