Commons:Redirect

A redirect is a page that automatically redirects the reader's browser to a specified target page. Redirects are used to help users locate information and keep wikis organized, so that multiple names, abbreviations, misspellings, or related topics can all point to the same page.

Basics

See also: m:Help:Redirect.

A redirect is created by the text

#REDIRECT [[name of the target page]]

Redirects work in all namespaces, but should not be used in the Category namespace (use {{Category redirect}}; but see Commons:Rename a category).

Category redirects

See also: w:WP:R#CATEGORY.

• Commons:Rename a category
• Commons:Only use category redirects where necessary
• Template:Category redirect

File redirects

See also: Help:File redirect.

Gallery redirects

See also: Commons:Galleries#Redirects.

User redirects

When no user page exists a redirect to the (existing) User Talk Page avoids redlinks, and leads directly to required information.