Template:Redr/Reason/doc
< Template:Redr | Reason
Credit to MCW
| Reasons | ||
|---|---|---|
| reason | produces | category |
plural
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From a plural to a singular term. Possibly not necessary, discuss. | Category:Redirects from plurals |
singular
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From a singular to a plural term. | Category:Redirects to plurals |
capitalization or case
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From an alternate capitalization of the target page's title. Usually these redirects are made solely to help with linking, as the first letter of each word is not case sensitive when searching. | Category:Redirects from other capitalizations |
miscapitalization or miscap
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From an incorrect capitalization of the target page's title. Usually these redirects are made solely to help with aid with searching, so this redirect should not be linked to directly. | Category:Redirects from miscapitalizations |
spelling or spell
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From an alternative spelling of the target page's title. | Category:Redirects from alternative spellings |
typo or misspelling or misspell
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From a typo (i.e. an incorrect way to spell one of the words in the target page). | Category:Typo redirects |
alt or alt name or alternate or alternate name or alternative or alternative name
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From an alternate name of a feature described in the target page. This has many variants, such as longer name, shorter name, and synoynm. | Category:Redirects from alternative names |
short or shorter or short name or shorter name
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From a shorter name which is sometimes used to reference the full name of the feature. | Category:Redirects from shorter names |
long or longer or long name or longer name or compound or compound name
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From a longer name or compound name to an article with a shorter name. This name might be used in-game instead of the normal name sometimes, or it might be a longer name given by Mojang. A compound name is a name that is made by combining 2 names together. For example, "Blacksmith Villager" combines "Blacksmith" with "Villager". | Category:Redirects from longer names |
move
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From a page move from a page which has been renamed to the target page of this redirect, usually to avoid breaking links to the old page name. | Category:Redirects from moves |
merge
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From a page which has been merged into another page. This redirect is kept to preserve the edit history. | Category:Redirects from merges |
hd1 or helldivers 1
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From a page in mainspace to a page in the Helldivers 1 namespace. | Category:Redirects to Helldivers 1 space |
se or section or subtopic
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From a subtopic of the target page. Many times, these types of redirect will link to a specific section of the target page. | Category:Subtopic redirects and Category:Redirects to sections |
diacritic or diacritics
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From the page with the same name without diacritical marks (accents, umlauts, etc.) to the target page with diacritics. | Category:Redirects from titles without diacritics |
sh or sc or shortcut
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From a shortcut in any namespace to a page that is not a template. | Category:Redirects from shortcuts |
tsh or tsc or template shortcut
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From a template shortcut, used for convenience. | Category:Redirects from template shortcuts |
history
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From a page with non-trivial edit history. | Category:Redirects with history |
| Other reasons not listed here | (The reason the editor inputted) | Category:Miscellaneous redirects |
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