Template:Merge/doc

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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	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

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