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	A page will be treated as a redirect page if its wikitext begins with <code>#REDIRECT</code> followed by a valid wikilink or interwikilink. A space is usually left before the link. (Note that some alternative capitalizations of "REDIRECT" are possible.)		A page will be treated as a redirect page if its wikitext begins with <code>#REDIRECT</code> followed by a valid wikilink or interwikilink. A space is usually left before the link. (Note that some alternative capitalizations of "REDIRECT" are possible.)

	Note that a redirect will work as intended (i.e. take the reader directly to the target page) only if the link is to an existing normal page (not a special page) on the same project (English ~~Wikipedia~~)~~. In other cases soft redirects are often used – see [[#Soft redirects\|below]]~~.		Note that a redirect will work as intended (i.e. take the reader directly to the target page) only if the link is to an existing normal page (not a special page) on the same project (English BoyWiki).

	Examples:		Examples:

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	Examples:		Examples:
	* <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[~~France~~]]</nowiki></code> (redirects to the [[~~France~~]] article)		* <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Apollo (mythology)]]</nowiki></code> (redirects to the [[Apollo (mythology)\|Apollo]] article)
	* <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[~~France~~#~~History~~]]</nowiki></code> (redirects to the ~~"History"~~ section ~~of the~~ [[~~France~~]] article)		* <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Apollo (mythology)#Hyacinth]]</nowiki></code> (redirects to the section about [[Apollo (mythology)#Hyacinth\|Hyacinth]] in the Apollo article)
	* <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[fr:France]]</nowiki></code> (appears as a redirect to the [[France]] article on French BoyWiki, but will not work as a true redirect)		* <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[fr:France]]</nowiki></code> (appears as a redirect to the [[France]] article on French BoyWiki, but will not work as a true redirect)

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	A '''redirect''' is a page created so that navigation to a given title will take the reader directly to a different page. A redirect is created using the syntax:		A '''redirect''' is a page created so that navigation to a given title will take the reader directly to a different page. A redirect is automatically created when a page is moved and may need to be deleted if appropriate. Redirect pages take up very little server space and are useful for the search function in aiding navigation to the correct page.

			A redirect is created using the syntax:

	<pre>		<pre>

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	Note that the redirect link must be explicit – it cannot contain [[Help:Magic words\|magic words]], templates, etc.		Note that the redirect link must be explicit – it cannot contain [[Help:Magic words\|magic words]], templates, etc.

	When redirecting to a category page, prefix the target pagename with a colon to prevent the redirect from showing up in the category. Example: <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[:Category:Help]]</nowiki></code> ~~(Redirects from one category page to another should use soft redirects – see [[#Soft redirects\|below]].)~~ Redirects to [[Help:images\|image]] pages also require the colon.		When redirecting to a category page, prefix the target pagename with a colon to prevent the redirect from showing up in the category. Example: <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[:Category:Help]]</nowiki></code>

			Redirects to [[Help:images\|image]] pages also require the colon.

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	Note that the redirect link must be explicit – it cannot contain [[Help:Magic words\|magic words]], templates, etc.		Note that the redirect link must be explicit – it cannot contain [[Help:Magic words\|magic words]], templates, etc.

	When redirecting to a ~~[[Help:~~category~~\|category]]~~ page, prefix the target pagename with a colon to prevent the redirect from showing up in the category. Example: <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[:Category:Help]]</nowiki></code> (Redirects from one category page to another should use soft redirects – see [[#Soft redirects\|below]].) Redirects to [[Help:images\|image]] pages also require the colon.		When redirecting to a category page, prefix the target pagename with a colon to prevent the redirect from showing up in the category. Example: <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[:Category:Help]]</nowiki></code> (Redirects from one category page to another should use soft redirects – see [[#Soft redirects\|below]].) Redirects to [[Help:images\|image]] pages also require the colon.

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	#REDIRECT [[target]]		#REDIRECT [[target]]
	</pre>		</pre>
	...where "target" is the name of the target page. It is also possible to add a ~~[[WP:~~section~~\|section]]~~ header to make a redirect to a specific section of the target page in the following manner:		...where "target" is the name of the target page. It is also possible to add a section header to make a redirect to a specific section of the target page in the following manner:
	<pre>		<pre>
	#REDIRECT [[target#section header]]		#REDIRECT [[target#section header]]
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	==Syntax==		==Syntax==
	A page will be treated as a redirect page if its ~~[[WP:~~wikitext~~\|wikitext]]~~ begins with <code>#REDIRECT</code> followed by a valid ~~[[Help:Link\|~~wikilink]] or ~~[[Help:Interwiki\|~~interwikilink]]. A space is usually left before the link. (Note that some alternative capitalizations of "REDIRECT" are possible.)		A page will be treated as a redirect page if its wikitext begins with <code>#REDIRECT</code> followed by a valid wikilink or interwikilink. A space is usually left before the link. (Note that some alternative capitalizations of "REDIRECT" are possible.)

	Note that a redirect will work as intended (i.e. take the reader directly to the target page) only if the link is to an existing normal page (not a ~~[[Help:~~special page~~\|special page]]~~) on the same project (English Wikipedia). In other cases soft redirects are often used – see [[#Soft redirects\|below]].		Note that a redirect will work as intended (i.e. take the reader directly to the target page) only if the link is to an existing normal page (not a special page) on the same project (English Wikipedia). In other cases soft redirects are often used – see [[#Soft redirects\|below]].

	Examples:		Examples:
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	Note that the redirect link must be explicit – it cannot contain [[Help:Magic words\|magic words]], templates, etc.		Note that the redirect link must be explicit – it cannot contain [[Help:Magic words\|magic words]], templates, etc.

	When redirecting to a [[Help:category\|category]] page, prefix the target pagename with a colon to prevent the redirect from showing up in the category. (Redirects from one category page to another should use soft redirects – see [[#Soft redirects\|below]].) Redirects to [[Help:images\|image]] pages also require the colon.		When redirecting to a [[Help:category\|category]] page, prefix the target pagename with a colon to prevent the redirect from showing up in the category. Example: <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[:Category:Help]]</nowiki></code> (Redirects from one category page to another should use soft redirects – see [[#Soft redirects\|below]].) Redirects to [[Help:images\|image]] pages also require the colon.

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	* <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[France]]</nowiki></code> (redirects to the [[France]] article)		* <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[France]]</nowiki></code> (redirects to the [[France]] article)
	* <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[France#History]]</nowiki></code> (redirects to the "History" section of the [[France]] article)		* <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[France#History]]</nowiki></code> (redirects to the "History" section of the [[France]] article)
	* <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[fr:France]]</nowiki></code> (appears as a redirect to the [[France]] article on French ~~Wikipedia~~, but will not work as a true redirect)		* <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[fr:France]]</nowiki></code> (appears as a redirect to the [[France]] article on French BoyWiki, but will not work as a true redirect)

	Any text appearing after the redirect link will be ignored in the display, but may be used to add categories, interwiki links, comments, etc.		Any text appearing after the redirect link will be ignored in the display, but may be used to add categories, interwiki links, comments, etc.

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			==See also==
			*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Redirect Help:Redirect (Wikipedia)]
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