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Instructions
Example: To redirect from Category:Authors to Category:Writers, simply add the following to Category:Authors:
{{Category redirect|Writers}}or{{Category redirect|Category:Writers}}with optional namespace prefix
This template adds category pages to Category:OODA WIKI soft redirected categories.
If a category redirect exists but is not likely to be useful (see criteria in WP:Category redirects that should be kept), tag it with {{db-c1}} for deletion.
If a category redirect is intended to be kept, then add |keep=yes to suppress a deletion link that is usually displayed to administrators.
In the case of redirects that are resolved or otherwise used by other templates, consider also adding the template {{R from category navigation}} within an {{Rcat shell}}.
Templates in the target name
Note that the use of templates in the target name will prevent the redirect from being resolved by {{Resolve category redirect}}, as will the characters | or !.
For more info, see Template:Resolve category redirect#Templates.
Exceptions
- Non-empty categories will be listed at Category:OODA WIKI non-empty soft redirected categories ( 0 ).
- Infinite loops of length 1 will be listed at Category:OODA WIKI category-redirect box parameter needs fixing ( 0 ) under ∞.
- Redirects with non-existent targets will be listed at Category:OODA WIKI category-redirect box parameter needs fixing ( 0 ) under ∃.
TemplateData
TemplateData for Category redirect
Marks category as a soft-redirect
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destination category | 1 | Category that this category should redirect to
| Page name | required |
| nocat | nocat | no description | Unknown | optional |