- This template should only be used on category pages.
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:Wikipedia 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.
Exceptions
- Non-empty categories will be listed at Category:Wikipedia non-empty soft redirected categories ( 55 ).
- Infinite loops of length 1 will be listed at Category:Wikipedia category-redirect box parameter needs fixing ( 2 ) under ∞.
- Redirects with non-existent targets will be listed at Category:Wikipedia category-redirect box parameter needs fixing ( 2 ) under ∃.
TemplateData
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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 |