Editing Help:Redirect (section)

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A '''redirect''' is a page created so that navigation to a given title takes the reader directly to a different page. A redirect is created using the syntax:
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
#REDIRECT [[Target]]
</syntaxhighlight>
...where "target" is the name of the target page. It is also possible to add a [[WP:section|section]] header to make a redirect to a specific section of the target page in the following manner:
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
#REDIRECT [[Target#Section header]]
</syntaxhighlight>
The pound/number/hash sign (#) is also used to link to [[WP:anchor|page anchors]].

Usually, [[WP:RCAT|redirect maintenance categories]] should also be added.