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class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.1</span> <span>Notify involved users (optional)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notify_involved_users_(optional)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Step_2:_Tag_the_relevant_pages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Step_2:_Tag_the_relevant_pages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Step 2: Tag the relevant pages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Step_2:_Tag_the_relevant_pages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-In_other_namespaces" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_other_namespaces"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.1</span> <span>In other namespaces</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_other_namespaces-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Step_3:_Discuss_the_merge" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Step_3:_Discuss_the_merge"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Step 3: Discuss the merge</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Step_3:_Discuss_the_merge-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Step_4:_Determine_consensus_and_close_the_merge_discussion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Step_4:_Determine_consensus_and_close_the_merge_discussion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Step 4: Determine consensus and close the merge discussion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Step_4:_Determine_consensus_and_close_the_merge_discussion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-If_there_is_consensus_to_merge" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#If_there_is_consensus_to_merge"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.1</span> <span>If there is consensus to merge</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-If_there_is_consensus_to_merge-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-If_there_is_consensus_against_merging_or_no_consensus" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#If_there_is_consensus_against_merging_or_no_consensus"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.2</span> <span>If there is consensus against merging or no consensus</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-If_there_is_consensus_against_merging_or_no_consensus-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Step_5:_Perform_the_merge" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Step_5:_Perform_the_merge"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Step 5: Perform the merge</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Step_5:_Perform_the_merge-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Merge_as_a_result_of_a_deletion_discussion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Merge_as_a_result_of_a_deletion_discussion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Merge as a result of a deletion discussion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Merge_as_a_result_of_a_deletion_discussion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_to_merge" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_to_merge"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>How to merge</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_to_merge-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-See_also-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle See also subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pages_to_merge" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pages_to_merge"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Pages to merge</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pages_to_merge-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-List_of_merge_templates" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#List_of_merge_templates"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>List of merge templates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-List_of_merge_templates-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_guides" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_guides"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Other guides</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_guides-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_projects" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_projects"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Other projects</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_projects-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" 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class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 50 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-50" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">50 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Versmelting" title="Wikipedia:Versmelting – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Wikipedia:Versmelting" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AA" title="ويكيبيديا:دمج الصفحات – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ويكيبيديا:دمج الصفحات" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%B1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%A3" title="ৱিকিপিডিয়া:একত্ৰিতকৰণ – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="ৱিকিপিডিয়া:একত্ৰিতকৰণ" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fusionar_art%C3%ADculos" title="Wikipedia:Fusionar artículos – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Wikipedia:Fusionar artículos" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF:%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3" title="সাহায্য:একত্রীকরণ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="সাহায্য:একত্রীকরণ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquip%C3%A8dia:Fusi%C3%B3" title="Viquipèdia:Fusió – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Viquipèdia:Fusió" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedie:Slu%C4%8Dov%C3%A1n%C3%AD_a_p%C5%99esun_str%C3%A1nek" title="Wikipedie:Slučování a přesun stránek – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Wikipedie:Slučování a přesun stránek" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hj%C3%A6lp:Sammenskrivning" title="Hjælp:Sammenskrivning – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Hjælp:Sammenskrivning" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilfe:Artikel_zusammenf%C3%BChren" title="Hilfe:Artikel zusammenführen – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Hilfe:Artikel zusammenführen" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Zjadno%C5%9Benje" title="Wikipedija:Zjadnośenje – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Wikipedija:Zjadnośenje" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipeedia:Liitmine" title="Vikipeedia:Liitmine – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Vikipeedia:Liitmine" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1:%CE%A3%CF%85%CE%B3%CF%87%CF%8E%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%83%CE%B7" title="Βικιπαίδεια:Συγχώνευση – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βικιπαίδεια:Συγχώνευση" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fusiones" title="Wikipedia:Fusiones – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wikipedia:Fusiones" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helpo:Kunigi_pa%C4%9Dojn" title="Helpo:Kunigi paĝojn – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Helpo:Kunigi paĝojn" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7" title="ویکی‌پدیا:ادغام صفحه‌ها – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:ادغام صفحه‌ها" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aide:Fusion" title="Aide:Fusion – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Aide:Fusion" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axuda:Fusi%C3%B3n" title="Axuda:Fusión – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Axuda:Fusión" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gom mw-list-item"><a href="https://gom.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:Merging" title="विकिपीडिया:Merging – Goan Konkani" lang="gom" hreflang="gom" data-title="विकिपीडिया:Merging" data-language-autonym="गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni" data-language-local-name="Goan Konkani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC:%EB%AC%B8%EC%84%9C_%ED%95%A9%EC%B9%98%EA%B8%B0" title="위키백과:문서 합치기 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키백과:문서 합치기" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AF" title="विकिपीडिया:विलय – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विकिपीडिया:विलय" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Zjedno%C4%87enje" title="Wikipedija:Zjednoćenje – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Wikipedija:Zjednoćenje" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bantuan:Penggabungan_dan_pemindahan" title="Bantuan:Penggabungan dan pemindahan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Bantuan:Penggabungan dan pemindahan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiuto:Unione" title="Aiuto:Unione – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Aiuto:Unione" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94:%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%97%D7%95%D7%93_%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9D" title="ויקיפדיה:מדיניות איחוד ערכים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ויקיפדיה:מדיניות איחוד ערכים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF:%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%82_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%82_-_%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D" title="വിക്കിപീഡിയ:ലയനവും പേരുമാറ്റവും - കരട് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വിക്കിപീഡിയ:ലയനവും പേരുമാറ്റവും - കരട്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Penggabungan_dan_pemindahan" title="Wikipedia:Penggabungan dan pemindahan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wikipedia:Penggabungan dan pemindahan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Samenvoegen_van_artikelen" title="Help:Samenvoegen van artikelen – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Help:Samenvoegen van artikelen" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a 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For articles with duplicated content, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_forks" title="Wikipedia:Content forks">WP:Content forks</a>. For the list of articles that have not been edited in the longest time, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports/Forgotten_articles" title="Wikipedia:Database reports/Forgotten articles">Wikipedia:Database reports/Forgotten articles</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p><p>A <b>merge</b>, or <b>merger</b>, is the process of uniting two or more pages into a single page. It is done by copying some or all content from the source page(s) into the destination page and then replacing the source page with a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirect" title="Wikipedia:Redirect">redirect</a> to the destination page. </p><p>Any editor can perform a merge. No permission or discussion is needed if you think the merge is uncontroversial; <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DOIT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DOIT">just do it</a> (but it might get reverted). Otherwise, the merge should be first proposed and discussed, as detailed below. </p><p>When performing a merge, one should remember to reconcile talk pages, and to attribute copied content, as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copying_within_Wikipedia#Attribution_is_required_for_copyright" title="Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia">required by Wikipedia's license</a>. At minimum, this means adding words "<i>Merged content to/from [[page]]</i>" to <a href="/wiki/Help:Edit_summary" title="Help:Edit summary">edit summaries</a>. See <a href="#How_to_merge">How to merge</a> below for details. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Reasons_for_merging" data-mw-thread-id="h-Reasons_for_merging"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Reasons_for_merging"></span>Reasons for merging<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Reasons_for_merging"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:MERGEREASON"></span><span id="WP:OVERLAP"></span><span id="WP:DUP"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:MERGEREASON&redirect=no">WP:MERGEREASON</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:OVERLAP&redirect=no">WP:OVERLAP</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:DUP&redirect=no">WP:DUP</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>There are several good reasons to merge pages: </p> <ol><li><span class="anchor" id="Duplicate"></span><b>Duplicate</b>: There are two or more pages on exactly the same subject, with the same scope. If a duplicate article was recently created, it may also be a candidate for speedy deletion under <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CSD_A10" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CSD A10">CSD A10 criteria</a>.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="Overlap"></span><b>Overlap</b>: There are two or more pages on related subjects that have a large overlap and might be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:REDUNDANT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:REDUNDANT">WP:REDUNDANT</a>. Remember, that <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_dictionary" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary">Wikipedia is not a dictionary</a>; there does not need to be a separate entry for every concept. For example, "flammable" and "non-flammable" can both be explained in an article on <a href="/wiki/Flammability" class="mw-redirect" title="Flammability">flammability</a>. Topics with the same name that are normally covered in a single article for example <a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a> deals with both the country and island (which have similar boundaries) thus a <a href="/wiki/Greenland_(island)" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenland (island)">Greenland (island)</a> article can be merged with the "Greenland" country article, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Semi-duplicate" title="Wikipedia:Semi-duplicate">Wikipedia:Semi-duplicate</a>.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="Text"></span><b>Short text</b>: If a page is very short (consisting of perhaps only one or two sentences) and is, in your opinion as editor, unlikely to be expanded within a "reasonable" (unspecified) amount of time, it often makes sense to merge it into a page on a broader topic.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="Notability"></span><b>Insufficient notability</b>: Some topics may not reach the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GNG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:GNG">general notability guidelines</a>, or more specific criteria, so merging is an <i>alternative to deletion</i>. While this can also be implemented through the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DISCUSSAFD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DISCUSSAFD">articles for deletion</a> process, merging directly may be more efficient. For example, parents or children of a celebrity <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTINHERITED" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTINHERITED">who themselves are otherwise unremarkable</a> are generally covered in a section of the article on the celebrity.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="Context"></span><b>Context</b>: If a short article requires the background material or context from a broader article in order for readers to understand it. For example, minor characters from works of fiction are generally covered in a "List of characters in <work>" article (and can be merged there); see also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(fiction)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (fiction)">Wikipedia:Notability (fiction)</a>.</li></ol> <p><span class="anchor" id="NOTMERGE"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"></p><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTMERGE"></span><span id="WP:NOMERGE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTMERGE&redirect=no">WP:NOTMERGE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOMERGE&redirect=no">WP:NOMERGE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Merging should be avoided if: </p> <ol><li>The resulting article would be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">too long or "clunky"</a>, or</li> <li>The separate topics could be expanded into longer standalone (but cross-linked) articles</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Proposing_a_merge" data-mw-thread-id="h-Proposing_a_merge"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Proposing_a_merge"></span><span class="anchor" id="MERGEINIT"></span>Proposing a merge<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Proposing_a_merge"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:MERGEINIT"></span><span id="WP:MERGEPROP"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:MERGEINIT&redirect=no">WP:MERGEINIT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:MERGEPROP&redirect=no">WP:MERGEPROP</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933"><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/60px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/80px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text">Need help? List your articles at the bottom of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_mergers" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Proposed mergers">Wikipedia:Proposed mergers</a>, and someone will list the suggested merge for you.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>If the need for a merge is obvious, editors can <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">be bold</a> and simply do it.</b> See <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#How_to_merge">how to merge</a> below. Bold merges may be reverted, even though they are labor-intensive to complete, but this edit process and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CIVIL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CIVIL">civil discussion</a> produces better articles. Articles that are young or short, such as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:STUB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:STUB">stubs</a> differing only in title and wording, should be merged immediately. Articles that have been separate for a long time should usually be discussed first, especially those on controversial topics. </p><p>To start a discussion, perform the following steps. If the merge is difficult to perform or seems potentially controversial, you should request assistance and feedback at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_mergers" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Proposed mergers">Wikipedia:Proposed mergers</a>. </p><p><b>Do not</b> use the discussion procedure described here to propose: </p> <ul><li><b>Category merges</b>: Category merges should be requested at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Categories for discussion">Wikipedia:Categories for discussion</a>, which uses the separate <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cfm" title="Template:Cfm">cfm</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template.</li> <li><b>Template merges</b>: Template merges should be requested at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Templates for discussion">Wikipedia:Templates for discussion</a>, which uses the separate <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Tfm" title="Template:Tfm">tfm</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Step_1:_Create_a_discussion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Step_1:_Create_a_discussion-Proposing_a_merge"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Step_1:_Create_a_discussion-Proposing_a_merge"></span>Step 1: Create a discussion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Step_1:_Create_a_discussion-Proposing_a_merge"></span></h3></div> <p>This is usually done on the proposed destination page's talk page. Exceptions: </p> <ul><li>If the destination does not exist, do not create its talk page (it could get speedily deleted).</li> <li>If a discussion exists already, do not move it (for example, having a discussion on the source page is acceptable).</li></ul> <p>For example, if suggesting that <a href="/wiki/Foo" class="mw-redirect" title="Foo">Foo</a> be merged into <a href="/wiki/Bar" class="mw-disambig" title="Bar">Bar</a>, create a proposal in a new section at <a href="/wiki/Talk:Bar" title="Talk:Bar">Talk:Bar</a>. Start a new section at the <i>bottom</i> of that talk page and include <b>the proposal itself, the list of the affected pages, and a merge rationale</b>. A good example is the following section: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-wikitext mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="gu">== Merge proposal ==</span> I propose merging <span class="p">[[</span><span class="nt">Foo</span><span class="p">]]</span> into <span class="p">[[</span><span class="nt">Bar</span><span class="p">]]</span>. I think the content in Foo can easily be explained in the context of Bar, and a merge would not cause any article-size or <span class="p">[[</span><span class="nn">WP</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nt">UNDUE</span><span class="p">|</span>weighting<span class="p">]]</span> problems in Bar.<span class="k">~~~~</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Notify_involved_users_(optional)" data-mw-thread-id="h-Notify_involved_users_(optional)-Step_1:_Create_a_discussion"><span id="Notify_involved_users_.28optional.29"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Notify_involved_users_(optional)-Step_1:_Create_a_discussion"></span>Notify involved users (optional)<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Notify_involved_users_(optional)-Step_1:_Create_a_discussion"></span></h4></div> <p>You may optionally notify involved users (e.g. contributors to the source and destination pages), who might not be <a href="/wiki/Help:Watching_pages" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Watching pages">watchlisting</a> them. One way is to simply <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notifications#Notification_messages" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Notifications">notify them</a> directly from the merge discussion page: </p> <dl><dd><code><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Ping" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Ping">ping</a>|User1|User2|User3|...}}</code> Message text. ~~~~</code></dd></dl> <p>Alternatively, go to those users' talk pages and start a new section. Make sure to provide a link to the merge discussion. You may use the following standard templates to leave a standard message: </p> <dl><dd><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Mergenote" title="Template:Mergenote">subst:Mergenote</a>|Foo|Talk:Bar#Merge proposal}}</code></dd></dl> <p>Please respect <i>neutrality</i> when making invitations to participate in the merge discussion. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Votestacking" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Votestacking">Votestacking</a>, that is, canvassing support by selectively notifying editors who have a predetermined point of view or opinion, is inappropriate. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Step_2:_Tag_the_relevant_pages" data-mw-thread-id="h-Step_2:_Tag_the_relevant_pages-Proposing_a_merge"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Step_2:_Tag_the_relevant_pages-Proposing_a_merge"></span>Step 2: Tag the relevant pages<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Step_2:_Tag_the_relevant_pages-Proposing_a_merge"></span></h3></div> <p><b>These templates should <i>not</i> be <a href="/wiki/H:SUBST" class="mw-redirect" title="H:SUBST">substituted</a>.</b> </p><p>To propose a merge of two pages, place the following template at the top of each page or section: </p> <dl><dd><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Merge" title="Template:Merge">merge</a>|OTHERPAGE|discuss=Talk:DESTINATIONPAGE#Merge proposal|date=November 2024}}</code></dd></dl> <p>If you know which page should be removed, use </p> <dl><dd><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Merge_to" title="Template:Merge to">merge to</a>|DESTINATIONPAGE|discuss=Talk:DESTINATIONPAGE#Merge proposal|date=November 2024}}</code></dd></dl> <p>on the source page, and </p> <dl><dd><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Merge_from" title="Template:Merge from">merge from</a>|SOURCEPAGE|discuss=Talk:DESTINATIONPAGE#Merge proposal|date=November 2024}}</code></dd></dl> <p>on the destination page. </p><p>If two pages are proposed to be merged into a third destination page that already exists, use </p> <dl><dd><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Merge" title="Template:Merge">merge</a>|OTHERSOURCEPAGE|target=DESTINATIONPAGE|discuss=Talk:DESTINATIONPAGE#Merge proposal|date=November 2024}}</code></dd></dl> <p>on the source pages, and </p> <dl><dd><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Merge_from" title="Template:Merge from">merge from</a>|SOURCEPAGE1|SOURCEPAGE2|discuss=Talk:DESTINATIONPAGE#Merge proposal|date=November 2024}}</code></dd></dl> <p>on the destination page. </p><p>If two pages are proposed to be merged at a destination page that does not yet exist (destination does not have a talk page), use </p> <dl><dd><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Merge" title="Template:Merge">merge</a>|OTHERSOURCEPAGE|target=DESTINATIONPAGE|discuss=Talk:SOURCEPAGE#Merge proposal|date=November 2024}}</code></dd></dl> <p>on each source page, choosing one of the source talk pages as the discussion location and ensuring the <code>discuss</code> parameter directs to this talk page on both source pages. </p><p>Please use the <code>discuss</code> parameter to direct <b>to the same talk page</b>. Otherwise, two separate discussions could take place. If the <code>discuss</code> parameter is not specified, the "Discuss" links lead to the top of each article's Talk page. In <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Merge_to" title="Template:Merge to">merge to</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Merge_from" title="Template:Merge from">merge from</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>), it always leads to the destination talk page, but it is still preferable to link to a specific section of the talk page. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_other_namespaces" data-mw-thread-id="h-In_other_namespaces-Step_2:_Tag_the_relevant_pages"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-In_other_namespaces-Step_2:_Tag_the_relevant_pages"></span>In other namespaces<span data-mw-comment-end="h-In_other_namespaces-Step_2:_Tag_the_relevant_pages"></span></h4></div> <ul><li>Do not use the above templates to propose a <i>category</i> merge. This should be requested at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Categories for discussion">WP:Categories for discussion</a>, which uses a separate <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cfm" title="Template:Cfm">cfm</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template.</li> <li>For a merge of pages within "Wikipedia" namespace (titles with the "Wikipedia:" or "WP:" prefix), do not include this prefix in the parameter.</li> <li>When proposing a merge between two different namespaces, these templates won't work because of technical limitations.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Step_3:_Discuss_the_merge" data-mw-thread-id="h-Step_3:_Discuss_the_merge-Proposing_a_merge"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Step_3:_Discuss_the_merge-Proposing_a_merge"></span>Step 3: Discuss the merge<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Step_3:_Discuss_the_merge-Proposing_a_merge"></span></h3></div> <p>Make sure to follow <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines">standard talk page guidelines</a>, which includes <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">civility</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">staying focused on the content, not on the involved editors</a>, using <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Indentation" title="Wikipedia:Indentation">threaded discussion formatting</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers">not biting newcomers</a>, and being clear and concise. </p><p>In many cases, a hybrid discussion/straw poll is used, but remember that <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Polling_is_not_a_substitute_for_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Polling is not a substitute for discussion"><i>polling</i> is not a substitute for <i>discussion</i></a>. Example formatting: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-wikitext mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="k">*</span> <span class="gs">'''Merge'''</span> – <insert reason for supporting merge here> <span class="k">~~~~</span> <span class="k">*</span> <span class="gs">'''Don't merge'''</span> – <insert reason for opposing merge here> <span class="k">~~~~</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Step_4:_Determine_consensus_and_close_the_merge_discussion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Step_4:_Determine_consensus_and_close_the_merge_discussion-Proposing_a_merge"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Step_4:_Determine_consensus_and_close_the_merge_discussion-Proposing_a_merge"></span>Step 4: Determine consensus and close the merge discussion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Step_4:_Determine_consensus_and_close_the_merge_discussion-Proposing_a_merge"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:MERGECLOSE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:MERGECLOSE&redirect=no">WP:MERGECLOSE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>During discussion, a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">rough consensus</a> may emerge to proceed with the merge. <b>Any user, including the user who first proposed the merge,</b> may close the discussion and move forward with the merge if enough time (normally one week or more) has elapsed and there <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Silence_and_consensus" title="Wikipedia:Silence and consensus">has been no discussion</a> or if there is unanimous consent to merge. Closing of merge discussions differs from <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_moves/Closing_instructions#Who_can_close_requested_moves" title="Wikipedia:Requested moves/Closing instructions">closing of requested move discussions</a> in that closings of uncontroversial merge discussions by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NACINV" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NACINV">involved users</a> are allowed. Admin tools are not needed unless page protection prohibits editing. </p><p>In more unclear, controversial cases, the determination that a consensus to merge has or has not been achieved should be made by an editor who is neutral and not directly involved in the merge proposal or the discussion. The discussion can be posted at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_mergers" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Proposed mergers">WP:Proposed mergers</a> to get some help. If necessary, a request that an administrator, who is not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators#Involved_admins" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">involved</a>, close the discussion can be made at the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Requests_for_closure" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Requests for closure">Requests for Closure</a> noticeboard. If a consensus is formed against the merge shortly after it was performed, it can easily be reversed.<span class="anchor" id="MergeReverse"></span> </p><p>To close a merge proposal discussion, the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Discussion_top" title="Template:Discussion top">Discussion top</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> and <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Discussion_bottom" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Discussion bottom">Discussion bottom</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> templates are used in the following manner: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-wikitext mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="gu">== Merge proposal ==</span> <span class="p">{{</span><span class="nt">Discussion top</span><span class="p">|</span><span class="nl">result</span><span class="o">=</span>The result of this discussion was... . <span class="k">~~~~</span><span class="p">}}</span> The merge proposal... <span class="k">*</span> and discussion... <span class="k">*</span> ... <span class="p">{{</span><span class="nt">Discussion bottom</span><span class="p">}}</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="If_there_is_consensus_to_merge" data-mw-thread-id="h-If_there_is_consensus_to_merge-Step_4:_Determine_consensus_and_close_the_merge_discussion"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-If_there_is_consensus_to_merge-Step_4:_Determine_consensus_and_close_the_merge_discussion"></span>If there is consensus to merge<span data-mw-comment-end="h-If_there_is_consensus_to_merge-Step_4:_Determine_consensus_and_close_the_merge_discussion"></span></h4></div> <p>After closing the merge proposal discussion, remove the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Merge_to" title="Template:Merge to">Merge to</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template from the source page and the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Merge_from" title="Template:Merge from">Merge from</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template from the destination page. Replace both with the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Merging" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Merging">Merging</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template, which is used in the following manner: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-wikitext mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="p">{{</span><span class="nt">Merging</span> <span class="p">|</span><span class="nl"> spacetype </span><span class="o">=</span> <"article/template/section", depending on what is being merged> <span class="p">|</span><span class="nl"> discuss </span><span class="o">=</span> <closed merge discussion, entered as "Talk:Page name#Section name"> <span class="p">|</span><span class="nl"> target </span><span class="o">=</span> <other page, entered as "Page name"> <span class="p">|</span><span class="nl"> dir </span><span class="o">=</span> <"to/from", depending if it is the destination page or the source page> <span class="p">|</span><span class="nl"> date </span><span class="o">=</span> <date merge was accepted, entered as "a date string" (according to preference)> <span class="p">}}</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="If_there_is_consensus_against_merging_or_no_consensus" data-mw-thread-id="h-If_there_is_consensus_against_merging_or_no_consensus-Step_4:_Determine_consensus_and_close_the_merge_discussion"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-If_there_is_consensus_against_merging_or_no_consensus-Step_4:_Determine_consensus_and_close_the_merge_discussion"></span>If there is consensus against merging or no consensus<span data-mw-comment-end="h-If_there_is_consensus_against_merging_or_no_consensus-Step_4:_Determine_consensus_and_close_the_merge_discussion"></span></h4></div> <p>After closing the merge proposal discussion, remove the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Merge_to" title="Template:Merge to">Merge to</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template from the source page and place the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Old_merge" title="Template:Old merge">Old merge</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template on the corresponding talk page in the following manner: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-wikitext mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="p">{{</span><span class="nt">Old merge</span> <span class="p">|</span><span class="nl"> otherpage </span><span class="o">=</span> <destination page, entered as "Page name"> <span class="p">|</span><span class="nl"> date </span><span class="o">=</span> <date merge was proposed, entered as "a date string" (according to preference)> <span class="p">|</span><span class="nl"> result </span><span class="o">=</span> <result of discussion, entered as "<span class="gs">'''No consensus'''</span>" (with boldface markup)> <span class="p">|</span><span class="nl"> talk </span><span class="o">=</span> <merge discussion, entered as "Talk:Page name#Section name"> <span class="p">|</span><span class="nl"> URL </span><span class="o">=</span> <permanent link, entered as "U_R_L" (with underscored spaces)> <span class="p">}}</span> </pre></div> <p>Then, remove the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Merge_from" title="Template:Merge from">Merge from</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template from the target page. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Step_5:_Perform_the_merge" data-mw-thread-id="h-Step_5:_Perform_the_merge-Proposing_a_merge"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Step_5:_Perform_the_merge-Proposing_a_merge"></span>Step 5: Perform the merge<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Step_5:_Perform_the_merge-Proposing_a_merge"></span></h3></div> <p>See <a href="#How_to_merge">§ How to merge</a> below. The main reason that the merge backlog includes thousands of articles is because the people who support the merge neglect to undertake this final step. <b>Any editor, including the editor who originally proposed the merge,</b> is permitted to perform a merge in accordance with consensus. Merging pages does <i>not</i> require intervention from an administrator. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Merge_as_a_result_of_a_deletion_discussion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Merge_as_a_result_of_a_deletion_discussion-Proposing_a_merge"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Merge_as_a_result_of_a_deletion_discussion-Proposing_a_merge"></span>Merge as a result of a deletion discussion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Merge_as_a_result_of_a_deletion_discussion-Proposing_a_merge"></span></h3></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion">Articles for Deletion (AfD) discussions</a>, editors may suggest that the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy#Merging" title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy">article(s) nominated for deletion be <i>merged</i></a> to an appropriate article. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1033199720">.mw-parser-output div.crossreference{padding-left:0}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference">(See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy#Alternatives_to_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy">Wikipedia:Deletion policy § Alternatives to deletion</a>.)</span> If there is a rough consensus for a merge at the end of a deletion discussion, the following template is placed at the top of the nominated article: </p><p><code><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Afd-merge_to" title="Template:Afd-merge to">Afd-merge to</a>|destination article|debate name|debate closure date}}</code></code> </p><p>Similarly, the following template is placed on the destination article's talk page: </p><p><code><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Afd-merge_from" title="Template:Afd-merge from">Afd-merge from</a>|nominated article|debate name|debate closure date}}</code></code> </p><p>This informs users involved in those pages that content is to be merged as a result of a deletion discussion. It is the <i>involved editors' job</i>, not the <i>closing administrators' job</i>, to perform the merge. Proceed in the manner described above. See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Merge_what%3F" title="Wikipedia:Merge what?">Wikipedia:Merge what?</a> for an essay encouraging not to just vote <i>merge</i> in <i>AfD</i> discussions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="How_to_merge" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_to_merge"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_to_merge"></span><span class="anchor" id="PROMERGE"></span>How to merge<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_to_merge"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:PROMERGE"></span><span id="WP:MERGETEXT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PROMERGE&redirect=no">WP:PROMERGE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:MERGETEXT&redirect=no">WP:MERGETEXT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For information on moving pages, see <a href="/wiki/Help:Moving_a_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Moving a page">Help:Moving a page</a>.</div> <ol><li><b>Copy</b> all or some of the content from the source page(s) and <b>paste</b> the content in an appropriate location at the destination page. <b>Don't</b> just redirect the source page without copying any content if any good content from the source page exists. Publish the edit, leaving the following edit summary (a link to the source article is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copying_within_Wikipedia#Attribution_is_required_for_copyright" title="Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia">required by copyright</a>): <dl><dd><dl><dd><code>Merged content from [[<i>source page</i>]] to here. See [[Talk:<i>merge discussion section</i>]].</code></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Ideally, do any necessary copyediting and rearranging in a separate, second edit rather than when you first paste the moved text (to simplify attribution). In practice, this means: Copy and paste all the content you want to transfer; publish the page with the required edit summary (even if it duplicates parts or looks a bit messy at this stage; you can use <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:In_use" title="Template:In use">In use</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> or <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Inuse-section" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Inuse-section">Inuse-section</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> if you want to let others know you'll be fixing it right away); then edit the page a second time to clean it up.</dd></dl></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirect" title="Wikipedia:Redirect">Redirect</a></b> the source page whose content was just merged by replacing <i>everything</i> with the following: <dl><dd><dl><dd><code>#REDIRECT [[<i>destination page</i>]] <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:R_from_merge" title="Template:R from merge">R from merge</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></code></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Or if the content was merged to a single section, the following: <dl><dd><code>#REDIRECT [[<i>destination page#section</i>]] <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:R_from_merge" title="Template:R from merge">R from merge</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:R_to_section" title="Template:R to section">R to section</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></code></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Publish the page, leaving the following edit summary: <dl><dd><code>Merged content to [[<i>destination page#section</i>]]. See [[Talk:<i>merge discussion section</i>]].</code></dd></dl></dd></dl></li> <li><b>Reconcile</b> talk page tags. If the source page has a talk page: <ul><li>Move any <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Merged-from" title="Template:Merged-from">merged-from</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> and <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Copied" title="Template:Copied">copied</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> templates to the destination page's talk page.</li> <li>Reconcile <span class="nowrap">{{WikiProject ....}}</span> templates: copy them from the source page to the destination and remove duplicates (look out for alternative templates; e.g. <span class="nowrap">{{WikiProject Software|Computing=yes}}</span> is the same as <span class="nowrap">{{WikiProject Computing|Software=yes}}</span>). Once copied, change the source article WikiProject templates so that they contain <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|class=redirect</code> (even for WikiProjects that do not yet support a redirect class); this does not have to be done if <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:WikiProject_banner_shell" title="Template:WikiProject banner shell">WikiProject banner shell</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> is being used, since that template will automatically choose the class.</li></ul></li> <li>Optionally: <b>Tag</b> the destination page's talk page with <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Merged-from" title="Template:Merged-from">merged-from</a>|<i>source page name</i>|<i>date</i>}}</code>, and the source page's talk page with <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Merged-to" title="Template:Merged-to">merged-to</a>|<i>destination page name</i>|<i>date</i>}}</code>. Place these tags at the top of the talk pages. <dl><dd>Do not add a new merge-from template to the destination talkpage if the merger is the result of an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AfD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AfD">WP:AfD</a> discussion, and <a href="/wiki/Template:Afd-merge_from" title="Template:Afd-merge from">Template:Afd-merge from</a> has already been placed on the destination talkpage.</dd> <dd>As an alternative, experienced users can add <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Copied" title="Template:Copied">copied</a>|from=|from_oldid=|to=|to_oldid=|to_diff=|date=}}</code> to the top of both talk pages.</dd></dl></li> <li>Optionally: <b>Fix</b> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Double_redirects" title="Wikipedia:Double redirects">double redirects</a> found at <a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere" title="Special:WhatLinksHere">Special:WhatLinksHere</a>. 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This is required under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content_criteria" title="Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria">non-free content criteria</a>.</li> <li><b>Remove</b> the relevant <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Merging" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Merging">Merging</a>}}</code> template from the destination article, if it still exists.</li></ol> <p><b>Note:</b> Most merged articles are not good candidates for merging of page histories because they have been edited in parallel and the collation of their edit states would create unhelpful and/or misleading diffs. In most cases, no request for a history-merge should be submitted. (A more detailed explanation is available <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_fix_cut-and-paste_moves#Parallel_versions" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:How to fix cut-and-paste moves">here</a>.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pages_to_merge" data-mw-thread-id="h-Pages_to_merge-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Pages_to_merge-See_also"></span>Pages to merge<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Pages_to_merge-See_also"></span></h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244369756">.mw-parser-output .maint-cat-progress{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-spacing:3px;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.4em;font-size:88%;line-height:1.5em;margin:0.5em 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.maint-cat-progress-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .maint-cat-progress-right{margin-left:1em;float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .maint-cat-progress-center{margin:0.5em auto}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .maint-cat-progress-header{background-color:#003}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .maint-cat-progress-header{background-color:#003}}</style><div class="maint-cat-progress maint-cat-progress-right"><div class="maint-cat-progress-header">Articles to be merged</div><div class="maint-cat-progress-refresh"><span class="noprint plainlinks purgelink"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Merging&action=purge"><span title="Purge this page">(refresh)</span></a></span></div><table class="maint-cat-progress-subtotals mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><caption>Subtotals</caption><tbody><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_to_be_merged_from_January_2024" title="Category:Articles to be merged from January 2024">January 2024</a></td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_to_be_merged_from_February_2024" title="Category:Articles to be merged from February 2024">February 2024</a></td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_to_be_merged_from_March_2024" title="Category:Articles to be merged from March 2024">March 2024</a></td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_to_be_merged_from_April_2024" title="Category:Articles to be merged from April 2024">April 2024</a></td><td>37</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_to_be_merged_from_May_2024" title="Category:Articles to be merged from May 2024">May 2024</a></td><td>46</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_to_be_merged_from_June_2024" title="Category:Articles to be merged from June 2024">June 2024</a></td><td>77</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_to_be_merged_from_July_2024" title="Category:Articles to be merged from July 2024">July 2024</a></td><td>109</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_to_be_merged_from_August_2024" title="Category:Articles to be merged from August 2024">August 2024</a></td><td>220</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_to_be_merged_from_September_2024" title="Category:Articles to be merged from September 2024">September 2024</a></td><td>378</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_to_be_merged_from_October_2024" title="Category:Articles to be merged from October 2024">October 2024</a></td><td>336</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_to_be_merged_from_November_2024" title="Category:Articles to be merged from November 2024">November 2024</a></td><td>311</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_to_be_merged" title="Category:Articles to be merged">Undated articles</a></td><td>1</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="maint-cat-progress-total-row"><div class="maint-cat-progress-total-label"><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_to_be_merged" title="Category:All articles to be merged">All articles</a></div><div class="maint-cat-progress-total">1,526</div></div></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Merge" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Merge">Wikipedia:WikiProject Merge</a> was initiated to clear merge backlog. Current pages tagged for merging can be found at <a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_to_be_merged" title="Category:Articles to be merged">Category:Articles to be merged</a>, which lists pages that have been tagged for merging on a particular month (tagging began in September 2006). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_merge_templates" data-mw-thread-id="h-List_of_merge_templates-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-List_of_merge_templates-See_also"></span>List of merge templates<span data-mw-comment-end="h-List_of_merge_templates-See_also"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Category:Merge_templates" title="Category:Merge templates">Category:Merge templates</a></div> <p>See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages/Merging" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Template messages/Merging">here</a> for a table with examples. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:Merge" title="Template:Merge">Template:Merge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Merge_to" title="Template:Merge to">Template:Merge to</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Merge_from" title="Template:Merge from">Template:Merge from</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Duplication" title="Template:Duplication">Template:Duplication</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Merging" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Merging">Template:Merging</a></li> <li><a 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