Editing GuildWiki:Redirect

{{policy|[[GW:REDIRECT]]}} 

A redirect is when one article name automatically directs the viewer to another article. They are commonly used when articles are moved, or when one article has many equally valid names.

== Syntax ==

To create a redirect, you place the command <nowiki>#REDIRECT</nowiki> followed by the link the article should redirect to. For example, the redirect [[Amnoon Oasis]] has the following text:

 <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[The Amnoon Oasis]]</nowiki>

This causes the user to see [[The Amnoon Oasis]] instead, with a short notice that they were redirected from [[Amnoon Oasis]].

If a redirect article needs to be in a category, you can put the category links on lines after the redirect link. For example, the term [{{fullurl:GvG|redirect=no}} GvG] is an abbreviation, and needs to show up in [[:Category:Abbreviations]]. However, the actual content somebody is interested in is located in the article [[Guild versus Guild]]. To create this redirect, the following command is used:

 <nowiki>
#REDIRECT [[Guild versus Guild]]

[[Category:Abbreviations]]</nowiki>

You can list as many categories as needed (depending on the type of article).

== When to use redirects ==

In general, the following situations involve a redirect:

:*Abbreviations: [[GvG]] & [[gvg]] &rarr; [[Guild versus Guild]]
:*Synonyms: [[leaver]] &rarr; [[quit]]ter
:*Common misnomers: [[Silver Armor]] &rarr; [[Sliver Armor]]
:*Colloquialisms: [[Amnoon Oasis]] &rarr; [[The Amnoon Oasis]]
:*Incorrect capitalizations: [[the fissure of woe]] &rarr; [[The Fissure of Woe]]
:*Plurals for stackable items: [[obsidian shards]] &rarr; [[Obsidian Shard]]
Notes:
*The redirect for capitalization is only needed for articles of three words or more that have mixed capitalization - articles of two words or less, or articles that have all words with the same capitalization will already be located correctly by the search box.
*The redirect for both plurals and for capitalization variances should always be on a version of the name in '''all lowercase''' - the logic built into the search tool will then find the article regardless of the capitalization used in the search.
*When articles are moved, redirects from the old name to the new name are automatically created. If the article is somewhat popular (i.e., it's reasonable to assume one might have a bookmark directly to the article), it's appropriate to leave the redirect in place, or put a message stating that the article has been moved and that the redirect will be deleted soon (a couple weeks, at most).

== When ''not'' to use redirects ==

The following sorts of redirects will be speedily deleted (these links are red because the redirects don't exist!):

:*Unverifiable colloquialisms: [[Prince of Noobs]] &rarr; [[Prince Rurik]]
:*Redirects to user namespace: There should be no redirects from any other namespace over to the user name space.
:*Redirects for capitalization when the article name is only two words or has all words in the same case: [[Charr carving]] &rarr; [[Charr Carving]]; [[Destructive was glaive]] &rarr; [[Destructive Was Glaive]].

Some exceptions to this list exist for usability reasons; however, new exceptions should not be created without first discussing it on this talk page.

''Note: Plurals and non-infinitive verb forms can usually be emulated in wiki markup by adding the ending ''after'' the wiki-link, for example <nowiki>[[attack]]ing</nowiki> will be displayed as: [[attack]]ing''

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