Template:Ifexist check redirect

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Overview

The {{Ifexist check redirect}} and {{Ifexist check redirect/if}} templates can be used to identify the status of an article: whether the article exists or not; if it does, whether it is blank, and/or whether an article is a redirect and what type of redirect it is (to a section of an article, or to the general article). This extends upon the use of {{#ifexist}}, which will only check whether the page exists.

Usage

{{Ifexist check redirect}} returns one of five values to determine the type of an article; these values are listed in first section of the table below.

{{Ifexist check redirect|ARTICLE}}

{{Ifexist check redirect/if}} provides the same function as {{#if}} and {{#ifexist}}, using the return value of the previous template to provide two cases if the article type matches what is required.

{{Ifexist check redirect/if|ARTICLE|ARTICLE TYPE|IF TRUE|IF FALSE}}

Examples

Type of article	Example	Code	Result
{{Ifexist check redirect}}
Existing article	Wikipedia:Articles for deletion	{{Ifexist check redirect|Wikipedia:Articles for deletion}}	noexist
Redirect to article		{{Ifexist check redirect|MOS:TV}}	noexist
Redirect to section		{{Ifexist check redirect|MOS:SEASON}}	noexist
Empty article	Template:Ifexist check redirect/empty	{{Ifexist check redirect|Template:Ifexist check redirect/empty}}	noexist
Non-existent article	Like this one	{{Ifexist check redirect|Like this one}}	noexist
{{Ifexist check redirect/if}}
True case		{{Ifexist check redirect/if|MOS:TV|article_redirect|Article redirect|Not article redirect}}	Not article redirect
False case		{{Ifexist check redirect/if|MOS:TV|blank|Blank article|Not blank article}}	Not blank article