From Help:Merging and Wikipedia:Merging
A merger is a process by which the content of two pages are united on one page for one or more of the following reasons:
A copy paste merger creates "attribution dependency". To license the content from the originating article you must, at minimum, provide a direct link to the original article in the edit summary of the page where content is being placed. You should also place the {{Copied}}
tag on the originating article as well as the target article.
Merging should be avoided if the articles are sufficiently distinct to stand on their own and the resulting article will be too long or "clunky"; the separate topics could be expanded into longer standalone (but cross-linked) articles; the topics are discrete subjects and deserve their own articles even though they may be short.
If you need direction for making a new merge proposal see Wiki: Proposed mergers. On Wikipedia, articles may be boldly merged without any proposal taking place, though it is recommended where the merge is expected to be controversial. If you boldly merge an article and it is reverted, this should be considered part of the BOLD, revert, discuss cycle and not undone until discussion takes place—do not edit war.
A merge is listed once a tag is placed on the article, such as {{Merge}}
or {{Merge to}}
. Removing the tag, delists the article. Never remove a proposed merge tag unless you are intending to delist the article and only do so when all issues have been addressed. If the proposer of the merge did not start a discussion for the merge, and it is not obvious why the articles should be merged, it is acceptable to remove the tags. If the reason for the merge is obvious, you can either merge the articles boldly, or start a new discussion.
Editors should always close a proposal uncontroversially. Complex cases can be referred to the project's talk page. Merging an article where there was a consensus-based decision to do so at an AfD discussion that has been closed by an administrator is not controversial, and may be undertaken with no further discussion or closing procedure. Local consensus should determine a merge with redirect if discussion is underway for even a very old merge proposal, however, content may still be boldy added to the target page if it is not already present, has context and has references. If content can be saved by taking the extra time to copy edit for original prose, references, formatting, etc. an editor is encouraged to do so.
If an article is original and has sufficient differences from the target article it can be retained and not be redirected or merged and delisted. A merge tag represents the efforts of an editor to gain consensus. If no other discussion is made it is an individual judgement call, whether or not to carry out a "Merge with redirect" from a proposal. If a MWR is reverted by another editor after being carried out by a project participant (or other editor) with no discussion we can assume opposition to the merge and delist as "no consensus".
If there has been no discussion generated after a reasonable amount of time then the merge proposal is stale. Stale merge proposals more than one year should be immediately delisted if any of the following apply:
Once a reasonable amount of time has passed and no discussion is generated the proposal becomes stale. Stale proposals of less than one year may be delisted if any or all of above apply as well as additional standards for newer proposals:
If the articles listed for merge meet the above standards then you may simply remove the tags as a stale merge/old proposal no consensus. No merging takes place.
If none of the above apply or it is your decision to carry out the merge, be sure and follow the steps as laid out by Help:Merging.
Editors should not merge content during an AFD. AfD participants should not work "around" consensus by beginning a merge process on their own, before discussion. While preservation of content is a good consideration, copying may be contentious and may create additional steps and administrative work if undoing any copying is necessary. Such a merge also causes an attribution dependency breakage between articles that may require the merging of article history that would be lost if the source page is deleted. AFD participants may offer proposals and negotiate with the other participants during the discussion. If needed, editors may ask the closing admin how to rescue the content or what additional steps that need to be taken.
Any editor may add contents and references if the prose used is completely original. In this manner the merged content is not merely copied and pasted but all original content makes use of the available references. Rather than merging, the content can be rewritten. In this case, there is no attribution problems as the content is new. However, one should exercise extreme caution BEFORE undertaking such a controversial merge. While it is not strictly prohibited, Wikipedia:WikiProject Merge recommends that all editors refrain from such tasks in the spirit of collaboration. Unless there is a strong case for the merger specified by deletion policy it is preferred that editors wait until the discussion period is complete.
From Help:Merging
If there is clear agreement with the proposal by consensus, or if there is silence, proceed with the merger. Before merging, it is recommended that you refer to this, which applies to merger targets as well as redirect targets.
To provide clarity that the merger discussion is over and that a consensus has been reached, it may be important to close and then archive the proposal discussion. To close a merger proposal discussion, indicate the outcome at the top. If the merger is particularly controversial, one may take the optional step of requesting closure by an uninvolved administrator at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Requests for closure.
To archive a merger proposal discussion, a {{Discussion top}}
template is generally placed between the header and the top of the discussion and a {{Discussion bottom}}
template will need to be placed at the bottom of the discussion.
Here is an example of how to archive a merger proposal discussion:
== Header == {{Discussion top|1=The result was '''merge''' into DESTINATION PAGE. -- ~~~~}} Hi, I would like to discuss... {{Discussion bottom}}
You can also place the {{Oldmergefull}}
template at the top of the talk pages of the articles proposed to be merged.
AFD consensus to merge/redirects have been Admin closed and do not reguire further closing procedure. These may be merged and redirected with no further tasks required or associated with the merger.
From Help:Merging
There are two basic types of merger; which to use depends on how much content of the source page you want to keep:
Also remember that almost all article pages have a talk page. To avoid losing quick access to that historical discussion, a link to the source article's talk-page should be placed at the top of the destination article's talk-page, such as:
Article merged: See old talk-page [[talk:PAGENAME|here]]
or use Template:Copied:
{{Copied|from=source|from_oldid=source|to=destination|diff=|date=}}
merge content from [[SOURCEPAGE]]
(This step is required in order to conform with Wiki's licensing requirements. Do not omit it nor omit the page name.)#REDIRECT [[DESTINATIONPAGE]] {{R from merge}}
, save the source page with an edit summary noting merge content to [[DESTINATIONPAGE]]
From Help:Merging
Full content merger in a nutshell: A full merger copies all the text from the source page. |
{{Mergefrom}}
tag.#REDIRECT [[PAGENAME]] {{R from merge}}
, note the merger (including the page name) in the edit summary, and save the page.{{In use}}
temporarily to prevent edit conflicts.{{Copied|from=source|to=destination|diff=permanent diff}}
onto the talk pages of both articles. This not only helps clarify attribution at the destination, but helps prevent inadvertent later deletion of the source history. This step is optional but recommended.Performing a merger in this manner is beneficial when you want to include all the content from both articles in the article history of the final article.
From Help:Merging
Selective merger in a nutshell: A selective merger transfers only some of the text from the source page into the target article. |
{{Mergefrom}}
tag from the destination page before previewing#REDIRECT [[PAGENAME]] {{R from merge}}
. {{Copied|from=source|to=destination|diff=permanent diff}}
onto the talk pages of both articles. This not only helps clarify attribution at the destination, but helps prevent inadvertent later deletion of the source history. This step is optional but recommended.Performing a merger in this manner is beneficial when the source document includes a great deal of material that is not needed in the final article.
Once the content is merged do not forget to blank the originating page and add:
#REDIRECT [[PAGENAME]] {{R from merge}}
At minimum, attribution must be provided in the edit summary of the page into which content is placed. This step is required in order to conform with Wiki's licensing requirements. Do not omit it nor omit the page name. It is important to remember, once a merge has been made and the redirect set or even when a redirect is not set in place, to add this template on both the target and originating article talkpage and fill out completely:
{{Copied |from= |from_oldid= |to= |diff= }}
This code, when filled, out produces the name of the two articles and the original diff from your action of adding the material in full or in part and is needed to attribute the work of the authors. Below is this example for the Merge guidelines copied in full or in part from Help:Merging.
Text from this version of Help:Merging was copied or moved into Wiki: WikiProject Merge/PMGGUIDE with this edit. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted so long as the latter page exists. The former page's talk page can be accessed at ಸಹಾಯ ಚರ್ಚೆಪುಟ:Merging. |
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