Template:Category redirect/sandbox

This category is located at [[:Category:{{{1}}}]].

Note: This category should be empty.

See the instructions for more information.

Administrators: If this category name is unlikely to be entered on new pages, and all incoming links have been cleaned up, click here to delete.

This template should only be used on category pages.

This is the

template sandbox page for Template:Category redirect (diff).
See also the companion subpage for test cases

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Shortcuts

{{Catred}}
{{Catr}}

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:CFD

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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 ( 2 ).
Infinite loops of length 1 will be listed at
∞
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Redirects with non-existent targets will be listed at
∃
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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[Edit template data]
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