Template:Afd-merge to/doc

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Usage

{{Afd-merge to| First article | Second article | ... | discussion=Example (2nd nomination) | date=October 2026}}

This template always needs to be applied after an AfD discussion has been closed with consensus to merge. This template is used to add the article to the category Category:Articles with consensus to merge. This category can be suppressed by using |nocat=yes.

See also

This page is a Tilcayo Cats policy. The Clowder and all of The Coalition follow it.Shortcut: TC:CON See all policies and guidelines.

How it works

1. Be bold, once. Make the edit you think is right. If nobody objects, that is consensus.
2. If you are reverted, discuss. Don't restore your edit. Start a thread on the talk page, explain your reasons with sources and policies, and wait for replies.
3. Arguments, not votes. Whoever closes a discussion weighs the arguments against policy. Comments that ignore policy, repeat others or come from connected or paid editors without disclosure carry little or no weight.
4. Consensus cannot override policy. No local agreement can keep a non-notable topic, allow an unsourced claim or relax the rules for living people or paid work.
5. It can change. A past decision can be revisited when there are new sources or arguments, but not by repeating the same request until people give up.

Edit warring

Undoing another editor's change more than once on the same page in 24 hours, without discussion, is edit warring (Wikipedia allows three reverts; we allow one). It may lead to protection of the page or a block. Exceptions: reverting obvious vandalism, removing BLP violations and copyright infringement, and reverting banned or blocked users. Report edit warring at the edit warring noticeboard.

Getting more views

If a talk page discussion is stuck, ask for a third opinion, raise it at the relevant noticeboard, or at the village pump for wider questions. Ask once, in one place, in neutral words. Discussions that need a formal close can be listed at Closure requests. There is no arbitration committee and no formal mediation: if discussion fails, an administrator decides on policy grounds.

Page moves

Uncontroversial moves can be made by anyone. If a move is likely to be disputed, discuss it on the article's talk page first, and leave it open for seven days.

This page is a Tilcayo Cats policy. The Clowder and all of The Coalition follow it.Shortcut: TC:CON See all policies and guidelines.

How it works

1. Be bold, once. Make the edit you think is right. If nobody objects, that is consensus.
2. If you are reverted, discuss. Don't restore your edit. Start a thread on the talk page, explain your reasons with sources and policies, and wait for replies.
3. Arguments, not votes. Whoever closes a discussion weighs the arguments against policy. Comments that ignore policy, repeat others or come from connected or paid editors without disclosure carry little or no weight.
4. Consensus cannot override policy. No local agreement can keep a non-notable topic, allow an unsourced claim or relax the rules for living people or paid work.
5. It can change. A past decision can be revisited when there are new sources or arguments, but not by repeating the same request until people give up.

Edit warring

Undoing another editor's change more than once on the same page in 24 hours, without discussion, is edit warring (Wikipedia allows three reverts; we allow one). It may lead to protection of the page or a block. Exceptions: reverting obvious vandalism, removing BLP violations and copyright infringement, and reverting banned or blocked users. Report edit warring at the edit warring noticeboard.

Getting more views

If a talk page discussion is stuck, ask for a third opinion, raise it at the relevant noticeboard, or at the village pump for wider questions. Ask once, in one place, in neutral words. Discussions that need a formal close can be listed at Closure requests. There is no arbitration committee and no formal mediation: if discussion fails, an administrator decides on policy grounds.

Page moves

Uncontroversial moves can be made by anyone. If a move is likely to be disputed, discuss it on the article's talk page first, and leave it open for seven days.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Afd-merge to in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Afd-merge to

Marks an article as needing to be merged into another article following an Articles for Deletion debate.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Destination article	1	The article that this particular article is supposed to be merged to. Up to 20 pages may be provided as destinations, each separated by a pipe (unnamed parameters 1–20). Example Example	Page name	required
Debate name	discussion talk discuss afd	The part of the debate's page name after "Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/". Usually the same as the article itself. However, if the debate is a second or third nomination, append "(second nomination)" or "(third nomination)" or so forth as the case may be. Example Example	String	suggested
Debate closure date	date	The day on which the Articles for Deletion debate was closed. Suggested values {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} Example 13 February 2024	String	required
Do not categorize?	nocat	If set to "true", the article is not categorized. Useful for demonstration purposes. Suggested values true Example true	Boolean	optional