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== Summary ==
* This template is for creating [[Wikipedia:Soft redirect|soft redirects]], that is to say, short pages inviting readers to visit another page on a different [[meta:Wikimedia projects|Wikimedia project]]. This cannot be performed with a classical redirect due to technical restrictions.
* This template is also used to redirect an entry to a [[Help:Special page|special page]], in which case hard redirects have been disabled.
* Occasionally it is used to effectively disable a redirect that has been deprecated, e.g. [[WP:DIVA]], in which case {{tl|Historical}} is usually also used, above the soft redirect template.
* For redirecting [[WP:CAT|categories]], use {{Tlx|Category redirect}} instead.
* For all other redirects within the English Wikipedia, please continue to use <strong><code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Other article]]</nowiki></code></strong>.

This places tagged pages in [[:Category:Wikipedia soft redirects]] or [[:Category:User soft redirects]].

== Usage ==
=== Single parameter ===
<code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>Soft redirect|''target''}}</code>

'''Example'''

<code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>Soft redirect|Meta:Template:Interwiki redirect}}</code> will produce:

{{Soft redirect|Meta:Template:Interwiki redirect}}
===Two parameters===
<code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>Soft redirect|''target''|''label''}}</code>

'''Example'''

<code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>Soft redirect|Meta:Template:Interwiki redirect|"Template:Interwiki redirect" on Meta}}</code> will produce:

{{Soft redirect|Meta:Template:Interwiki redirect|"Template:Interwiki redirect" on Meta}}

== Other examples ==
* [[Wikipedia:Bylaws]]
* [[Wikipedia:Special:SpecialPages]]

== See also ==
* [[Wikipedia:Soft redirect]] guideline
* {{Section link|Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects|Specialized soft redirect templates}}

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