Difference between revisions of "Help:Redirects"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
MyraMidnight (talk | contribs) m |
MyraMidnight (talk | contribs) m |
||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
==[[Special:DoubleRedirects|Double Redirects]]== | ==[[Special:DoubleRedirects|Double Redirects]]== | ||
This happens often when a page is "moved". When a page is ''moved'', it will turn the original page into a '''#REDIRECT''', which will forward anyone looking for that specific page onto its current location. | This happens often when a page is "moved". When a page is ''moved'', it will turn the original page into a '''#REDIRECT''', which will forward anyone looking for that specific page onto its current location. | ||
| − | *When a ''#REDIRECT'' is pointed to another ''#REDIRECT'', you'll have a '''Double Redirect''' | + | *When a ''#REDIRECT'' is pointed to another ''#REDIRECT'', you'll have a '''Double Redirect''' which stops the automatic forwarding |
*To fix a Double Redirect, you simply edit the page and direct it to the correct location | *To fix a Double Redirect, you simply edit the page and direct it to the correct location | ||
Revision as of 10:45, 18 August 2014
These are things that need to be done every now and then, and are important to keeping the Wiki well managed and interlinked.
- Just check out the lists and do a little cleanup work
Double Redirects
This happens often when a page is "moved". When a page is moved, it will turn the original page into a #REDIRECT, which will forward anyone looking for that specific page onto its current location.
- When a #REDIRECT is pointed to another #REDIRECT, you'll have a Double Redirect which stops the automatic forwarding
- To fix a Double Redirect, you simply edit the page and direct it to the correct location