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Wikipedia:Redirect is the official Wikipedia guideline on redirects. The page focuses on the rules and standards that the Wikipedia community has agreed to generally follow regarding redirects.
Help:Redirect is a how-to page that focuses on the technical aspects of templates. It instructs editors on how redirects work and how to handle them without causing errors.
R template index contains a large list of templates that are used in order to tag and categorize redirects.

This template is used on approximately 37,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template uses Lua:

Module:Redirect hatnote

This template produces a hatnote:

{{Redirect|Foo}} →
"Foo" redirects here. For other uses, see Foo (disambiguation).

Its purpose is to reduce confusion by helping users get to their intended page if they were redirected to another page while, for example, searching for a topic. An example would be when a user searches for Achilleus (as in the emperor), but ends up on the page titled Achilles (as in the mythical hero) after being redirected. A |text= option adds text to the end; note that this should be only used when truly necessary, and the other hatnote templates listed below don't suffice.

Examples

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{{Redirect|Foo}} →
"Foo" redirects here. For other uses, see Foo (disambiguation).
{{Redirect|REDIRECT||PAGE1}} →
"REDIRECT" redirects here. For other uses, see PAGE1.
{{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1}} →
"REDIRECT" redirects here. For USE1, see PAGE1.
{{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3}} →
"REDIRECT" redirects here. For USE1, see PAGE1. For USE2, see PAGE2. For USE3, see PAGE3.
{{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1|and|PAGE2}} →
"REDIRECT" redirects here. For USE1, see PAGE1 and PAGE2.
{{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2|and|PAGE3}} →
"REDIRECT" redirects here. For USE1, see PAGE1. For USE2, see PAGE2 and PAGE3.
{{Redirect|Achilleus|the Emperor with this name|Achilleus (emperor)|other uses|Achilles (disambiguation)}} (as used on the page Achilles) →
"Achilleus" redirects here. For the Emperor with this name, see Achilleus (emperor). For other uses, see Achilles (disambiguation).

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Wikipedia:Hatnote Wikipedia:Disambiguation Wikipedia:Redirect
Generic	{{Hatnote}} {{Selfref}} (for self-references)
For and about	{{For}} {{For2}} (for custom text) {{For multi}} (for multiple uses) {{About}} Variations: {{Other uses}} {{Other uses of}}
Other topics	{{Other people}} {{About other people}} (adds "about" description) {{Similar names}} {{Other places}} {{Other ships}} {{Other hurricanes}}
Redirect	{{Redirect}} {{Redirect2}} (for two redirects) {{Redirect-multi}} (for multiple redirects) {{Redirect-several}} (for several redirects, without listing each) {{Redirect-synonym}} {{Redirect-distinguish}} {{Technical reasons}}
Distinguish	{{Distinguish}} (supports custom text too) {{Redirect-distinguish}} {{Redirect-distinguish2}} (for custom text) {{Redirect-distinguish6}} {{About-distinguish}} {{About-distinguish2}} (for custom text)
For use in sections	{{Main}} {{Further}} {{Further2}} (for custom text) {{Further ill}} {{See also}} {{See also if exists}} {{For outline}}
Special	{{Broader}} {{See introduction}} {{See Wiktionary}} {{Transcluding article}} {{Transcluded section}}
Subject specific	{{Year dab}} {{Highway detail hatnote}} {{For LMST}} {{WikiIPA}} {{Other MeSH codes}}
Category:Hatnote templates modules for [family] names for lists hatnote templates for category pages

TemplateData

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This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Redirect in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Redirect

This template produces a hatnote similar to: "Foo" redirects here. For other uses, see [[Foo (disambiguation)]].

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Redirecting page	`1`	Name of page that redirects here	Page name	required
Use1	`2`	Displayed as: For Use1, see ... If left empty, defaults to For other uses, see ...	String	optional
Target1	`3`	Page to link to. Default is [[PAGENAME (disambiguation)]].	Page name	optional
Use2	`4`	Second use. Can be 'and' to give: For Use1, see [[Target1]] and [[Target2]]	String	optional
Target2	`5`	Page to link second use to.	Page name	optional
Use3	`6`	Third use, can be 'and'	String	optional
Target3	`7`	Page to link third use to.	Page name	optional
Custom text	`text`	Text to be appended to the end.	String	optional

Related templates

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Other websites

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Template:Redirect at Wikimedia Commons.

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