Forum:Creating Redirect: How to do it when Drop Down does not load?

I want to create a redirect page for one of the "Wanted Pages." I click on the red link and get the "you are making a new page" message with a drop down box of templates at the top. I choose 'Administrative pages -- redirect' from the list and nothing populates. (I actually see it in the list twice, and have tried both top and bottom.) I thought it might be because I normally use Firefox, but I get the same non-result in Internet Explorer and Safari.

If I use Insert > Template in the edit button bar and search for 'redirect' it gives me a template, but I can't figure out how to create a working link within it. I also tried just typing the text that shows up when you roll over the puzzle piece, which did not work either.

The closest thing I found in the Help files was Help:Preloadable Formats section called Basic Functionality, but I do not know enough Java to make that format work for me either.

Is it because I do not have the access privilidges for this action or am I missing another step? Oh, and now that I created a non-working redirect page, I can't se how to delete it to put it back in the "Wanted Pages" section. M. Gail P. 02:44, August 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * To request a page be deleted add onto the page, replacing DELETE REASON with why you want the page deleted.
 * The redirect template should work, but should it not you can simply manually type it onto the page and click publish, this is what you type; #redirect PAGENAME, replacing PAGENAME with the name of the page you wish to redirect it to. Hope this helps. --Tangerineduel / talk 16:21, August 21, 2011 (UTC)