Template:Wp/wal/Redirect

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Using this template does not create a redirect. The following pages may have what you are looking for:

• 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 redirects. 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.

Description and use

This template produces a hatnote:

• → Template:Redirect

It is placed at the top of the article or section that is the primary topic of a redirect, and links to other topics that are ambiguous with the name of that redirect. This template is used instead of the generic {{for}} in order to reduce reader confusion.

An example would be when a user searches for the emperor Achilleus. However, the search term "Achilleus" redirects to the page titled Achilles (as in the mythical hero) because it is considered more likely the user were searching for the very well known hero than a relatively obscure emperor. Now, at the top of this Achilles page you will (among other things) find the following hatnote:

"Achilleus" redirects here. For the Roman emperor with this name, see Achilleus (Roman usurper).

That text is this template in action.

Parameters

Template:Wp/wal/expand-section A Template:Wp/wal/para option adds text to the end; note that this should only be used when truly necessary, when the other hatnote templates listed below don't suffice.

Examples

• Template:Tlx → Template:Redirect
• Template:Tlx → Template:Redirect
• Template:Tlx → Template:Redirect
• Template:Tlx → Template:Redirect
• Template:Tlx → Template:Redirect
• Template:Tlx → Template:Redirect
• (as used on the page Achilles) →

The Template:Wp/wal/para option marks the entire hatnote as a Wikipedia self-reference, causing it to be omitted when the page content is reused outside of Wikipedia (see {{self reference}} and for more details).

More complex uses

For more complex cases, other templates can be used:

• {{Redirect2}} (when there are two incoming redirects)
• {{Redirect-multi}} (for two or more redirects)
• {{Redirect-several}} (for several redirects, without listing each)
• {{Redirect-distinguish}}
• {{See Wiktionary}} with "redirect" field
• {{Technical reasons}}

TemplateData

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
Use 1	2	Displayed as: For Use 1, see ... If left empty, defaults to For other uses, see ...	Line	optional
Target 1	3	Page to link to. Default is [[PAGENAME (disambiguation)]].	Page name	optional
Use 2	4	Second use. Can be 'and' to give: For Use 1, see [[Target1]] and [[Target2]].	Line	optional
Target 2	5	Page to link second use to.	Page name	optional
Use 3	6	Third use. Can be 'and'.	Line	optional
Target 3	7	Page to link third use to.	Page name	optional
Custom text	text	Text to be appended to the end.	Line	optional
Is self-reference?	selfref	Set to yes to make this hatnote invisible on e.g. printed versions, for [[WP:SELFREF]]s Default no Auto value yes	Boolean	optional

See also

• {{no redirect}},

ERROR: This page is using an unprefixed version of template {{Tlf}}

Create {{Wp/wal/Tlf}} instead and replace all occurences of {{Tlf}} in Wp/wal/ prefixed pages by that.

You may like to check 3 templates in Category:Wp/wal/Templates using unprefixed template Tlf first to remove all occurences from those templates which will fix the pages containing those templates too.

{{-r}}

• {{is redirect}}, returns yes/<blank>
• {{Shortcut}}, for creating redirects primarily within the Wikipedia namespace that uses shorter names (e.g. or WP:AN).
• Rcat functional index

• Template:Wp/wal/Commons-inline at Wikimedia Commons.

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