Template:Mergefrom

It has been suggested that [[{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] be merged into this article or section.

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Goal

This template can be placed at the top of an article or section that another article or section is considered to be merged into.

Articles marked with this template will automatically be added to the category Articles to be merged.

Merging can be done if two articles are found to be similar enough that merging them would aid their maintenance. The merge is done by copying text from one article to another and keeping the first as a redirect page. Normally text from a shorter article is merged into a longer article or a section of it.

Usage

The template is placed at the top of the article to be merged from.

{{mergefrom|The other article|Discussion page}}

• The other article: Name of the article to be merged into this article or section
• Discussion page: Optional name of a discussion page with a section about the merge.

If there is a need for a motivation or a discussion about the merge, do so on the page to be merged from, preferably as a new section named something like Merge to <other article> and link to the talk page and preferably also to that section with the second parameter.

Examples

{{mergefrom|Example}}

It has been suggested that Example be merged into this article or section.

{{mergefrom|Example|Template talk:Merge#Merge with Example}}

It has been suggested that Example be merged into this article or section. Discuss this merge.

Related templates

• {{merge}}
• {{mergeto}}
• {{mergedisputed}}