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[[English Wikipedia]] has an excellent article about merging ([[Wikipedia:Merging]]).<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Merging&oldid=991629647</ref> The [[wikitext]] below is copied from that article: |
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A '''merger''' 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 [[Wikipedia:Redirect|redirect]] to the destination page. |
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Any editor can perform a merger. No permission or discussion is needed if you think the merge is uncontroversial; just do it (but it might get reverted). Otherwise, the merge should be first proposed and discussed, as detailed below. |
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When performing a merger, one should remember to reconcile talk pages, and to attribute copied content, as [[Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia#Attribution is required for copyright|required by Wikipedia's license]]. At minimum, this means adding words "''Merged content to/from <nowiki>[[page]]</nowiki>''" to [[Help:Edit summary|edit summaries]]. |
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See [[#How to merge|How to merge]] below for details. |
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Latest revision as of 23:49, 6 February 2021
English Wikipedia has an excellent article about merging (Wikipedia:Merging).[1] The wikitext below is copied from that article:
A merger 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 redirect to the destination page.
Any editor can perform a merger. No permission or discussion is needed if you think the merge is uncontroversial; just do it (but it might get reverted). Otherwise, the merge should be first proposed and discussed, as detailed below.
When performing a merger, one should remember to reconcile talk pages, and to attribute copied content, as required by Wikipedia's license. At minimum, this means adding words "Merged content to/from [[page]]" to edit summaries. See How to merge below for details.