Help:Redirect

Redirecting pages means "pointing" or "forwarding" one page to another. This is useful if one page is preferred rather than two. For instance, there may be little need for a page titled "Lincoln Penny" if one exists by the name "Lincoln Head Penny". Therefore, redirecting "Lincoln Penny" to "Lincoln Head Penny" will automatically redirect searches and links to "Lincoln Head Penny".

There are two types of redirects, hard redirect and soft redirects:

Hard Redirects
A hard redirect is used when both pages are on the same wiki. The page will redirect automatically. It is created by the text:


 * 1) REDIRECT name of the target page

Soft Redirects
A soft redirect is used when you want to redirect a page to another wiki (see Interwiki Links). They are created using the following template:

Soft Redirect 01 Template

Sample text: