Template:SOFTREDIRECT

Example: soft redirect to Meta:Main Page

Template documentation[ view · edit · history · purge ]

This documentation is transcluded from Template:SOFTREDIRECT/doc.

This template can be used for interwiki redirects (where #REDIRECT doesn't work). For the sites that support it, the target page will have the "Redirected from..." line as if it was a local redirect. (Most Wikimedia sites don't support this, but the English Wiktionary does. For example.) However, please continue to use #REDIRECT [[Other page]] for redirects within Wikimedia Commons. For category "redirects" within Commons, please use {{category redirect|other category}}.

Note: This isn't really a redirect to Meta's main page - that's just the example.

The template automatically sets the following categories: This places tagged pages in Category:Commons soft redirects or Category:User soft redirects

Usage

{{SOFTREDIRECT |1= }}

Normal usage is simply {{SOFTREDIRECT|Page name}}.

Template parameters

 Parameter text is empty

<templatedata>JSON</templatedata> ./. {{TemplateBox}}

TemplateData

TemplateData is a way to store information about template parameters (the description of those and of the whole template) for both humans and machines. It is used by VisualEditor and possibly other tools like Upload Wizard.

---

Existing template documentation
At Wikimedia Commons, it is recommended to use {{TemplateBox}} with either ‎useTemplateData=1 or ‎useTemplateData=only on the ‎/doc subpage and transcluding it with {{Documentation}} into the template. ‎<nowiki>-tags can be wrapped around the arguments, if required, to avoid templates being expanded.

Newly created template documentation and imports
Another option, especially for imported templates, or for users with JSON experience, is placing raw ‎<templatedata>-tags into the Wikitext of the template, as described in various Wikipediae.

Discussion
There is an ongoing discussion about that matter. Feel invited to comment if you are experienced in either way, your time permits and if you like to share your opinion or to make a suggestion.

---

Wikipedia's help about TemplateData • Commons-specific information

This template can be used for interwiki redirects (where #REDIRECT doesn't work). For the sites that support it, the target page will have the "Redirected from..." line as if it was a local redirect. (Most Wikimedia sites don't support this, but the English Wiktionary does.) However, please continue to use "#REDIRECT [[Other page]]" for redirects within Wikimedia Commons. For category "redirects" within Commons, please use {{category redirect}}.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
target	1	The redirect target	Line	required
link text	2	The text of the redirect link, by default the target title	Line	optional
notice text	3	Text for redirect notice (above the link)	Content	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: no namespace specified

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: no user group specified

Example

{{SOFTREDIRECT|w:Main Page|Wikipedia's main page|Fake redirect}}

renders as:

Wikipedia's main page

See also

{{Interwiki redirect}}

Localization

To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please edit the template and add a row to the "{{LangSwitch|}}" construct. It takes the form "|xx= Your translation " (xx being the code of your language)