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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.
Exceptions
- Non-empty categories will be listed at Category:Wikipedia non-empty soft redirected categories.
- Infinite loops of length 1 will be listed at Category:Wikipedia category-redirect box parameter needs fixing under ∞.
- Redirects with non-existent targets will be listed at Category:Wikipedia category-redirect box parameter needs fixing under ∃.
See also
This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly error report for this template.
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 |
