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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.
Exceptions
- Non-empty categories will be listed at Category:Wikipedia non-empty soft redirected categories.
- Infinite loops of length 1 will be listed at Category:Wikipedia category-redirect box parameter needs fixing under ∞.
- Redirects with non-existent targets will be listed at Category:Wikipedia category-redirect box parameter needs fixing under ∃.
See also
This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.
See the monthly error report for this template.
TemplateData for Category redirect
<templatedata> { "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": "block" } </templatedata>