Template:Soft_redirect

Template:Soft redirect

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

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This template is used on approximately 6,000 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.

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]].

This 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