Template:No redirect/doc

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Shortcut

{{-r}}

This template uses Lua:

Module:Redirect (sandbox)

Usage

This template provides an easy way to link a redirect page without following the redirect.

{{no redirect|page name|label}}

It accepts two unnamed parameters:

1= (required) the name of the page to link.
2= (optional) the text to be displayed. If this is omitted then the input of the first parameter is used.

Example

Instead of having to copy/paste or type:

[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Silence_of_the_Sea&redirect=no ''The Silence of the Sea'']
- to yield The Silence of the Sea

an editor can type:

''{{No redirect|The Silence of the Sea}}''

or an alias can be used, as in:

''{{-r|The Silence of the Sea}}''

Both of those will take users directly to the same redirect page and display its pagename as a bluelink thus (using the alias): The Silence of the Sea.

The second parameter (label) may be useful in discussions on talk pages. For example,

{{-r|The Silence of the Sea|this redirect}}

may appear on a talk page in this context: "For reference, see this redirect."

If there is no page with that name given by the first parameter, the template generates a redlink as for any article name:

{{-r|Bill Clinton (nickname)}} displays as Bill Clinton (nickname)

Also, if a page is not a redirect, a normal link is displayed:

{{-r|Bill Clinton}} displays as Bill Clinton

TemplateData

This template provides an easy way to link a redirect page without following the redirect.

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Page name	`1`	The name of the page to link	String	required
Label	`2`	The text to be displayed. If this is omitted then the input of the first parameter, page name, is used.	String	optional

Usage

Example

TemplateData

See also