Template:Soft redirect/doc

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Summary

This template is for creating soft redirects, that is to say, short pages inviting readers to visit another page on a different Wikimedia project. This cannot be performed with a classical redirect due to technical restrictions.
This template is also used to redirect an entry to a special page, in which case hard redirects have been disabled.
Occasionally, it is used to effectively disable a redirect that has been deprecated, e.g. WP:DIVA, in which case {{Historical}} is usually also used, above the soft redirect template.
For redirecting categories, use {{Category redirect}} instead.
For all other redirects within the English Wikipedia, please continue to use #REDIRECT [[Other article]].
Per WP:SOFTSIS, the plain {{soft redirect}} template should not be used in the mainspace. Instead, use one of the specialized soft redirect templates.

This template places tagged pages in Category:Wikipedia soft redirects or Category:User soft redirects.

Usage

Single parameter

{{Soft redirect|target}}

Example

{{Soft redirect|Meta:Template:Interwiki redirect}} will produce:

Meta:Template:Interwiki redirect
This page is a en:soft redirect.

Two parameters

{{Soft redirect|target|label}}

Example

{{Soft redirect|Meta:Template:Interwiki redirect|"Template:Interwiki redirect" on Meta}} will produce:

"Template:Interwiki redirect" on Meta
This page is a en:soft redirect.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Target	`1`	Interwiki location (without brackets) Example Meta:Template:Interwiki redirect	String	required
Label	`2`	Text that will be linked to the target Example "Template:Interwiki redirect" on Meta	String	optional
category	`category`	no description	Unknown	optional

Template:Soft redirect/doc

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