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*'''Duplicate articles''': If an article already exists, don't make a new article with exact or near-exact content from the original article. | *'''Duplicate articles''': If an article already exists, don't make a new article with exact or near-exact content from the original article. | ||
*'''Articles with minimal to no content in them''': If you have little or nothing to add about the article subject, simply don't make the article. | *'''Articles with minimal to no content in them''': If you have little or nothing to add about the article subject, simply don't make the article. | ||
==Redirects== | |||
Several articles have names that are different in some regions, or have an widely-used unofficial name and official name. When searching for an article, instead of doing something like <nowiki>[[Alternate costume|color change]]</nowiki>, you instead make a '''redirect''' of the article, so instead of doing something like the example above, you can just make a redirect of [[color change]] and put it as <nowiki>[[color change]]</nowiki>. This way, it saves space in an article, which is important—especially if the page is overly large. | |||
===How to make a redirect=== | |||
Making a redirect is very simple, and here's how it's done: | |||
#Create a new article with the name of the redirect as the title | |||
#For the content of the article, put <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[articlename]]</nowiki>, where you put the name of the article you want to redirect to in place of "articlename" | |||
#Save the article | |||
Congratulations, you just created a redirect. | |||
===Guidelines=== | |||
Like a regular article, there are guidelines to follow when making a redirect. | |||
*'''Make sure the name of the redirect is used often'''. A redirect named "Jumpman" for [[Mario]] would be acceptable, because it was his name before it was changed. A redirect named "Bruh Bot" for [[Pichu]] would '''not''' be acceptable, because no one called Pichu that. | |||
*'''Make sure the name of the redirect isn't just a capitalization change'''. A redirect named "mario" for [[Mario]] would '''not''' be acceptable; both results will bring you to the same article if you search for it (in fact, searching "mAriO" will still bring you to [[Mario]]). | |||
*'''Make sure that it's not a talk page or image redirect'''. Talk pages and images do '''not''' get redirects, as it is very unlikely for someone to search for the talk page/image redirect. | |||
**'''Exception''': If an image redirect is linked to multiple pages, it can stay, as changing the links would be useless and take too long, even for a bot to do. | |||
Know these guidelines and you'll be making redirects in no time. | |||
==Why can't I create a new article?== | ==Why can't I create a new article?== | ||