Wikipedia:Double redirects

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Double redirects and bots

Double redirects are easily and automatically fixed by bots, and most are fixed within a few days of creation. Because of this, human editors would be best-off putting their time on other tasks that can't be automated. However, bots can't fix a double redirect if the redirect page is fully protected. The following bots fix double redirects:

Name	Tasks	Owner	First Approval	Status	Link(s)
AvicBot (talk · contribs)	Fixing double redirects, other tasks	Avicennasis	2011-07-2222 July 2011	-Inactive	Rights · BRFAs
EmausBot (talk · contribs)	Resolve double redirects	Emaus	2011-01-099 January 2011	-Active	Rights · BRFAs
RussBot (talk · contribs)	Fixing double redirects and disambiguation links, maintaining WP:DPM, maintaining redirected categories	R'n'B	2005-06-022 June 2005	-Active	Rights · BRFAs 1 · 2
Xqbot (talk · contribs)	Fixing double redirects, other tasks	Xqt	2009-12-1313 December 2009	-Active	Rights · BRFAs

This list was compiled from Wikipedia:Bots/Status.

Lists

Current list:

• Special:DoubleRedirects
  • Alternate link showing 1000 entries

Old lists:

• Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Computing/Early § Cleanup projects

Checking for double redirects

Suppose you want to check whether there are any double redirects to page C. Go to page C and click "What links here" (usually the first link in the "Toolbox" on the left-hand side of the page). Double (or multiple) redirects are those pages which appear in the list with both of these properties:

• Indented at least one level in comparison to the page at the top of the list, AND
• Labelled "(redirect page)".

Note that if you've just moved page C, then there might be only one page which is not indented, (the page at the top of the list), and everything else might be indented at least one level.

Once all double redirects have been fixed, the "What links here" page will have only three types of pages listed:

1. Direct links from ordinary pages (not indented, not labelled "(redirect page)").
2. Direct links from redirect pages (not indented; labelled "(redirect page)").
3. Indirect links from ordinary pages (indented one level, not labelled "(redirect page)").

The first and third categories do not need to be fixed – see Wikipedia:Redirect § Do not "fix" links to redirects that are not broken.

When MediaWiki won't automatically follow a redirect

MediaWiki will not follow a redirect if:

• there are double redirects
• it is a redirect to a Special page
• it is a redirect to a non-existent page
• it is a redirect to an interwiki page

See also

• Help:Self link
• Special:BrokenRedirects
• Special:DoubleRedirects
• Wikipedia:Example of a double redirect