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:: OK. In case it's helpful to anyone, here is a link to MediaWiki's redirects - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Redirects. I think the thing you are calling "regular" and "hard" redirects might be the same thing (use of <code>#REDIRECT</code>), but I don't want to change the page now since you are editing. [[User:Battaglia01|Mike Battaglia]] ([[User talk:Battaglia01|talk]]) 15:43, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

:::Regular redirect is <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Page]]</nowiki>, while hard redirect is <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[:en:Page]]</nowiki>. We are including hard redirects in [[Wiki help#Redirects]] for maximum compatibility. [[User:PiotrGrochowski|PiotrGrochowski]] ([[User talk:PiotrGrochowski|talk]]) 15:46, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

:::: Hello Piotr - from MediaWiki's standpoint, both are the same type of redirect. The "en" prefix is just for inter-language compatibility: you can also create links to <nowiki>[[:de:Wilkommen]]</nowiki>, for example. Since we are already on "en", the links <nowiki>[[Home]]</nowiki> and <nowiki>[[:en:Home]]</nowiki> are the same. Likewise with redirects, putting ":en" adds no difference. Try it! You will see they are the same - both "hard" redirects. [[User:Battaglia01|Mike Battaglia]] ([[User talk:Battaglia01|talk]]) 18:03, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

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 :: OK. In case it's helpful to anyone, here is a link to MediaWiki's redirects - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Redirects. I think the thing you are calling "regular" and "hard" redirects might be the same thing (use of <code>#REDIRECT</code>), but I don't want to change the page now since you are editing. [[User:Battaglia01|Mike Battaglia]] ([[User talk:Battaglia01|talk]]) 15:43, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
 :::Regular redirect is <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Page]]</nowiki>, while hard redirect is <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[:en:Page]]</nowiki>. We are including hard redirects in [[Wiki help#Redirects]] for maximum compatibility. [[User:PiotrGrochowski|PiotrGrochowski]] ([[User talk:PiotrGrochowski|talk]]) 15:46, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
+:::: Hello Piotr - from MediaWiki's standpoint, both are the same type of redirect. The "en" prefix is just for inter-language compatibility: you can also create links to <nowiki>[[:de:Wilkommen]]</nowiki>, for example. Since we are already on "en", the links <nowiki>[[Home]]</nowiki> and <nowiki>[[:en:Home]]</nowiki> are the same. Likewise with redirects, putting ":en" adds no difference. Try it! You will see they are the same - both "hard" redirects. [[User:Battaglia01|Mike Battaglia]] ([[User talk:Battaglia01|talk]]) 18:03, 21 September 2018 (UTC)