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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.
replacing Redirect page name with the name of the redirect page to link. To link to a redirect page without following the underlying redirect, use: {{No redirect|Redirect page name}} replacing Redirect page name with the name of the redirect page to link. Clicking on a no-redirect link will send the reader to the redirect page rather than the ...
#REDIRECT [[Name of article]] Replace "Name of article" with the article you want it to point to, and click "Publish page". For example, entering 'UK' into the above box would create a new page with the title 'UK'; a redirect from this page to the United Kingdom article would be formatted like this: #REDIRECT [[United Kingdom]]
It can also be used without linking at all by changing the link parameter, which may be useful on pages which have many redirects and other usages, but which all follow a regular pattern. The text parameter should also be used in such circumstances, to describe the titles of the redirects.
Another example is the Ajax programming technique, where, for example, clicking a hypertext link may cause JavaScript code to retrieve the text for a new price quotation to display in place of the current one within the page, without re-loading the whole page. When the new text arrives back from the server, the JavaScript must identify the ...
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 ...
This template provides an easy way to link a redirect page without following the redirect. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Page name 1 The name of the page to link String required Label 2 The text to be displayed. If this is omitted then the input of the first parameter, page name, is used. String optional See also {{ Template link no redirect ...
A metatemplate for redirect category templates. Don't transclude this template directly. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Name of rcat template id The actual name of the rcat template Example R from example Template required Rcat template name to display name The name of the rcat template as it is displayed Example From an example String required From ...