Help:Redirect

A redirect is a page that has no content of its own, but points directly to another page.

Why create a redirect?
Redirects primarily serve as search aids to readers. A redirect may be useful if there is more than one commonly used name for a phenomenon. For instance, brain inflammation redirects to neuroinflammation to help readers who may type "brain" into the search bar rather than "neuro". Acronyms are also a common reason for redirects.

A redirect may also be appropriate if the page contains a subtopic that readers may likely search for, but which does not yet have a page of its own. (If material on the subtopic later expands significantly, it can always be moved to expand the redirect into a full entry.)

More rarely, a redirect may be warranted if a common misspelling might prevent readers from finding their way to the correct page.

How to create a redirect

 * If you're using the Visual Editor, simply create another page with the alternate spelling or alternate synonym. Then, at the top-right of the Visual Editor window, click on the 'Page Options' button with the 3 solid horizontal bars, and select 'Page Settings'.  Click the 'Redirect this page' box, and enter the name of your new page.


 * If you're using the Source Code Editor, create the redirect page and put  on the very first line of the redirect page, where   is the name of your new page.  That's all-  just save the redirect page and you're done!  (Make sure that there is nothing, not even a space, before the " ".)

Learn more
For more information on redirects, see MediaWiki's Redirect Help.