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=== What needs to be done on pages that are targets of redirects? === | === What needs to be done on pages that are targets of redirects? === | ||
After following a redirect, the reader's first question is likely to be: "hang on ... I wanted to read about ''this''. Why has the link taken me to ''that''?". Make it clear to the reader that they ''have'' arrived in the right place. | |||
Normally, we try to make sure that all "inbound redirects" other than mis-spellings or other obvious close variants of the article title are mentioned in the first couple of paragraphs of the article or section to which the redirect goes. It will often be appropriate to '''bold''' the redirected term. | |||
If the redirected term could have other meanings, a [[FamilySearch Wiki:Hatnote|hatnote]] should be placed at the top of the target article directing readers to the other meanings or to a relevant [[FamilySearch Wiki:DAB|disambiguation]] page. This is usually done using one of the [[:Template:Redirect#Redirect|redirect disambiguation templates]]. | |||
=== Do not "fix" links to redirects that are not broken === | === Do not "fix" links to redirects that are not broken === | ||
==== Self-redirects ==== | ==== Self-redirects ==== | ||