Template:Soft redirect/doc

Summary

• 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.

This template places tagged pages in Category:Wikipedia soft redirects or Category: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 a soft 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 a soft redirect.

Other examples

• Wikipedia:Bylaws
• Wikipedia:Special:SpecialPages

See also

• Wikipedia:Soft redirect guideline
• Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects  Specialized soft redirect templates

This template is for creating soft redirects for targets that cannot by redirected using a classical redirect due to technical restrictions.

Template parameters

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