Template:Category redirect/doc

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Not to be confused with Template:Redirect category.

For the Wikipedia policy on redirecting categories, see WP:CATRED.

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 ( 0 ).
• Infinite loops of length 1 will be listed at Category:Wikipedia category-redirect box parameter needs fixing ( 0 ) under ∞.
• Redirects with non-existent targets will be listed at Category:Wikipedia category-redirect box parameter needs fixing ( 0 ) under ∃.

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Category redirect

Marks category as a soft-redirect

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Destination category	1	Category that this category should redirect to Example Writers	Page name	required
nocat	nocat	no description	Unknown	optional

See also

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