Template talk:Soft redirect
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Template-protected edit request on 20 March 2021
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Please change "March 18" to "March 17" in the TfD link: the wrong date was picked up because the tagging took place the day after the nomination. 116.86.4.41 (talk) 08:10, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
Done, and thank you very much, good catch! P.I. Ellsworth ed. put'r there 13:35, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
Template-protected edit request on 12 March 2022
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{{#ifeq:{{Is interwiki link|{{{1}}}}}|yes|[[Category:Wikipedia interwiki soft redirects|{{PAGENAME}}]]|{{#ifexist:{{{1}}}||[[Category:Wikipedia soft redirects to nonexistent targets|{{PAGENAME}}|]]}}}}
has the following piece of code near the end: [[Category:Wikipedia soft redirects to nonexistent targets|{{PAGENAME}}|]]. It adds an unnecessary vertical bar after the PAGENAME which should be removed. ---CX Zoom(he/him) (let's talk|contribs) 09:18, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
Mobile
[edit]It has been pointed out that redirects using this template (e.g. User talk:InternetArchiveBot appear as blank talk pages in mobile.
Can we resolve this, or does it need kicking to Phabricator? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:22, 8 December 2025 (UTC)
- This in DiscussionTools appears to be the culprit. Nardog (talk) 13:27, 8 December 2025 (UTC)
- We could add
__NOTALK__to the template. Nardog (talk) 13:45, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
Show nothing in article space?
[edit]The guideline at Wikipedia:Soft redirect indicates that this template is not to be used in article space. Should we wrap it in {{main other}} to display nothing, or an error-tracking category, in article space? – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:30, 24 July 2026 (UTC)
__EXPECTSHORTPAGE__
[edit]Per the latest TechNews, where should we include __EXPECTSHORTPAGE__ to exclude soft redirects from Special:ShortPages? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:17, 17 August 2026 (UTC)
- Done. I have added it to about five templates. The magic word isn't working at the moment (it displays as plain text). We'll see if it works after this week's software updates. – Jonesey95 (talk) 22:47, 17 August 2026 (UTC)
- Considering it just disappeared as the section header here and is reporting as an empty header, I'm going to guess it's working now. Adding nowiki in 3...2...1... Zinnober9 (talk) 18:50, 20 August 2026 (UTC)