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URL redirection, also called URL forwarding, is a World Wide Web technique for making a web page available under more than one URL address. When a web browser attempts to open a URL that has been redirected, a page with a different URL is opened. Similarly, domain redirection or domain forwarding is when all pages in a URL domain are redirected ...
Creating a redirect. To create a redirect, enter the title you wish to redirect away from into the box below. This will create a new page, but it will not be published to Wikipedia proper until you hit 'Publish'. Enter the title you want to create here, and click Create redirect: Note that creating a redirect on mobile browser can cause issues ...
Clicking on a redirect in this list will take you to the redirect page, not the target. The edit summary box can be left blank; the summary will then be automatically generated stating that the page has been redirected to the given target. (This applies for: a new redirect page; an existing article page turned into a redirect page; and a change ...
Using VisualEditor. To create a redirect using the VisualEditor: Open the "page options" menu (icon with three parallel horizontal bars) at the top right of the editor. Select "Page settings". Check the box marked "Redirect this page to". Enter the name of the target page in the text box below the checkbox.
Method 1: searching. Enter text in the search field that you seek to create as a page title. If the title you entered does not already exist, is not technically restricted and is not creation protected, the resulting page will i) tell you that it does not exist; ii) advise that you can create the page, and iii) will provide a red link to the ...
On the World Wide Web, HTTP 301 is the HTTP response status code for 301 Moved Permanently. It is used for permanent redirecting, meaning that links or records returning this response should be updated. The new URL should be provided in the Location field, included with the response. The 301 redirect is considered a best practice for upgrading ...
A page that is a redirect can be moved like any other page, although it is rarely useful because it has the same detrimental effect on page history as copy-pasting content to a new page, and making the old page a redirect: when moving a redirect page to a new page name, the redirect on the old page (now directing to the new redirect page) will ...
To move a page: Go to the page that you want to move. There is no need to click "Edit". Locate the "Move" option at the top of the page. Most users will find the "Move" option in a drop-down menu at the top right of the screen, labelled "More", after "History" and the "Watchlist" star (see picture). It may be under a menu labelled "Page" if you ...