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From Appropedia

This is a proposed Appropedia guideline. You can edit it, or discuss it on the talk page or at the Appropedia policy discussion page.

Category pages are never used as (long term) redirects.

This is because:

• if an editor adds a category tag and chooses the name of a redirect, it will look like they've got the right category, but they haven't (because the category will not show up as a redlink).

The only circumstances where a category redirect may be permissible are:

• where a link has been posted to elsewhere to the old name of a category. In this case the other site should be politely requested to change the link.
• for a short period of time after moving a category.

This is why you should always post links to redirect pages, not directly to a category. (See Appropedia:Spreading the word#Important notes when notifying anyone about Appropedia pages)