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| − | A '''redirect''' is simply a way to make an article effectively appear at a number of different names, both to help people find it, and also especially to prevent the creation of duplicate articles. | + | A '''redirect''' is simply a way to make an article effectively appear at a number of different names, both to help people find it, and also - especially - to prevent the creation of duplicate articles. |
To create a redirect, simply create an article (titled, say, ''Source'') with the contents being just ''<nowiki>#Redirect[[Target]]</nowiki>''. That's all there is to it! Any reference to 'Source' (e.g. <nowiki>[[Source]]</nowiki>) will automagically wind up at 'Target'. | To create a redirect, simply create an article (titled, say, ''Source'') with the contents being just ''<nowiki>#Redirect[[Target]]</nowiki>''. That's all there is to it! Any reference to 'Source' (e.g. <nowiki>[[Source]]</nowiki>) will automagically wind up at 'Target'. | ||
| − | We'd rather have too many redirects than too few, because the effort to create them is small, whereas the time wasted on a duplicate article can be large. So add variant names, variant capitalization, variant | + | We'd rather have too many redirects than too few, because the effort to create them is small, whereas the time wasted on a duplicate article can be large. So, add variant names, variant capitalization, variant hyphenation and spaces - in fact, every variant, and combination thereof, which you can think of! |
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| + | We have created ''lots'' of redirects; as of April, 2024, there are about 2,900 redirects, and only about 2,550 articles. The good news is that most things you try and link to, you will hit either an article, or a redirect to it, and you won't have to go searching for the article. | ||
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| + | If you ''do'' type a link, and it doesn't wind up at an article, ''please'' set up a redirect, so the next person won't have to go searching! | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
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| + | * [[Special:ListRedirects|List of redirects]] | ||
| + | ** [https://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListRedirects&limit=500&offset=2500 End of list] (as of April, 2024) | ||
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| + | [[Category: Help]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:52, 27 April 2024
A redirect is simply a way to make an article effectively appear at a number of different names, both to help people find it, and also - especially - to prevent the creation of duplicate articles.
To create a redirect, simply create an article (titled, say, Source) with the contents being just #Redirect[[Target]]. That's all there is to it! Any reference to 'Source' (e.g. [[Source]]) will automagically wind up at 'Target'.
We'd rather have too many redirects than too few, because the effort to create them is small, whereas the time wasted on a duplicate article can be large. So, add variant names, variant capitalization, variant hyphenation and spaces - in fact, every variant, and combination thereof, which you can think of!
We have created lots of redirects; as of April, 2024, there are about 2,900 redirects, and only about 2,550 articles. The good news is that most things you try and link to, you will hit either an article, or a redirect to it, and you won't have to go searching for the article.
If you do type a link, and it doesn't wind up at an article, please set up a redirect, so the next person won't have to go searching!
See also
- List of redirects
- End of list (as of April, 2024)
