Help:How do I make a page redirect to another?

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Redirection is key to keeping the wiki organized. A redirect page simply redirects one page to an another. For example to redirect the informal NHLD to the formal National Historic Landmark District the NHLD page would have a redirection to the National Historic Landmark District page. A redirection is done by putting only the following on the page (and be sure to avoid a leading space):

#REDIRECT [[Internal Link]]

For our example that means the "NHLD" page contains only the following:

#REDIRECT [[National Historic Landmark District]]

This says, if someone clicks on a link to NHLD (which would look like this in an article: NHLD, and like this in the edit box for that page: [[NHLD]]

then the user is automatically redirected to the National Historic Landmark District page.

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Another example

If you want to make a redirect for an address to a page named for the building, such as to make 124 W. Granite redirect to the existing Butte Water Company page, do this:

  1. Create a page named Granite 124 W. You can do that by typing "Granite 124 W." in the search box and click go. No page will be found, but you can create it in the edit box provided. Where it says "There is no page titled "Granite 124 W.". You can create this page." click the red link for "create this page."
  2. When you create the Granite 124 W. page, put the following and nothing else in the page: #REDIRECT [[Butte Water Company]]. Note that spelling and capitalization for the redirected page name count!
  3. Save the Granite 124 W. page. Now, if you type "Granite 124 W." in the search box and click go, you will be redirected to the Butte Water Company page.

It's not too hard, but a bit tedious, and we have a LOT of redirects we need to make.

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To edit a redirect page

It may happen sometime that you want to change a page back from a redirect to a "real" page. How do you get to it to edit it, since when you click on the link you go to the other page?

In the example above, when you click on NHLD you go to the National Historic Landmark District page. But if you got there via the NHLD redirect, in small print right under the title National Historic Landmark District, you'll see (Redirected from NHLD). If you click on THAT "NHLD" it will take you to the bare, original page where you can edit it.

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