You're in the wrong place. Or, more accurately, the right place with the wrong name. The universe is full of such minor disappointments. Try this instead:
And since you seem to require a manual for even the simplest of signposts, here is the tedious archival data explaining why this page is nothing more than a ghost pointing down a hallway. Try to keep up.
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To a section: This is a redirect. A digital detour. It exists because the topic you were looking for doesn't have the self-importance to warrant its own page. Instead, it’s a mere section within a larger, more significant article. A footnote in someone else's story. Do not confuse this with a redirect to one of those deeply
[embedded anchors](/Help:Link)hidden in the text; for that specific flavor of pedantry, you'd use {{R to anchor}}. This is simpler, more direct, and far less ambitious. -
With history: This page wasn't always an empty room. It once contained what some considered a "substantive page history." It had content, edits, arguments—the faint echo of digital life. Now, it is maintained as a redirect solely to preserve the memory of that former content and, more critically, its attributions. Think of it as a memorial, a digital gravestone we keep polished. So, please, do not get any clever ideas about removing the tag that generates this somber little explanation. Don't try to delete the page. The past is messy, and its ghosts are best left undisturbed unless you can demonstrate a truly compelling need to resurrect something here. And let's be honest, you probably can't.
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And for the record, because I am eternally cursed to clarify the obvious, this particular template has standards. It should not be used for just any redirect that has a past. Specifically:
- It is not for redirects that possess some edit history but lack any meaningful content in their previous versions. Digital scribbles in a margin don't count as literature.
- It is not for the administrative casualties created from a page merge. Those have their own specific, bureaucratic tag: use {{R from merge}} for that particular consolidation of assets.
- And it is certainly not for redirects from a title that constitutes a historic part of this entire project's foundation. For those venerable relics, a more distinguished marker is required: use {{R with old history}}. This tag is for the pages that were merely interesting before they became obsolete. A subtle, but significant, distinction.