Template:Category redirect/doc

Not to be confused with Template:Redirect category.

For the Wikipedia policy on redirecting categories, see WP:CATRED.

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), start a discussion at WP:CFD.

In the case of redirects that are resolved or otherwise used by other templates, consider also adding the template {{R from category navigation}} and/or {{R from template-generated category}} as the unnamed second parameter. For example, on Category:16th-century Czech people:

{{Category redirect | 16th-century people from Bohemia | {{R from category navigation}} }}

If more than one "R from" templates are applicable, as on Category:Years of the 19th century in Sri Lanka, do not use a pipe between the two. They should both be included in the second parameter:

{{Category redirect | Years of the 19th century in Ceylon | {{R from category navigation}} {{R from template-generated category}} }}

If a category redirect is intended to be kept when the above templates are not applicable, e.g. for alternative spellings, then add |keep=yes to suppress a deletion link that is usually displayed to administrators. It is not necessary to specify this when using the "R from" templates, because this function is switched on by their presence.

Templates in the target name

Note that the use of templates in the target name will prevent the redirect from being resolved by {{Resolve category redirect}}, as will the characters | or !.

For more information, see Template:Resolve category redirect#Templates.

Errors

• Non-empty categories will be listed at Category:Wikipedia non-empty soft redirected categories ( 35 ).
• Infinite loops of length 1 will be listed at Category:Wikipedia category-redirect box parameter needs fixing ( 1 ) under ∞.
• Redirects with non-existent targets will be listed at Category:Wikipedia category-redirect box parameter needs fixing ( 1 ) under ∃.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Category redirect in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Category redirect

Marks category as a soft-redirect

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Destination category	1	Category that this category should redirect to Example Writers	Page name	required
Redirect categories	2	This parameter is for various {{redirect template}}s Example {{R from category navigation}}	String	optional
nocat	nocat	If "true", suppresses categorization. This should only be used for examples. Default false Example yes	Boolean	optional
keep	keep	If "true", hides the link for admins to delete the category if empty Default false	Boolean	optional

See also

• Template:Category disambiguation
• Template:Resolve category redirect
• Wikipedia:Template index/Category namespace