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[[:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]]
This page is a soft redirect.

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This template is for creating soft redirects, that is to say, short pages inviting readers to visit another page on a different Wikimedia project. This cannot be performed with a classical redirect due to technical restrictions.
This template is also used to redirect an entry to a special 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 redirecting categories, use {{Category redirect}} instead.
For all other redirects within the English Wikipedia, please continue to use #REDIRECT [[Other article]].
Per WP:SOFTSIS, the plain {{soft redirect}} template should not be used in the mainspace. Instead, use one of the specialized soft redirect templates.

{{Soft redirect|target}}

Example

{{Soft redirect|Meta:Template:Interwiki redirect}} will produce:

{{Soft redirect|target|label}}

Example

{{Soft redirect|Meta:Template:Interwiki redirect|"Template:Interwiki redirect" on Meta}} will produce:

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 __NONEWSECTIONLINK__[[File:Softredirarrow.svg|64px|Soft redirect to:|link=]]<span class="redirectText" id="softredirect">[[:{{#invoke:String|match|1={{{1}}}|2=^:*(.-)$}}|{{{2|{{#invoke:String|match|1={{{1}}}|2=^:*(.-)$}}}}}]]</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%; padding-left:48px;">This page is a [[Wikipedia:Soft redirect|soft redirect]].</span><includeonly>{{#ifeq:{{{category|¬}}}|¬|{{#switch: {{NAMESPACE}}
   | {{ns:0}}         = [[Category:Wikipedia soft redirects|{{PAGENAME}}]]
-  | {{ns:Category}}  = [[Category:Wikipedia soft redirected categories|{{PAGENAME}}]]<!--
+  | {{ns:Category}}  = [[Category:Pages with templates in the wrong namespace]] {{error|Error! Please use {{t|category redirect}} instead of this template in Category: space.}}
--->{{#ifeq:{{PAGESINCATEGORY:{{PAGENAME}}}}|0||[[Category:Wikipedia non-empty soft redirected categories|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}
   | {{ns:User}}
   | {{ns:User talk}} = [[Category:User soft redirects|{{PAGENAME}}]]

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