Template talk:Being merged

Similar template
Looking again at this, I wonder whether we need this template and Template:Merging. Klbrain (talk) 18:49, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
 * How could I forget about that! Yep they're intended for the same purpose with the main difference being the categorization, which is basically useless for merging since it places it together with all the thousands of proposals without consensus. I will take care of it tomorrow. I don't think a whole TfD should be necessary. --Trialpears (talk) 21:55, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
 * The categorization process is helpful, though; keeping a (hopefully small) list of mergers ready to be completed. So, I'm sitting on the fence ... Klbrain (talk) 22:10, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
 * I was planning on changing it to Category:Articles currently being merged, which is what Being merged is currently using. --Trialpears (talk) 22:15, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
 * That sounds like a good idea. Klbrain (talk) 07:38, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

Broken template compatibility
I think your recent changes broke the namespace detection that ensured Being deleted was invoked in template space. This used to be a redirect there and I think we should keep it working since in many cases the template is being merged and not deleted. One example of an affected page is Infobox name module. Could you take a look at this? ‑‑Trialpears (talk) 22:40, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Does this template need page type switches?
Hey! I can't really think of a significant or reasonable reason why Being merged needs a switch for different page types - is this template really being used in non-article pages? ItsPugle (please ping on reply) 09:14, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
 * , it used to be a redirect to Being deleted which is used for TfDs and used to be backwards compatible using switches when I created it. Looks like someone removed that feature though. --Trialpears (talk) 09:21, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Hm, I think Being deleted is a significantly different template here. Being merged has its own place I feel. Apart from its historical use with TfD, is Being merged used on any other non-article pages? ItsPugle (please ping on reply) 09:56, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
 * , Tep, currently it's used at MOS:ROMANIZATION and it may be used for other non-article mergers in the future. --Trialpears (talk) 10:33, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
 * 👍 I'll have a crack at improving how it works for non-article pages. ItsPugle (please ping on reply) 09:27, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Test of the message
A minor point, but I wonder whether it might be better to "merge this page to" rather than "merge this page with" when a 'target' is set; it's helpful for readers to see the intended direction. Klbrain (talk) 10:09, 6 September 2023 (UTC)