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If the target is a non-existent section of an existing page, then the redirect will take the reader to the top of the target page. Chains of redirects are not followed. If title A redirects to B, and B is itself a redirect page, then a reader navigating to A will see the display of the redirect page B (as illustrated).
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A redirect is a special type of page that sends the reader to another page. They are used when there are different names for the same subject. For example, the United Kingdom is often referred to as the "UK". The article on Wikipedia entitled UK is a redirect to the United Kingdom article, as it is the same topic as the United Kingdom article.
On the other hand, if the redirect was created by renaming a page with that name, and the page history just mentions the renaming, and for one of the reasons above you want to delete the page, copy the page history to the Talk page of the article it redirects to.
Pages redirected to the given page are marked "redirect". Pages transcluding the given page are marked "transclusion"; for these pages, it is not shown whether they also link to the given page. For image and other file pages, the pages using the image or file appear on the list and are marked "image link".
In the typical case, the target is a red link and the page is moved to the unoccupied title. In the second case, the target is a one-revision redirect which points back at the page to be moved. In December 2020 MediaWiki added the delete-redirect user right which allows editors to move pages when the target is a one-revision redirect to any title.
ICMP Redirect Message, a mechanism for routers to convey routing information to hosts URL redirection , a mechanism for making a web page available under more than one address Redirection (computing) , the redirection of streams of data into one another
From outside draftspace: This is a redirect from a page outside the draft-article namespace (draftspace) to a page in draftspace. This redirect page must be outside of draftspace. The draft is located at Draft:Template index/Redirect pages. You are welcome to improve the draft article while it is being considered for inclusion in article ...