Template:Merge/doc

This system is for use by articles only.

• 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.

For more information, see Wikipedia:Merging.

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Merge

For suggesting merging some or all of the contents of an article into another article or other articles. (For the examples below, say the current page is named "Example1".)

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Target	1	Where to merge to, i.e. first target page name, possibly including section name. Additional targets can be given as additional unnamed parameters. Example Example2	Page name	required
Month and year	date	Provides the month and year of the merge suggestion Example January 2013 Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	String	suggested
Discussion	discussion discuss talk	Where to discuss merger. If a topic has already been created, please link its section. Default Talk page of the first merge target Example Talk:Example1#This article should be merged into Example2	Page name	suggested
Merge this section	section	If not null, the word "article" will be replaced with "section" Suggested values y	String	optional
This is a demo	demospace	For demo only. If not null, avoids categorizing as "Miscellany proposed for merging". Suggested values y	String	optional

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.