Template:Category redirect/doc

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 ( 2 ).
• Infinite loops of length 1 will be listed at Category:Wikipedia category-redirect box parameter needs fixing ( 1 ) under ∞.
• Redirects with non-existent targets will be listed at Category:Wikipedia category-redirect box parameter needs fixing ( 1 ) under ∃.

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Category redirect

{
	"params": {
		"1": {
			"label": "Destination category",
			"description": "Category that this category should redirect to",
			"example": "Writers",
			"type": "wiki-page-name",
			"required": true
		},
		"nocat": {}
	},
	"description": "Marks category as a soft-redirect",
	"format": "inline"
}

See also

• Template:Category disambiguation
• Template:Resolve category redirect
•  Wikipedia:Template index/Category namespace