Banri at 19:22, 10 June 2020

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			{{Editing Guides}}

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Banri at 01:15, 7 June 2020

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	* Common shortenings or abbreviations		* Common shortenings or abbreviations
	* Alternative names		* Alternative names

			==See also==
			* [[GSWiki:Disambiguation]]

	[[Category:Policies\|Redirecting]]		[[Category:Policies\|Redirecting]]
	[[Category:Redirects\|*]]		[[Category:Redirects\|*]]

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{{shortcut|GS:REDIR|GS:R|GS:REDIRECT}}
Although our pages (should) always have the accurate names of the items, missions or characters, players searching this wiki may not be as accurate as we are; after all, the use of shortenings or abbreviations can speed up searching considerably, if they can be used. To this end '''redirecting''' is utilised in order to aid users in finding articles.

A redirect is a page created specifically to take a searcher straight to another article, even without the accurate name. They can be used in a variety of situations to help the users of this wiki.

==How to redirect==
To make a redirect page, the page which will be redirecting must be created. To redirect it to a selected page, simply write <code>#REDIRECT <nowiki>[[Target page name]]</nowiki></code> in it. When previewed, the page will show the following:

#REDIRECT [[GSWiki:No page|Target page name]]

Don't worry. It may not look like a redirect page does once created, but that is just because redirects don't show on preview pages. See below to see what a page looks like when redirected:

[[File:Redirect.png|frame|left]]
{{clear|left}}

===Redirecting to a category===
When creating a page that redirects to a category, using the format above causes the redirect page to be included in the category itself. To properly redirect to a category, use

<pre>#REDIRECT [[:Category:CategoryNameHere]]</pre>

The use of the colon (:) before the category instructs the Wiki software to treat the link as a normal link and not as a category to be included.

===Editing an existing redirect===
Editing a redirect page is like editing any other page: the trick comes in finding the redirect page itself and not its target.

To access an existing redirect page, search for the redirect title (example "Templates"). When the target page appears, a note underneath the target page's title will say something similar to "<span id="contentSub" class="plainlinks">(Redirected from [{{fullurl:Templates|redirect=no}} Templates])</span>". Clicking on the link in this notice will take you to the redirect page itself (pictured above) which can then be edited as normal.

==When to use redirects==
Redirects can be used for a number of things:

* Common misspellings.
* Different forms of capitalization
* Common shortenings or abbreviations
* Alternative names

[[Category:Policies|Redirecting]]
[[Category:Redirects|*]]

GSWiki:Redirecting - Revision history

Banri at 19:22, 10 June 2020

Banri at 01:15, 7 June 2020

Banri: Created page with "{{shortcut|GS:REDIR|GS:R|GS:REDIRECT}} Although our pages (should) always have the accurate names of the items, missions or characters, players searching this wiki may not be..."