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To use it, simply create (or edit) the page you wish to have redirect, and enter '''<nowiki>#REDIRECT [[PageName]]</nowiki>''' at the very top of the edit box, where ''PageName'' is the article you want to redirect to. Like crazy [[Numerology]] magic, clicking the redirecting link will take you instantly to the intended page.
To use it, simply create (or edit) the page you wish to have redirect, and enter '''<nowiki>#REDIRECT [[PageName]]</nowiki>''' at the very top of the edit box, where ''PageName'' is the article you want to redirect to. Like crazy [[Numerology]] magic, clicking the redirecting link will take you instantly to the intended page.


Redirects are useful for instances in which many articles link to a page that hasn't been created yet, but small discrepancies in the page's name crop up. If, for example, half of the [[Subterfuge]] [[Category:Abilities|ability]] articles linked to the [[Syssin]], but the other half linked to the [[Syssin Defenders]], it might be desirable to create the ''Syssin Defenders'' page, and put a redirect to [[Syssin]]. It's a lot easier than changing all the links, eh?
Redirects are useful for instances in which many articles link to a page that hasn't been created yet, but small discrepancies in the page's name crop up. If, for example, half of the [[Subterfuge]] [[:Category:Skills|skill]] articles linked to the [[Syssin]], but the other half linked to the [[Syssin Defenders]], it might be desirable to create the ''Syssin Defenders'' page, and put a redirect to [[Syssin]]. It's a lot easier than changing all the links, eh?


== Templates ==
== Templates ==