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If the redirect target is a non-existing page , or a special page, or a page in another project, then the redirect is not followed, and the reader sees the display of the redirect page (as illustrated below). If the target is a non-existent section of an existing page, then the redirect will take the reader to the top of the target page.
This is because when you try to go straight to the redirect page and edit it, the redirect page will automatically redirect you to its target page (because this is what a redirect page is meant to do). Below is an example of why you might need to go to a redirect page itself (to do a small edit) and how to actually get there.
A redirect is a special type of page that sends the reader to another page. They are used when there are different names for the same subject. For example, the United Kingdom is often referred to as the "UK". The article on Wikipedia entitled UK is a redirect to the United Kingdom article, as it is the same topic as the United Kingdom article.
This redirect page must be outside of draftspace. The draft is located at Draft:Template index/Redirect pages. You are welcome to improve the draft article while it is being considered for inclusion in article namespace. If the draft link is a redirect, then you may boldly turn that redirect into a draft article.
The major reasons why deletion of redirects is harmful are: . a redirect may contain non-trivial edit history; if a redirect is reasonably old (or is the result of moving a page that has been there for quite some time), then it is possible that its deletion will break incoming links (such links coming from older revisions of Wikipedia pages, from edit summaries, from other Wikimedia projects ...
An example double redirect, having since been corrected by redirecting Morchella esculenta directly to Morchella without using Morel as a half-way point. Suppose page title A ( Morchella esculenta in the example to the right) redirects to B ( Morel ), in turn redirecting to C ( Morchella ).
A redirect may be categorized in the same way as for any other page. When it is possible, use redirect category templates (rcats). For clarity, all category links should be added at the end of the page on their own lines, after the redirect target link and rcat(s). Use of a blank line between the redirect target link and all rcats and category ...
To a project page: This is a redirect from any page inside or outside of project (Wikipedia: or WP:) space to any page in the project namespace. The above category link leads to a list of redirects from inside project space. Redirects from outside project space are automatically sorted to Category:Redirects to project namespace.