Maintenance script: Adapt local policies, template notices and guidance for independent Elite Dangerous Wiki; preserve index layout

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Adapt local policies, template notices and guidance for independent Elite Dangerous Wiki; preserve index layout

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	{{tlx\| {{BASEPAGENAME}} \| ''First article'' '''\|''' ''Second article'' '''\|''' ... '''\| discussion'''{{=}}''Example (2nd nomination)'' '''\|  date'''{{=}}''{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}'' }}		{{tlx\| {{BASEPAGENAME}} \| ''First article'' '''\|''' ''Second article'' '''\|''' ... '''\| discussion'''{{=}}''Example (2nd nomination)'' '''\|  date'''{{=}}''{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}'' }}

	This template always needs to be applied after an [[WP:~~AFD~~\|AfD]] discussion has been [[~~Wikipedia~~:Articles for deletion~~#Merge~~\|closed with consensus to merge]]. <noinclude>If you are actively working on the merge, use the {{Tl\|In use}} template to let editors know you're currently working on it.		This template always needs to be applied after an [[Project:Articles for deletion\|AfD]] discussion has been [[Project:Articles for deletion\|closed with consensus to merge]]. <noinclude>If you are actively working on the merge, use the {{Tl\|In use}} template to let editors know you're currently working on it.

	</noinclude>{{trim\|{{#section:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion\|merge6}}}}		</noinclude>{{trim\|{{#section:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion\|merge6}}}}

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Usage

New page

{{Documentation subpage}}
<section begin=use/>
{{XFDcloser standard installation}}
== Usage ==
{{tlx| {{BASEPAGENAME}} | ''First article'' '''|''' ''Second article'' '''|''' ... '''| discussion'''{{=}}''Example (2nd nomination)'' '''|  date'''{{=}}''{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}'' }}

This template always needs to be applied after an [[WP:AFD|AfD]] discussion has been [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion#Merge|closed with consensus to merge]]. <noinclude>If you are actively working on the merge, use the {{Tl|In use}} template to let editors know you're currently working on it.

</noinclude>{{trim|{{#section:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|merge6}}}}
This template is used to add the article to the category [[:Category:Articles with consensus to merge]]. This category can be suppressed by using {{para|nocat|yes}}.

{{trim|{{#section:Wikipedia:Merging|mergedoc}}}}

==See also==
{{Wikipedia:Template messages/Splitting/List|noheading=yes}}{{Wikipedia:Template messages/Merging/List|noheading=yes}}<section end=use/>

== TemplateData ==

<templatedata>
{
"description": "Template for use on pages that already have a consensus to be merged, but just need to be actioned on.",
"params": {
"1": {
"label": "Other page",
"description": "This is the page with which this article should be merged. Note: 19 additional pages to merge can be added manually as optional parameters.",
"type": "wiki-page-name",
"required": true
},
"2": {
"label": "Second page",
"description": "Second page to be involved in the merger",
"type": "wiki-page-name"
},
"3": {
"label": "Third page",
"description": "Third page to be involved in the merger",
"type": "wiki-page-name"
},
"target": {
"label": "Destination page",
"description": "When listing several pages being merged, name one destination page for the merger with this parameter (only works when no direction is specified).",
"type": "wiki-page-name"
},
"spacetype": {
"label": "Type of page being merged",
"example": "article",
"type": "string",
"suggested": true,
"default": "page"
},
"discuss": {
"aliases": [
"discussion",
"talk"
],
"label": "Discussion",
"type": "wiki-page-name",
"suggested": true,
"description": "Discussion related to the merge proposal; typically on the talk page of the destination page. Insert the full page name (with namespace)."
},
"afd": {
"label": "AfD discussion",
"type": "wiki-page-name",
"example": "Source page (2nd nomination)",
"suggested": true,
"description": "If the discussion occurred at Articles for deletion, use this parameter instead of discuss. Insert the name of the AfD discussion, without any prefixing."
},
"nocat": {
"label": "Exclude categories?",
"type": "boolean",
"autovalue": ""
},
"dir": {
"label": "Direction of merge",
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"to",
"from",
""
],
"description": "leave empty if the merge destination is not determined yet"
},
"section": {
"label": "Is section?",
"description": "If you are placing the template in a section, set this parameter to \"yes\".",
"type": "boolean",
"autovalue": "yes"
},
"date": {
"label": "Month and year",
"type": "date",
"autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}",
"example": "January 2013",
"suggested": true
},
"demospace": {
"label": "Override namespace",
"description": "Trick the template into thinking it's in the specified namespace",
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"main",
"talk",
"file",
"category",
"other"
]
},
"nspace": {
"label": "Page(s) namespace",
"type": "string",
"description": "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."
}
},
"format": "inline",
"paramOrder": [
"1",
"2",
"3",
"target",
"date",
"discuss",
"afd",
"section",
"nspace",
"demospace",
"spacetype",
"nocat",
"dir"
]
}
</templatedata>
<includeonly>
{{sandbox other||
[[Category:Merge templates]]
}}
</includeonly>

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Maintenance script: Adapt local policies, template notices and guidance for independent Elite Dangerous Wiki; preserve index layout

Wikipedia>FaviFake: /* Usage */