Template:Resolve category redirect/doc

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.

Examples

 * Category exists and is not redirected: Category:1970s


 * Category exists and is a soft redirect: Category:Mosques completed in the 19th century


 * Category exists and is a soft redirect: Category:Organisations


 * Non-existent category: 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.

The above example has since been changed to, which can be resolved.
 * Example
 * Category:1781 in Mexico‎ contained  which cannot be resolved. To be safe,   simply returned.

Avoiding deletion of the redirected page
If the parameter  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.