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A '''redirect''' is a page which automatically sends visitors to another page, usually an entry or section of an entry. See [[Help:Redirect]] for technical information about redirects. In Wiktionary, redirects are generally avoided. |
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==Unacceptable uses== |
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==Preamble== |
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There's consensus that redirects should never be used: |
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This is an unofficial, proposed policy of Wiktionary on the topic of redirections. See [[Help:Redirect]] for technical information about them. |
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# For alternative forms, such as [[accrument]] being an alternative form of [[accruement]]; instead templates like {{temp|alternative form of}} should be used. This includes different hyphenation forms and different spellings of words. |
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# For misspellings; use {{temp|misspelling of}} instead. |
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As a rule of thumb, content should never be replaced by a redirect; redirects can be replaced with real entries at any time. The actual common practice is to keep some redirects while avoiding others. There is no hard and fast rule for which redirects to avoid. Examples of entries that you could want to create as redirects but Wiktionary has as dedicated entries with language headers include entries in [[:Category:English alternative forms]], such as [[accrument]] being an alternative form of [[accruement]]. |
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# For different word forms, including plurals, such as [[worked]] being the simple past and past participle of to [[work]]; this will lose any information about the inflected form, and similar words may exist in other languages with possible unrelated meaning. |
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# Between lowercase and uppercase words: Wiktionary is case-sensitive regarding the first letter of a page title, and if one enters the uppercase word in the search box, the software automatically redirects to the lowercase article unless the uppercase exists. If both entries exists (such as [[Work]] and [[work]]), a reference on both the lower- and the uppercase page must be made to one another using {{temp|also}} on the top of both pages. |
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==Redirecting different word forms== |
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# From accentless (diacriticless) forms to accented ones: The search mechanism is adept at finding entries with diacritics in the title from diacriticless searches, and the entry title may turn out to be a title valid for another language. If both entries exists, a reference using {{temp|also}} should also be used. |
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For example, ''[[worked]]'' should not redirect to ''[[work]]'', but instead contain the relevant information on the verb form, in this case: "Simple past and past participle of ''to [[work]]''." |
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# From one script to another: Because the redirect is ambiguous to the reader and the entry title may turn out to be a title valid for another language. However a ''soft'' redirect may be made from transliterations if there're consensus for them. |
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# For translations or abbreviation expansions: Instead create a normal entry for them. |
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One reason for not simply redirecting to the lemma form ("work") is that any information about the inflected form, including pronunciations, rhymes, homophones, alternative spellings, and anagrams, will get included on the page for the inflected form. |
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Another reason is that similar words may exist in other languages, but whose absence may not be noticed because the link is "blue", even though it is a mere redirect. For instance, ''[[drank]]'' is not only the past tense of ''to [[drink]]'', but also a Dutch noun. |
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==Redirecting between lowercase and uppercase words== |
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Wiktionary is, contrary to [[w:Main page|Wikipedia]], case-sensitive regarding the first letter of a page title. This entails a special policy regarding capitalization of entries. |
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In the above example, ''[[Work]]'' should not redirect to ''[[work]]'', as this is unnecessary. If one enters the uppercase word in the search box, the software automatically redirects to the lowercase article (unless the uppercase exists). The many uppercase-to-lowercase redirections one can still find in Wiktionary are relics from the past. The case-sensivity was introduced mid 2005, and a conversion script moved all uppercase pages to lowercase versions, leaving a redirection for external links (such as those from other language Wiktionaries or Wikipedia, or mirror sites). The same applies for redirects from lowercase to uppercase, such as [[england]] to [[England]]. Such redirects should not be made. In some cases such redirects will turn out to be valid entry titles, such as [[english]] and [[English]]. |
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In such instance, a reference on both the lower- and the uppercase page must be made to one another. At a minimum, using {{temp|also}} on the top of the page (or similar forms) should be on both pages, but they can also refer to each other in the body text of the entry as applicable. |
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<br><small>See note in [[Wiktionary talk:Redirections|discussion]] about the overlap with [[Wiktionary:Spelling variants in entry names]]</small> |
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==Redirecting between different hyphenation forms== |
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Some words exist in the English language with all three forms: as one word, as a hyphenated pair, and as two separate words. Redirects are acceptable, but strongly discouraged, for these combinations if no entry already exists. Note that how the term is used can affect the hyphenation; adjectives generally are hyphenated while nouns are more often two separate words. |
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<br><small>See note in [[Wiktionary talk:Redirections|discussion]] about the overlap with [[Wiktionary:Spelling variants in entry names]]</small> |
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==Redirecting between different forms of idioms== |
==Redirecting between different forms of idioms== |
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See the [[Wiktionary:Criteria for inclusion#Idiomatic_phrases|criteria for inclusion]] for more information about idiomatic phrases. |
See the [[Wiktionary:Criteria for inclusion#Idiomatic_phrases|criteria for inclusion]] for more information about idiomatic phrases. |
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==Redirecting between different spellings of words== |
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Redirecting between obsolete spellings or regionally different spellings, not least of all from American to British or the other way round, is strongly not permitted. |
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Redirects should never be used for incorrect spellings, as the person looking up a word would have little or no indication that they spelled it wrong. This must be made clear on a separate page (''see [[accomodate]] for example''). |
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<br><small>See note in [[Wiktionary talk:Redirections|discussion]] about the overlap with [[Wiktionary:Spelling variants in entry names]]</small> |
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===Redirects from diacritics=== |
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Redirecting from accentless (diacriticless) forms to accented ones is not permitted. Any such redirects should be replaced in the main namespace with the accented forms where appropriate, and the redirect deleted. This is because the search mechanism is adept at finding entries with diacritics in the title from diacriticless searches. For example, when searching for [[etre]], the first result is [[être]]. Furthermore, the entry title may turn out to be a title valid for another language. |
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===Redirects from one script to another=== |
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An entry in one [[script]] should never redirect to an entry in a different script. Again, this is because the redirect is ambiguous to the reader. Again, the entry title may turn out to be a title valid for another language. For example [[graphein]] and [[gráphein]] cannot redirect to {{m|grc|γράφειν}}, and [[trojka]] cannot redirect to {{m|ru|тройка}}. |
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==Other namespaces== |
==Other namespaces== |
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[[fr:Wiktionnaire:Redirections]] |
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[[pt:Ajuda:Guia de edição/Redirecionar páginas]] |
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[[ru:Викисловарь:Перенаправления]] |
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Revision as of 17:49, 30 March 2018
A redirect is a page which automatically sends visitors to another page, usually an entry or section of an entry. See Help:Redirect for technical information about redirects. In Wiktionary, redirects are generally avoided.
Unacceptable uses
There's consensus that redirects should never be used:
- For alternative forms, such as accrument being an alternative form of accruement; instead templates like
{{alternative form of}}should be used. This includes different hyphenation forms and different spellings of words. - For misspellings; use
{{misspelling of}}instead. - For different word forms, including plurals, such as worked being the simple past and past participle of to work; this will lose any information about the inflected form, and similar words may exist in other languages with possible unrelated meaning.
- Between lowercase and uppercase words: Wiktionary is case-sensitive regarding the first letter of a page title, and if one enters the uppercase word in the search box, the software automatically redirects to the lowercase article unless the uppercase exists. If both entries exists (such as Work and work), a reference on both the lower- and the uppercase page must be made to one another using
{{also}}on the top of both pages. - From accentless (diacriticless) forms to accented ones: The search mechanism is adept at finding entries with diacritics in the title from diacriticless searches, and the entry title may turn out to be a title valid for another language. If both entries exists, a reference using
{{also}}should also be used. - From one script to another: Because the redirect is ambiguous to the reader and the entry title may turn out to be a title valid for another language. However a soft redirect may be made from transliterations if there're consensus for them.
- For translations or abbreviation expansions: Instead create a normal entry for them.
Redirecting between different forms of idioms
For longer phrases where there is little or no chance of the entry title being valid for another language, redirects are allowable. For example, burn his fingers or burning one's fingers should redirect to the pronoun-neutral and uninflected form burn one's fingers.
The redirecting between variants of idioms, say a cut above and a notch above is somewhat controversial, as both versions may require their own entry. If neither exist, feel free to enter a redirect. If a redirect exists, feel free to replace it with a full-fledged entry.
See the criteria for inclusion for more information about idiomatic phrases.
Other namespaces
Different rules apply to pages in namespaces other than the main one. It is acceptable for such a page to redirect to another within reason. There are certain guidelines:
- Templates used in entries are well-suited to redirecting to other templates, but redirected templates may not work properly when referenced by other templates.
- Main namespace entries must not redirect to non-main namespace pages, and vice versa. In some cases pages in a non-main namespace can harmlessly redirect to one in another non-main namespace (such as
Help:andWiktionary:). The only exception to that rule is [[Wiktionary:Main page]], which has several main namespace redirects. - For technical reasons, categories cannot redirect to other categories without causing technical difficulties. If a category is being renamed ("moved"), use
{{movecat}}, which is designed to combat these technical problems.
See also
- Wiktionary:Entry layout explained
- Wiktionary:Entry titles
- Special:ListRedirects -- lists all redirects