Forum:Template loops to own wiki instead of redirect

I created a template on a sub-answers wikia, to redirect questions which do not belong there to the main answers wikia. It works only one time, then when it is used again, it loops back to the sub-answers wikia. See here to take a look at this template. Can anyone let me know how to stop this looping? -- Whiteguru  ( Talk ) 03:16, July 26, 2010 (UTC)Whiteguru
 * Hi Whiteguru. In a quick look at the code of the template, there seems to be a reference to another template for a link back, which is rather unneeded. Just replace with w:c:answers and it should work fine. --† DustKateb  (Talk to Me!)† 03:29, July 26, 2010 (UTC)
 * EDIT: It seems that that works the exact same, but on a bit of browsing the wiki, I couldn't find an example of the template on a page not working for me. Care to link to an example? --† DustKateb  (Talk to Me!)† 03:33, July 26, 2010 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, it doesn't loop when a new tab is opened with Firefox, but when the link is directly clicked on it does loop. Just try what I suggested and see if that helps. --† DustKateb  (Talk to Me!)† 03:37, July 26, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Dustakabeb. What it now does is takes the question to the main page on Wikianswers. Doesn't quite work the way the WikiRespuestas template does, which is what is sought: a link which will create the same question on answers.wikia.com - Test question is here -- Whiteguru  ( Talk ) 07:36, July 26, 2010 (UTC)Whiteguru
 * You also need to make sure when you redirect the question, it doesn't contain a redirect back to the sub-answers wiki. If a bot created a redirect to your sub-answers wiki and then you just tried to redirect it back, you'll get a loop. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 10:28 AM PST 26 Jul 2010


 * Is this an issue of a broken bot? Bots or not, I should be able to redirect questions not specific to this answers wiki back to the main answers wikia. -- Whiteguru  ( Talk ) 00:45, July 28, 2010 (UTC)Whiteguru


 * You can't cross-wiki redirect using a template. It looks like you are trying to use a link not a redirect anyway. I've adjusted the template so that clicking the link does ask the question on Wikianswers instead of linking to a blank page. There's no issue of broken bots here as the page you linked (Who is the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh) never existed on Central Wikianswers before so had not been edited by a bot. Angela (talk | help forum) 01:51, July 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * I use a template with  to create redirects. It isn't really using the template except to do a one-time substitution, but it is a good shortcut for creating the redirects. --  Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 11:01 AM PST 28 Jul 2010