The following query:<br><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&amp;list=allcategories&amp;acprefix=Rept">http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&amp;list=allcategories&amp;acprefix=Rept</a><br>

yields a list that contains &quot;Reptil&quot;, &quot;Reptile&quot;, and &quot;Reptiles&quot;.<br><br>I&#39;ve developed a clientside solution for testing for and traversing the &quot;soft&quot; category redirects that may show up in the category listing (e.g.
<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Reptiles">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Reptiles</a>).<br><br>However, the pages &quot;Reptil&quot; and &quot;Reptile&quot; do not even exist.  It is problematic when these entries are presented to the user in the form of &quot;autocomplete&quot; search suggestions; if the user selects one of these entries, I could do a test for page existance, but a failed test is disruptive as it forces the user to make another choice, leaving them to wonder why it was offered in the first place.<br>

<br>My current project is making a free game for Android that has users categorize the images here:<br><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Media_needing_categories">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Media_needing_categories</a><br>

<br>Karl<br>