Template:Merged-from/doc

Intended for use on talk pages, this template identifies that another page was previously merged into the current article.

Usage

 * article: Name of article which was merged; must not be wikilinked.
 * date: Date which the article was merged (if known).
 * talk: Whether to link to the article's talk page
 * target: The target page, if not the subject page (e.g. for a merge to a talk page)

Example:
 *   — displays message that the current article was merged from foo

Examples

 *   — displays message that foo was merged into the current article

The talk page link can be removed with the parameter. Example:

The talk page is in another namespace. Example:

Additionally, if the merge has been carried out as a result of an AfD, an optional afd parameter can be used to link to the discussion:

TemplateData
{	"params": { "1": {			"label": "Article", "description": "The title of the article that was merged into this article.", "example": "Example", "type": "wiki-page-name", "required": true },		"2": {			"aliases": [ "date" ],			"label": "Date", "description": "The date on which the article was merged.", "example": "14 February 2024", "type": "string", "required": true },		"nocat": { "label": "Nocat", "description": "If set to \"true\", then this template will not show any errors even if it is transcluded on a non-talk page (e.g. for demonstration purposes). Otherwise, it will produce an error and add the page to Category:Pages with templates in the wrong namespace.", "example": "true", "type": "string", "suggestedvalues": [ "true" ]		},		"small": { "label": "Small?", "description": "If set to \"yes\" or \"true\", then the box becomes small and floats to the right.", "type": "string", "suggestedvalues": [ "yes", "true" ]		},		"target": { "label": "Merge target", "description": "Target of the merge, if not the article itself. ", "example": "Example", "type": "wiki-page-name", "autovalue": "" },		"afd": { "label": "AfD discussion", "description": "If the merge was carried out as part of an Articles for Deletion discussion closure, link to that discussion using this parameter.", "example": "Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Example", "type": "wiki-page-name" },		"talk": { "label": "Link to source's talk?", "description": "If set to \"no\", it avoids linking to the source article's talk page.", "example": "no", "type": "string", "suggestedvalues": [ "yes", "no" ]		}	},	"description": "Put this template on a talk page to note that the article was the TARGET of a previous merge." }