Template:Resolve category redirect/doc

Resolves a soft category redirect.

It takes one parameter, which is the name of a category. It returns that category name, unless the category exists and is a {{category redirect}} ... when it returns the name of the redirect target.

Usage

{{Resolve category redirect|categoryname}}

Examples

Category exists and is not redirected: Category:1970s

• {{Resolve category redirect|1970s}} → 1970s
• {{Resolve category redirect|Category:1970s}} → 1970s

Category exists and is a soft redirect: Category:Mosques completed in the 19th century

• {{Resolve category redirect|Mosques completed in the 19th century}} → 19th-century mosques
• {{Resolve category redirect|Category:Mosques completed in the 19th century}} → 19th-century mosques

Category exists and is a soft redirect: Category:Organisations

• {{Resolve category redirect|Organisations}} → Organizations
• {{Resolve category redirect|Category:Organisations}} → Organizations

Non-existent category: Category:Colourless green things

• {{Resolve category redirect|Colourless green things}} → Colourless green things
• {{Resolve category redirect|Category:Colourless green things}} → Colourless green things

{{Title year}} in category: Category:1781 in Mexico

• {{Resolve category redirect|1781 in Mexico}} → 1781 in New Spain
• {{Resolve category redirect|Category:1781 in Mexico}} → 1781 in New Spain

Templates

{{Title year}} and other templates without parameters are now allowed in the {{Category redirect}} target name, and are evaluated accordingly. Multiple templates are not evaluated, but such functionality can be requested with an appropriate working example.

The character ! is also now allowed (see testcases).

Avoiding deletion of the redirected page

It is helpful to also add {{R from category navigation}} or {{R from template-generated category}} (as appropriate) to indicate that the redirect is required for navigation between category pages. See those template page for full syntax. This also hides a speedy deletion button that is otherwise displayed to administrators.

Tracking categories

• Category:Wikipedia soft redirected categories which are not resolved correctly (5)

See also

• Template:Category redirect
• Template:Category if exists