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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.
If a category redirect is intended to be kept, then add |keep=yes to suppress a deletion link that is usually displayed to administrators.
In the case of redirects that are resolved or otherwise used by other templates, consider also adding the template {{ R from category navigation}} within an {{ Rcat shell}}.
Exceptions
- Non-empty categories will be listed at Category:Wikipedia non-empty soft redirected categories ( 1 ).
- 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
TemplateData for Category redirect
Marks category as a soft-redirect
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destination category | 1 | Category that this category should redirect to
| Page name | required |
| nocat | nocat | no description | Unknown | optional |