Contents 1 Which merge template should I use? 2 Usage 3 Notes 4 See also 4.1 Merging 4.2 Splitting

Which merge template should I use?

• {{Merge}} — to merge at least two together at an unspecified location
• {{Mergeto}} — to merge the contents of the tagged article into the specified article.
• {{Mergefrom}} — the opposite of {{Mergeto}}; the contents of the specified article should be merged into the tagged article.

Usage

Tagging a single page is simple:

{{Merge | OtherPage| date=December 2009}}

By default, the Discuss link on the template links to the top of the tagged page's talk page. To specify which section, or to name a different talk page entirely, use the discuss parameter:

{{Merge | OtherPage| discuss=Talk:OtherPage#Merge discussion| date=December 2009}}

To name other pages to be merged, simply separate them with a vertical pipe. You can add up to 20 articles to be merged.

{{Merge | OtherPage1| OtherPage2| OtherPage 3| discuss=Talk:OtherPage#Merge discussion| date=December 2009}}

To name multiple pages to merge into a single page, use the target parameter. For example, to merge the tagged page, as well as OtherPage1, OtherPage2, and OtherPage3 into OtherPage4, use:

{{Merge | OtherPage1| OtherPage2| OtherPage3| target=OtherPage4| discuss=Talk:OtherPage#Merge discussion| date=December 2009}}

These templates will add tagged articles to Category:Articles to be merged, while non-articles (files, templates, etc.) will be added to Category:Items to be merged.

Notes

• If you want to propose merging a category, you must do so at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion, using the specific templates available there.

• If you want to propose merging a template, you must do so at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion, using the specific templates available there.

• Do not add the namespace to the names of the pages.

For example, write {{Merge|OtherTemplate}}, not {{Merge|Template:OtherTemplate}}.

• Do not link to the pages with square brackets.

For example, write {{Merge|OtherArticle}}, not {{Merge|[[OtherArticle]]}}.

• The date will not be shown in the box. Do not be concerned about this. It is used when grouping tagged pages together into categories by date.

See also

Merging

{{Merge}} {{Mergeto}}

{{Mergefrom}} {{Merging}}

Splitting

{{Split}} {{Split2}} {{Split-apart}}

{{Move portions}} {{Split section}} {{Split sections}}