GuildWiki:Redirect

This page is an official policy on GuildWiki. It has wide acceptance among editors and is considered a standard that all users should follow. Please use the talk page to propose changes.

Shortcut: 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 #REDIRECT followed by the link the article should redirect to. For example, the redirect Amnoon Oasis has the following text:

#REDIRECT [[The Amnoon Oasis]]

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 link after the redirect link, on the same line. For example, the term GvG is an abbreviation, and needs to show up in 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:

#REDIRECT [[Guild versus Guild]] [[Category:Abbreviations]]

You can list as many categories as you wish for a redirect article, but they must be on the same line as the redirect command.

When to use redirects

In general, the following situations involve a redirect:

• Abbreviations: GvG & gvg --> Guild versus Guild
• Synonyms: leaver --> quitter
• Common misnomers: Silver Armor --> Sliver Armor
• Colloquialisms: Amnoon Oasis --> The Amnoon Oasis

Additionally, 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!):

• Plurals: Obsidian Shards → Obsidian Shard
• Non-infinitive verb forms: attacking & attacked → attack
• Unverifiable colloquialisms: Prince of Noobs → Prince Rurik
• Incorrect capitalizations: The amnoon oasis & THE AMNOON OASIS → The Amnoon Oasis

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