Thread:Ylimegirl/@comment-34326521-20140716234615

Please use the delete template when marking redirects for deletion. The reason for this is simple: adding categories to redirects doesn't "invalidate" the redirect. Adding the template, however, does. In other words, when an admin clicks on the page through the link on the "Candidates for deletion" category page, he/she is forced to follow the redirect, go back to the redirect, and even then, deletion is not possible right away, as he/she still needs to check if the redirect is unused. In addition, the delete template allows you to provide a reason for having marked a page for deletion, avoiding conversations where an admin has to contact a user to ask why he/she marked a page for deletion. 