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Resolves a soft category redirect.
It takes one parameter, which is the name of a category. It returns that category name, unless the category exists and is a {{category redirect}} ... when it returns the name of the redirect target.
Usage
beccè'{{Resolve category redirect|categoryname}}
Examples
beccè'Category exists and is not redirected: Category:1970s
beccè'{{Resolve category redirect|1970s}}→ 1970s{{Resolve category redirect|Category:1970s}}→ 1970s
Category exists and is a soft redirect: Category:Mosques completed in the 19th century
beccè'{{Resolve category redirect|Mosques completed in the 19th century}}→ Mosques completed in the 19th century{{Resolve category redirect|Category:Mosques completed in the 19th century}}→ Mosques completed in the 19th century
Category exists and is a soft redirect: Category:Organisations
beccè'{{Resolve category redirect|Organisations}}→ Organisations{{Resolve category redirect|Category:Organisations}}→ Organisations
Non-existent category: Category:Colourless green things
beccè'{{Resolve category redirect|Colourless green things}}→ Colourless green things{{Resolve category redirect|Category:Colourless green things}}→ Colourless green things
{{Title year}} in category: Category:1781 in Mexico
beccè'{{Resolve category redirect|1781 in Mexico}}→ 1781 in Mexico{{Resolve category redirect|Category:1781 in Mexico}}→ 1781 in Mexico
Templates
beccè'{{Title year}} and other templates without parameters are now allowed in the {{Category redirect}} target name, and are evaluated accordingly. Multiple templates are not evaluated, but such functionality can be requested with an appropriate working example.
The character ! is also now allowed (see testcases).
Avoiding deletion of the redirected page
beccè'It is helpful to also add {{R from category navigation}} or {{R from template-generated category}} (as appropriate) to indicate that the redirect is required for navigation between category pages. See those template page for full syntax. This also hides a speedy deletion button that is otherwise displayed to administrators.
Tracking categories
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