Help:Merging

Wikipedia:Merging on Wikipedia

On Saintapedia, a Merge may refer to:

• The non-automated process by which the content of two pages is united on one page.
• Admin's ability to merge users 
  • Please flag your old account with {{Merge user}} when you create a new account.
  • User:New duplicate user message will aromatically add Category:Duplicate user accounts to the talk pages of new editors accounts registered with the same email address of another editor account

Merging pages

Merging pages is a non-automated process by which the content of two pages is united on one page. Reasons to merge a page include: unnecessary duplication of content, significant overlap with the topic of another page, and minimal content that could be covered in or requires the context of a page on a broader topic.

Merging is a normal editing action, something any editor can do, and as such generally does not need to be proposed and processed. If you think merging something improves the encyclopedia, you can be bold and perform the merger, as described below. Because of this, it makes little sense to object to a merger purely on procedural grounds, e.g. "you cannot do that without discussion" is not a good argument.

If the merger is controversial, however, you may find your merger reverted, and as with all other edits, edit wars should be avoided. If you are uncertain of the merger's appropriateness, or believe it might be controversial, or your merger ends up reverted, you can propose it on either or both of the affected pages.

Templates

When you come across two pages that need to be merged, please add the appropriate merge template below. When using the default editor (VisualEditor), see Help:Visual editor#Adding a template.

• {{Merge|OtherPage}} – to merge at least two together at an unspecified location
• {{Merge to|OtherPage}} – to merge the contents of the tagged article into the specified article.
• {{Merge from|OtherPage}} – the opposite of {{Merge to}}; the contents of the specified article should be merged into the tagged article.

There are 0 articles to be merged.

How to merge two articles

File:Merge.mp4

Articles needing merging

There are 0 articles to be merged.

<dynamicpagelist> category=All articles to be merged ordermethod=categoryadd order=ascending </dynamicpagelist>

Merging user accounts

If someone accidentally creates two accounts with the same email address, administrators have the ability to merge the two user accounts. Please flag your old account with {{Merge user}} when you create a new account. There are a few reasons why this might happen:

• Someone forgets that they had already created a Saintapedia account or their username (see Help:Username#Determining Your Username for advice)
• An individual wants to change their username (such as personal preference or marriage) without knowing that administrators can do this for them

Below is a list of Accounts to be merged ({Purge}} the list).

<dynamicpagelist> category=Accounts to be merged ordermethod=categoryadd order=ascending namespace = User </dynamicpagelist>

Related

• {{Merge|OtherPage}} – to merge at least two together at an unspecified location]]
• {{Merge to|OtherPage}} – to merge the contents of the tagged article into the specified article.]]
• {{Merge from|OtherPage}} – the opposite of {{Merge to}}; the contents of the specified article should be merged into the tagged article.]]
• {{Merge user}}