Summary
- This template is for creatingsoft redirects, that is to say, short pages inviting readers to visit another page on a differentWikimedia project. This cannot be performed with a classical redirect due to technical restrictions.
- This template is also used to redirect an entry to aspecial page, in which case hard redirects have been disabled.
- Occasionally, it is used to effectively disable a redirect that has been deprecated, e.g.WP:DIVA, in which case{{Historical}} is usually also used, above the soft redirect template.
- For redirectingcategories, use
{{Category redirect}} instead. - For all other redirects within the English Wikipedia, please continue to use
#REDIRECT [[Other article]]. - PerWP:SOFTSIS, the plain{{soft redirect}} template shouldnot be used in the mainspace. Instead, use one of thespecialized soft redirect templates.
This template places tagged pages inCategory:Wikipedia soft redirects orCategory:User soft redirects.
Usage
Single parameter
{{Soft redirect|target}}
Example
{{Soft redirect|Meta:Template:Interwiki redirect}} will produce:
Meta:Template:Interwiki redirect
This page is asoft redirect.
Two parameters
{{Soft redirect|target|label}}
Example
{{Soft redirect|Meta:Template:Interwiki redirect|"Template:Interwiki redirect" on Meta}} will produce:
"Template:Interwiki redirect" on Meta
This page is asoft redirect.
Other examples
See also
Template parameters[Edit template data]
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status |
|---|
| Target | 1 | Interwiki location (without brackets) - Example
- Meta:Template:Interwiki redirect
| String | required |
|---|
| Label | 2 | Text that will be linked to the target - Example
- "Template:Interwiki redirect" on Meta
| String | optional |
|---|
| category | category | no description
| Unknown | optional |
|---|
