Wikipedia:Tip of the day/May 15

Redirects

A redirect is a page that has the sole purpose to automatically redirect readers to a differently named page; to take the reader where they really wanted to go. Redirects allow a topic to have more than one title. Redirects are used for synonyms, abbreviations (initialisms), acronyms, accented terms (diacritics), misspellings, typos, nicknames (pseudonyms), scientific names, etc.

To create a redirect for the term "Oof":
 * 1) Type   in the search box, press enter
 * 2) Click on the redlink for Oof that it presents
 * 3) In the edit window that appears, type   on the first line to make it lead to the article
 * 4) Redirects should be organized in to categories too. Each redirect can have up to seven redirect categories. Categories go on the third line of the redirect. (Note: Plant has a subcategory within the category of scientific name; enter plant after a pipe).

Here are two examples of a redirect category using a category template:

Preview your new redirect before saving it. Make sure:
 * 1) There is a big right-facing arrow to the left of the bolded name of your target page name.
 * 2) That your target page is bolded in blue (if it is red, go back and double check your target name in the edit window).
 * 3) That your redirect category has rendered properly and that the boilerplate it presents makes sense.