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meta>SMcCandlish That's not true at all; there's no policy anywhere that says this, and there's no technical reason for XfD like there is for categories. It's entirely normal and routine to tag template for merge and to discuss template merges in "Template talk:". |
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* After adding the merge template, please create a section on the talkpage explaining your rationale for the merge proposal. | * After adding the merge template, please create a section on the talkpage explaining your rationale for the merge proposal. | ||
* If you want to propose merging a '''category''', you must do so at [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion]], using the specific templates available there. | * If you want to propose merging a '''category''', you must do so at [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion]], using the specific templates available there. | ||
* If you want to propose merging a '''template''', | * If you want to propose merging a '''template''', it may be more appropriate to do so at [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion]], using the specific templates available there, especially if the merge may be controversial. | ||
* '''Do not add the namespace''' to the names of the pages. | * '''Do not add the namespace''' to the names of the pages. | ||
Revision as of 14:12, 25 February 2012
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Which merge template should I use?
{{Merge|OtherPage}}– to merge at least two together at an unspecified location{{Merge to|OtherPage}}– to merge the contents of the tagged article into the specified article.{{Merge from|OtherPage}}– the opposite of{{Merge to}}; the contents of the specified article should be merged into the tagged article.
Usage
Tagging a single page is simple:
{{Merge|OtherPage |date=October 2024}}
By default, the Discuss link on the template links to the top of the destination page's talk page. To specify which section, or to name a different talk page entirely, use the |discuss= parameter:
{{Merge|OtherPage |discuss=Talk:OtherPage#Merge discussion |date=October 2024}}
To name other pages to be merged, simply separate them with a vertical pipe. You can add up to 20 articles to be merged:
{{Merge|OtherPage1 |OtherPage2 |OtherPage3 |discuss=Talk:OtherPage#Merge discussion |date=October 2024}}
To name multiple pages to merge into a single page, use the |target= parameter. For example, to merge the tagged page, as well as OtherPage1, OtherPage2, and OtherPage3 into OtherPage4, use:
{{Merge|OtherPage1 |OtherPage2 |OtherPage3 |target=OtherPage4 |discuss=Talk:OtherPage#Merge discussion |date=October 2024}}
These templates will add tagged articles to Category:Articles to be merged, while non-articles (files, templates, etc.) will be added to Category:Items to be merged.
Notes
- After adding the merge template, please create a section on the talkpage explaining your rationale for the merge proposal.
- If you want to propose merging a category, you must do so at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion, using the specific templates available there.
- If you want to propose merging a template, it may be more appropriate to do so at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion, using the specific templates available there, especially if the merge may be controversial.
- Do not add the namespace to the names of the pages.
- Do not link to the pages with square brackets.
- You do not have to supply the date: a bot will add it later.
- The date may not be shown in the box. Do not be concerned about this. It is used when grouping tagged pages together into categories by date.
{{Wikipedia:Template messages/Merging and splitting/List}}
