Template:Being merged from/doc

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Usage

{{Being merged from| 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. If you are actively working on the merge, use the {{In use}} template to let editors know you're currently working on it.

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

Template for use on pages that already have a consensus to be merged, but just need to be actioned on.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Other page	1	This is the page with which this article should be merged. Note: 19 additional pages to merge can be added manually as optional parameters.	Page name	required
Second page	2	Second page to be involved in the merger	Page name	optional
Third page	3	Third page to be involved in the merger	Page name	optional
Destination page	target	When listing several pages being merged, name one destination page for the merger with this parameter (only works when no direction is specified).	Page name	optional
Month and year	date	no description Example January 2013 Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Date	suggested
Discussion	discuss discussion talk	Discussion related to the merge proposal; typically on the talk page of the destination page. Insert the full page name (with namespace).	Page name	suggested
AfD discussion	afd	If the discussion occurred at Articles for deletion, use this parameter instead of discuss. Insert the name of the AfD discussion, without any prefixing. Example Source page (2nd nomination)	Page name	suggested
Is section?	section	If you are placing the template in a section, set this parameter to "yes". Auto value yes	Boolean	optional
Page(s) namespace	nspace	Optional namespace of the pages involved in the merger (though not the destination page, if specified). Default is "all", which allows specifying pages across multiple namespaces for merge. Can be customized according to the accepted nspace values at Template:Pagelist.	String	optional
Override namespace	demospace	Trick the template into thinking it's in the specified namespace Suggested values main talk file category other	String	optional
Type of page being merged	spacetype	no description Default page Example article	String	suggested
Exclude categories?	nocat	no description Auto value	Boolean	optional
Direction of merge	dir	leave empty if the merge destination is not determined yet Suggested values to from	String	optional