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Resolves a soft category redirect.
It takes one parameter, which is the name of a category. It returns that category name,
unless
the category exists and is a
{{
category redirect
}}
... when it returns the name of the redirect target.
Usage
{{Resolve category redirect|
categoryname
}}
Examples
- Category exists and is not redirected
- Category:1970s
{{Resolve category redirect|1970s}}
→ 1970s
{{Resolve category redirect|Category:1970s}}
→ Category:1970s
- Category exists and is a soft redirect
- Category:Mosques completed in the 19th century
{{Resolve category redirect|Mosques completed in the 19th century}}
→ 19th-century mosques
{{Resolve category redirect|Category:Mosques completed in the 19th century}}
→ 19th-century mosques
- Category exists and is a soft redirect
- Category:Organisations
{{Resolve category redirect|Organisations}}
→ Organizations
{{Resolve category redirect|Category:Organisations}}
→ Organizations
- Non-existent category
- Category:Colourless green things
{{Resolve category redirect|Colourless green things}}
→ Colourless green things
{{Resolve category redirect|Category:Colourless green things}}
→ Category:Colourless green things
Templates
Do not use templates in the target name.
{{
Resolve category redirect
}}
cannot expand any templates in the target name, and the
{
character caused crashes (as did
}
and
!
). So it does not attempt to resolve any redirect where the target includes those characters.
- Example
- Category:1781 in Mexico?
contained
{{category redirect|{{title year}} in New Spain}}
which cannot be resolved. To be safe,
{{Resolve category redirect|1781 in Mexico?}}
simply returned
1781 in Mexico?
.
The above example has since been
changed
to
{{category redirect|1781 in New Spain}}
, which can be resolved.
Avoiding deletion of the redirected page
If the parameter
|keep=yes
is included in the category redirect, this hides a speedy deletion button that is otherwise displayed to administrators.
It is helpful to also add
{{
R from category navigation
}}
to indicate that the redirect is required for navigation between category pages. See that template page for full syntax.
See also
