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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
{{Resolve category redirect|categoryname}}
Examples
- Category exists and is not redirected
- Category:1970s
{{Resolve category redirect|1970s}}→ 1970s{{Resolve category redirect|Category:1970s}}→ Category:1970s
- Category exists and is a soft redirect
- Category:Mosques completed in the 19th century
{{Resolve category redirect|Mosques completed in the 19th century}}→ 19th-century mosques{{Resolve category redirect|Category:Mosques completed in the 19th century}}→ 19th-century mosques
- Category exists and is a soft redirect
- Category:Organisations
{{Resolve category redirect|Organisations}}→ Organizations{{Resolve category redirect|Category:Organisations}}→ Organizations
- Non-existent category
- Category:Colourless green things
{{Resolve category redirect|Colourless green things}}→ Colourless green things{{Resolve category redirect|Category:Colourless green things}}→ Category:Colourless green things