GuildWiki:Redirect
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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.
[edit] 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 links on lines after the redirect link. For example, the term 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:
#REDIRECT [[Guild versus Guild]] [[Category:Abbreviations]]
You can list as many categories as needed (depending on the type of article).
[edit] 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
- Incorrect capitalizations: the fissure of woe → The Fissure of Woe
- Plurals for stackable items: obsidian shards → 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).
[edit] 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 → 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 → Charr Carving; Destructive was glaive → 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 [[attack]]ing will be displayed as: attacking
