Using this template does not create a redirect. The following pages may have what you are looking for:
Wikipedia:Redirect is the official Wikipedia guideline on redirects. The page focuses on the rules and standards that the Wikipedia community has agreed to generally follow regarding redirects.
Help:Redirect is a how-to page that focuses on the technical aspects of templates. It instructs editors on how redirects work and how to handle them without causing errors.
R template index contains a large list of templates that are used in order to tag and categorize redirects.
Its purpose is to reduce confusion by helping users get to their intended page if they were redirected to another page while, for example, searching for a topic. An example would be when a user searches for Achilleus (as in the emperor), but ends up on the page titled Achilles (as in the mythical hero) after being redirected. A |text= option adds text to the end; note that this should be only used when truly necessary, and the other hatnote templates listed below don't suffice.
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TemplateData for Redirect
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"1": {
"label": "Redirecting page",
"description": "Name of page that redirects here",
"type": "wiki-page-name",
"required": true
},
"2": {
"label": "Use 1",
"description": "Displayed as: For Use 1, see ... If left empty, defaults to For other uses, see ...",
"type": "line",
"required": false
},
"3": {
"label": "Target 1",
"description": "Page to link to. Default is PAGENAME (disambiguation).",
"type": "wiki-page-name",
"required": false
},
"4": {
"label": "Use 2",
"description": "Second use. Can be 'and' to give: For Use 1, see Target1 and Target2",
"type": "line",
"required": false
},
"5": {
"label": "Target 2",
"description": "Page to link second use to.",
"type": "wiki-page-name",
"required": false
},
"6": {
"label": "Use 3",
"description": "Third use, can be 'and'",
"type": "line",
"required": false
},
"7": {
"label": "Target 3",
"description": "Page to link third use to.",
"type": "wiki-page-name",
"required": false
},
"text": {
"label": "Custom text",
"type": "line",
"description": "Text to be appended to the end."
}
},
"description": "This template produces a hatnote similar to:\n\n\"Foo\" redirects here. For other uses, see Foo (disambiguation).",
"format": "inline"
}
</templatedata>
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Template documentation
Template:Redirect at Wikimedia Commons.
