User:GenQuest/Merge

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DEMYSTIFYING MERGERS ONE ARTICLE AT A TIME ...

Also, see my copy and paste Common Editing Templates

Merger Request Notification & Discussion Banners
1) Install one of the following BANNERS to the Top section of the involved articles (just highlight and copy/paste):


 * On target, or destination , article (the one you're adding to):

 


 * On source article (the one which is being deleted):

 

2) Install these on the articles, then create a discussion section only at the Target article's Talk Page (since a merge discussion at the other talk page would be hidden if the merger proceeds):


 * Call it something like Merger proposal (or Merge discussion of June 2021, or something just as simple); but be sure it's the same spelling you used in both of the banners (above).
 * On Target Talk Page start the discussion by highlighting and copy/pasting these lines:

 ==Merger proposal==    Formal request has been received to merge: {name of source article} into {name of target article}'''; dated: {month/year}. Proposer's Rationale: {not stated}. Discuss here. ~ '''


 * (and, if given, state proposer's rationale).

Merging Process Templates
This is current Good Practice for Merging. After the content moves are made, you will need to copy, paste and focus the emboldened lines below. Replace the italicized with specific information from your Merge/Redirect:


 * 1. –On the newly combined article page's Edit Summary at a minimum :


 *  Merged content from ~source page~  to here per WikiProject Merge 


 * or,


 * Merged content from ~source page~  to here. (See  Talk:~destination page~ )


 * 2. –Replace the Entire Contents of the source page with:


 *  #REDIRECT ~destination page~     (replaces  )


 * or, if most of the content moved into a SINGLE SECTION of the target page:


 *  #REDIRECT ~destination page~  

–or alternately:


 *    (alternate for  ) if an anchor template has been used.

{{Quote box |quoted=true |bgcolor=#ADD8E6|width=45m |align=right| quote=
 * {{Redr|from abbreviation }}
 * {{R from album }}
 * {{R from birth name }}
 * {{R from book }}
 * {{R comics with possibilities }}
 * {{R from historic name }}
 * {{Redr|high}}
 * {{R to list }}
 * {{R to list entry }}
 * {{R from maiden name }}
 * {{R from married name }}
 * {{R from other capitalization }}
 * {{R from other disambiguation }}
 * {{R from person }}
 * {{R from predecessor company name}}
 * {{R from school }}
 * {{R from short name }}
 * {{R from song }}
 * {{R with possibilities }}
 * {{R from writers }}
 * {{R from unnecessary disambiguation}}
 * {{R printworthy }} {{DEFAULTSORT: }}
 * {{R unprintworthy }} {{DEFAULTSORT: }}
 * {{R printworthy }} {{DEFAULTSORT: }}
 * {{R unprintworthy }} {{DEFAULTSORT: }}
 * {{R unprintworthy }} {{DEFAULTSORT: }}

Other Redirect Explanation Templates
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 * redirect to joint biography
 * redirect from member
 * R from alternate name
 * R from misspelling
 * R from move
 * R from Merge
 * (or R from Merger  )
 * R to Section
 * R from title without diacritics


 * 3. –On the newly blanked (redirected) article page's Edit Summary add:


 *  Merged and Redirected to ~destination page~  per WikiProject Merge. 


 * or


 * Merged content to ~destination page~ .  See Talk: ~destination page~


 * 4. –On the same line as the Target Section sub-header (title) that the old article now points to, add:




 * or, alternatively you can use this (new) template (placed at the beginning of a paragraph of text):




 * 5. – If time permits, Tag the Talk Pages * (a Bot will do this if you don't):


 * The Destination (target) Talk-Page is tagged with (optional):

  *  –or–     *


 * The Source Talk-Page which has discussion content, should have the following placed (without removing the old discussions, but replacing all other templates ; including most project assessment templates (some projects want to keep these—they will correct if necessary). The exception is the archive index):

  *
 * NOTE : Place these tags at the top of the talk pages.

Merger Discussion Area Setup on target talk pages

 * Preferred method:


 *  ==Merger proposal== 

'''  Formal request has been received to merge: {name of source article} into {name of target article}; dated: {month/year}. Proposer's Rationale: {not stated}. Discuss here. ~ '''

One can include the article stats for high traffic and B-rated or better articles with the following:


 *  ==Merger proposal== 

'''  There is a request for the merger of the  article into. Input is welcomed below. ~ '''


 * Simple method:


 *  ==Merger proposal== 

''' Received request to merge the ~source article~ article into the ~target article~ article on {~date~}. Reason: {None given}. Discuss it here. ~ '''

[Optional] Notification to article creator or heavy contributors
Let the page creator and any major editor(s) of the article know what's happening by copying and placing the following notice on their Talk Page:

== Merge discussion notice== An article that you have been involved in editing, r.e.: ~article~, has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going >>>here<<<, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. ~

Discussion relisted
~


 * gives:


 * * Discussion relisted at noticeboard and is awaiting additional input here. GenQuest  "scribble" 23:27, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

Note for Noticeboard: additional input was requested
''' :::Note: Requested additional input from WikiProject ~name~. ~ '''

or




 * gives:


 * * :~WikiProject:Name~ has been notified to help generate additional comments to the above Merger Request(s). Thanks, GenQuest  "scribble" 17:38, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Note for Project Talk Page: additional input was requested
==Merger proposal== Received request to merge the {source article name} article into the {target article name} article on {any date form}. Reason: text. Discuss it >>>HERE<<<. ~

gives:


 * ==Merger proposal==
 * Merge-arrows.svg Received request to merge the source article into the target article on {date}. Reason: reason here.  Discuss it >>>HERE<<< .   GenQuest  "Talk to Me" 16:11, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

Merger Discussion archiving
Close the discussion by copying and pasting the following (as shown):

 :''The following discussion is an archived discussion of a  Wikipedia:Proposed mergers |Merge Proposal]] and / or Wikipedia:Redirect |Redirect]]. Please do not modify it. The result of the request for the Proposed Merger of {requested article} into this talk page's article was: —    —     —     —     —

[discussion]

— —  —  —  —  ''The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a WP:PM]]. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. ~ A copy of this template can be found here.


 * Gives the following output:


 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a Merger Proposal and Redirect. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the target talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the Proposed Merger of {requested article} to here was: Not Done — No Consensus to Merge. Consensus Reached – Awaiting Merge.  Completed per Request.

[discussion]

''The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested merge. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. User User Talk A copy of this template can be found here

Alternate close with summary box
[discussion]


 * Gives the following output:

[discussion]

Move misplaced discussion area
''' ⇔ This is a discussion regarding a merge to another page, and has been transposed to the talk-page of the target article to better preserve the comments in the event the merge proceeds. § Additional comments should be made at Talk:{target article}, not here. Thank you. ~ '''

Discussion Moved notification button
Placing a button on the source article's talk page pointing to the moved discussion (on the talk page of the target article). Note : You will have to copy the entire merge discussion itself over to the target article talk page by copy/paste, and then close the old discussion back at the source talk page so it doesn't receive additional comments.




 * gives (example):

Administrators' notice board close
Please don't forget to mark the template with " |done=yes " when you mark the discussion as ✅.

Post-Merge attribution acknowledgement (edit summary)
Attribution only edit: A previous edit dated {~yyyy-mm-dd~} contained content copied from the Wikipedia page at {~SourceArticleName}; see that article's page history for attribution. (Additional information can be found at WP:RIA.)

Merge complete icon
✅


 * gives

✅

Incomplete or Broken Mergers
It appears that your edit of //date//, (//edit summary details//) left an incomplete Merge and Redirect of the ~article name~ article and its talk page, Talk:~article name~. I have completed the Merge and Redirect for you. If you need help in the completion of mergers in the future, please feel free to contact me. Thank you, ~

Merger / Mergist user-page self-identifiers
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