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This article discusses policy on the use and abuse of redirects on the TabWiki. Other wiki projects may have different approaches.
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How to make a redirect
To redirect a page (1) to a different page (2), enter on the top of page 1:
#REDIRECT [[NAME OF PAGE 2]]
For example, to redirect the Billy Tallent page to the Billy Talent page, edit the Billy Tallent page and enter:
#REDIRECT [[Billy Talent]]
Please note that you can only redirect to articles, not sections in them; although the syntax allows them, e.g.
#REDIRECT [[Billy Talent#Other Songs]]
they don't work.
Everything after the redirect line will be blanked when you save the page. Any text on the same line as the redirect will stay, but will not be visible unless someone edits the page.
More examples are included below:
What do we use redirects for?
- Avoiding broken links (see below)
- Minor but notable topics
In accordance with Wikipedia and TabWiki naming conventions it's best to have an article at a well-defined, unambiguous term, with redirects from looser colloquial terms, rather than vice versa.
Renamings and merges
We try to avoid broken links, because they annoy visitors. Therefore, if we change the layout of some section of Wikipedia, or we merge two duplicate articles, we always leave redirects in the old location to point to the new location. Search engines and visitors will probably have linked to that page at that url. If the page is deleted, potential new visitors from search engines will be greeted with an edit window. The same is true for anyone who previously bookmarked that page, and so on.
On a small scale, this applies to cases where we had duplicate articles on some subject, or lots of twisty little stubs on different aspects of the same overall subject.
When should we delete a redirect?
To delete a redirect without replacing it with a new article, list it on redirects for deletion (you may have to create the page).
This isn't necessary if you just want to replace a redirect with an article, or change where it points. If you want to swap a redirect and an article, but are not able to move the article to the location of the redirect please use TabWiki:Requested moves to request help from an admin in doing that.
Self-links, duplicate links and secondary redirects
Avoid self-links, including self-links through redirects ("loop links"). Also, avoid having two links that go to the same place. These can confuse readers, and cause them to unnecessarily load the same page twice. Don't cause a secondary redirect. They don't work like a primary redirect; same with tertiary redirects.
