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===Redirects===

{{~~shortcut~~|~~MOS~~:~~RDR|MOS~~:~~REDIR}}~~

{{hatnote|See also: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Redirect|Wikipedia:Redirect]]}}

~~{{Main article~~|Wikipedia:Redirect}}

Let's assume for example you needed to link "poodle", and there was no article for poodles yet. You might want to create a redirect from "poodle" to "dog" as follows: Write the link in the text as if the "poodle" article existed: <code><nowiki>She owned a [[poodle]]</nowiki></code>. When you save or preview this, you will see: {{xt|She owned a [[WP:Red link example|poodle]]}}. Click on the red link to create the redirect page, and enter the code <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT</nowiki></code> followed by a space and a standard wikilink to the target article name (in our case, {{xt|Dog}}). The result should be: <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Dog]]</nowiki></code>.

Let's assume for example you needed to link "poodle", and there was no article for poodles yet. You might want to create a redirect from "poodle" to "dog" as follows: Write the link in the text as if the "poodle" article existed: <code><nowiki>She owned a [[poodle]]</nowiki></code>. When you save or preview this, you will see: {{xt|She owned a [[Wikipedia:WP:Red link example|poodle]]}}. Click on the red link to create the redirect page, and enter the code <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT</nowiki></code> followed by a space and a standard wikilink to the target article name (in our case, {{xt|Dog}}). The result should be: <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Dog]]</nowiki></code>.

The advantage of redirects over [[#Piped links|piped links]] is that they allow us to determine which pages link to the given topic using [[Special:WhatLinksHere]], which in turn allows us to:

*Create a new article when a significant number of links to that topic exist (see [[WP:Don't fix links to redirects that are not broken~~]] and [[~~Wikipedia:~~Redirects with possibilities|Redirects with possibilities~~]])

*Create a new article when a significant number of links to that topic exist (see [[Wikipedia:WP:Don't fix links to redirects that are not broken|Wikipedia:Don't fix links to redirects that are not broken]])

*Maintain links (e.g. by filtering incoming links and identifying related articles)

(There is currently no way to apply Whatlinkshere directly to article sections.)

~~To link to a redirect page without following the underlying redirect, use <code><nowiki>{{no redirect|PageName}}</nowiki></code>, replacing PageName with the name of the redirect page to link.~~

===Piped links===

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 ===Redirects===
-{{shortcut|MOS:RDR|MOS:REDIR}}
+{{hatnote|See also: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Redirect|Wikipedia:Redirect]]}}
-{{Main article|Wikipedia:Redirect}}
-Let's assume for example you needed to link "poodle", and there was no article for poodles yet. You might want to create a redirect from "poodle" to "dog" as follows: Write the link in the text as if the "poodle" article existed: <code><nowiki>She owned a [[poodle]]</nowiki></code>. When you save or preview this, you will see: {{xt|She owned a [[WP:Red link example|poodle]]}}. Click on the red link to create the redirect page, and enter the code <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT</nowiki></code> followed by a space and a standard wikilink to the target article name (in our case, {{xt|Dog}}). The result should be: <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Dog]]</nowiki></code>.
+Let's assume for example you needed to link "poodle", and there was no article for poodles yet. You might want to create a redirect from "poodle" to "dog" as follows: Write the link in the text as if the "poodle" article existed: <code><nowiki>She owned a [[poodle]]</nowiki></code>. When you save or preview this, you will see: {{xt|She owned a [[Wikipedia:WP:Red link example|poodle]]}}. Click on the red link to create the redirect page, and enter the code <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT</nowiki></code> followed by a space and a standard wikilink to the target article name (in our case, {{xt|Dog}}). The result should be: <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Dog]]</nowiki></code>.
 The advantage of redirects over [[#Piped links|piped links]] is that they allow us to determine which pages link to the given topic using [[Special:WhatLinksHere]], which in turn allows us to:
-*Create a new article when a significant number of links to that topic exist (see [[WP:Don't fix links to redirects that are not broken]] and [[Wikipedia:Redirects with possibilities|Redirects with possibilities]])
+*Create a new article when a significant number of links to that topic exist (see [[Wikipedia:WP:Don't fix links to redirects that are not broken|Wikipedia:Don't fix links to redirects that are not broken]])
 *Maintain links (e.g. by filtering incoming links and identifying related articles)
 (There is currently no way to apply Whatlinkshere directly to article sections.)
-To link to a redirect page without following the underlying redirect, use <code><nowiki>{{no redirect|PageName}}</nowiki></code>, replacing PageName with the name of the redirect page to link.
 ===Piped links===