This template provides an easy way to link a redirect page without following the redirect.
{{no redirect|page name|label}}
It accepts two unnamed parameters:
Instead of having to copy/paste or type:
[https://developer.valvesoftware.com/w/index.php?title=VDC:IUP&redirect=no ''VDC:IUP'']
an editor can type:
''{{No redirect|VDC:IUP}}''
or an alias can be used, as in:
''{{-r|VDC:IUP}}''
Both of those will take users directly to the same redirect page and display its pagename as a bluelink thus (using the alias): VDC:IUP.
The second parameter (label) may be useful in discussions on talk pages. For example,
{{-r|VDC:IUP|this redirect}}
may appear on a talk page in this context: "For reference, see this redirect."
If there is no page with that name given by the first parameter, the template generates a redlink as for any article name:
{{-r|VDC:RAN}}
displays asAlso, if a page is not a redirect, a normal link is displayed:
{{-r|Valve Developer Community:Image use policy}}
displays as[[:{{{1}}}]]