HammerWiki:Redirect pages
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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 The Compendium of Knowledge has the following text:
#REDIRECT [[Tome of Knowledge]]
This causes the user to see Tome of Knowledge instead, with a short notice that they were redirected from The Compendium of Knowledge.
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 RvR is an abbreviation, and needs to show up in Category:Abbreviations. However, the actual content somebody is interested in is located in the article Realm versus Realm. To create this redirect, the following command is used:
#REDIRECT [[Realm versus Realm]] [[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:
Article names should almost always be in the singular, with the plural redirecting. There may be exceptions, however, where the plural form is the only naturally occuring. This policy differs from GuildWiki.
- Abbreviations: RvR & rvr → Realm versus Realm
- Synonyms: Witch King → Malekith
- Common misnomers: Dwarves → Dwarf
- Colloquialisms: Empire → The Empire
- Intentional lore-related misspellings (mainly greenskin speak): Poisoned Arrow → Poisoned Arrer
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).
[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!):
- Non-infinitive verb forms: attacking & attacked → attack
- Unverifiable colloquialisms: Noob King → Phoenix King
- Incorrect capitalizations: Black fire pass & BLACK FIRE PASS → Black Fire Pass
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. See the editing guide for more information on wiki markup.
