Template:Merge/doc

Which merge template should I use?

Do not use this tag on a template or category—instead see below for instructions.

• To merge at least two page together at an unspecified location, use {{Merge|OtherPage}}
• To merge the contents of the tagged page into another page, use {{Merge to|DestinationPage}}
• If the contents of another page should be merged into the tagged page, use {{Merge from|SourcePage}} – the opposite of {{Merge to}};
• To suggest merging only some material from one page to another, use {{Merge portions from|SourcePage}} and {{Split portions|DestinationPage}}

Terminology

Source page is the page that content is merged from.

Destination page or target page is the page that content is merged into.

Other page is any page involved in a merger.

When to use and when not to use

These templates are used primarily to identify potential merges that would benefit from discussion. If it is obvious that a merge would be appropriate, then you may boldly merge the pages yourself without tagging and without discussion. Some editors also use these tags to mark pages that obviously require merging in the hope that someone else will merge the pages.

After adding the merge tag, you are expected to create a section on the talk page of the appropriate article (see below for details) explaining your rationale for the merge proposal. If the rationale is so obvious that it requires no explanation, then you should consider boldly merging the pages yourself, or explain on the talk page why you didn't do so yourself.

How to use

Examples

Article Merging templates
Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{merge}} category links talk edit	Place this at the top of both pages or sections that are to be merged. Use the other page's name as the parameter. A link will be generated automatically. Separate additional pages with a vertical pipe; up to 20 pages can be listed. By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, discuss can be specified to direct the discussion to another page, see example of discuss usage. If it is known which page or section is to receive the merged material, use the tags {{merge from}} or {{merge to}} instead.
{{merge from}} links talk edit	If the proposed source is an entire page, place this at the top of the page or section that is to receive the merged material. Place the tag {{merge to|Destination page}} at the top of the source page or section. If a merger of multiple pages into a single page is being proposed, use {{merge from|Source 1|Source 2|Source 3}}. By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, the discuss parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page, see example of discuss usage. If it is not known which page or section is to receive the merged material, use the tag {{merge|Other page}} instead.
{{merge to}} links talk edit	Place the tag {{merge to|Destination page}} at the top of the page or section that is to have its content transferred to another page. If the proposed source is an entire page, place the tag {{merge from|Source page}} at the top of the page or section that is to receive the merged material. If the proposed source is one specific section of page, place the tag {{merge from|Source page#Source section}} at the top of the page or section that is to receive the merged material.
{{merging}} links talk edit	Place this at the top of a source page for which a merger has begun (but has not yet been completed).
{{Merge portions from}} links talk edit	}} Use to suggest that portions of another article be split from it and merged into this page
{{Cleanup merge}} links talk edit	Place at the top of an page or in a section (|21=section) to show that material has been merged.

Other options

By default, the Discuss link on the template links to the top of the destination page's talk page. To specify which section, or to name a different talk page entirely, use the |discuss= AKA |talk= parameter:

{{Merge|OtherPage |discuss=Talk:OtherPage#Merger discussion |date=March 2025}}

To name multiple pages to be merged, simply separate them with a vertical pipe. You can add up to 20 articles to be merged:

{{Merge|OtherPage1 |OtherPage2 |OtherPage3 |discuss=Talk:OtherPage#Merger discussion |date=March 2025}}

To name multiple pages to merge into a single page, use the |target= parameter. For example, to merge the tagged page, as well as SourcePage1, SourcePage2, and SourcePage3 into DestinationPage, use:

{{Merge|SourcePage1 |SourcePage2 |SourcePage3 |target=DestinationPage |discuss=Talk:OtherPage#Merger discussion |date=March 2025}}

If you are placing the template in a section, you can use |section=yes to change the wording to reflect this:

{{Merge|OtherPage |discuss=Talk:OtherPage#Merger discussion |date=March 2025 |section=yes}}

• Do not link to the pages with square brackets.
  For example, write {{Merge|OtherPage}}, not {{Merge|[[OtherPage]]}}.
• The date might not be shown in the box. Do not be concerned about this. It is used when grouping tagged pages together into categories by date.
• These templates will add tagged articles to Category:Articles to be merged
• For {{Merge}}, if you are specifying a merge of two or more pages in different namespaces, the template supports this via specification of the full page name, including the namespace prefix. |nspace= can take on namespace values, which fixes all params to the namespace specified.
• Do not subst: these templates.

When to remove

There is no deadline for completing proposed merges. Pages that have been tagged for a long time (frequently more than one year) generally fall into these groups:

Discussion supported the proposed merge, but no one did it yet

Feel free to merge the pages yourself.

Discussion opposed merge, but nobody removed the tags

Feel free to remove the tags yourself.

No discussion found

Feel free to remove the tags if you believe the merge would be a poor choice, or to boldly merge the pages if you believe the merge would be appropriate. Or feel free to start a discussion if you are uncertain or feel it would be controversial.

TemplateData

TemplateData for Merge

This is a hatnote template that proposes to merge the page it is applied to with one or more other pages.

Template parameters

This template prefers block 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	required
Second page	2	Second page to be involved in the merger	Page	optional
Third page	3	Third page to be involved in the merger	Page	optional
Destination page	target	When listing several pages to merge, name one proposed destination page for the merger with this parameter.	Page	optional
Month and year	date	The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically. Example January 2013 Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Line	suggested
Discussion	discuss discussion	Discussion related to the merge proposal; typically on the talk page of the destination page (default is ''Other page''). Insert the full page name (with namespace).	Page	optional
Section	section	If you are placing the template in a section, set this parameter to "yes".	Line	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.	Line	optional

TemplateData for Merge to

This is a hatnote template that proposes to merge the page it is applied into one or more specified pages. Use 'merge from' to tag the destination page(s).

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Destination page	1	This is the page into which this article should be merged. Note: 19 additional pages to merge into can be added manually as optional parameters.	Page	required
Second page	2	Second page that the article should be merged into	Page	optional
Third page	3	Third page that the article should be merged into	Page	optional
Month and year	date	The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically. Example January 2013 Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Line	suggested
Discussion	discuss discussion	Discussion related to the merge proposal; default is on the talk page of the destination page. Insert the full page name (with namespace).	Page	optional
Section	section	If you are placing the template in a section, set this parameter to "yes".	Line	optional

TemplateData for Merge from

This is a hatnote template that proposes to merge one or more specified pages into the tagged page. Use 'merge to' to tag the source page(s).

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Source page	1	This is the page from which content should be merged into this article. Note: 19 additional pages to merge from can be added manually as optional parameters.	Page	required
Second page	2	Second page that should be merged into this article	Page	optional
Third page	3	Third page that should be merged into this article	Page	optional
Month and year	date	The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically. Example January 2013 Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Line	suggested
Discussion	discuss discussion	Discussion related to the merge proposal; default is on the talk page of the destination page. Insert the full page name (with namespace).	Page	optional
Section	section	If you are placing the template in a section, set this parameter to "yes".	Line	optional

See also

Splitting

Article Splitting templates
Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{cleanup split}} links talk edit	Place this at the top of the section that has grown too large and has been split.
{{split}} links talk edit	Place this at the top of a page for which a split into two or more new pages is proposed, and where they are distinct enough that a disambiguation page is not appropriate. By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, a "discuss" parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page.
{{split}} links talk edit	Optionally, you can include suggested titles for between 1 and 20 new pages as parameters.
{{split section}} links talk edit	Place this at the top of one or more sections for which a split into a new page is proposed. By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, a "discuss" parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page.
{{split section}} links talk edit	Optionally, you can include a suggested title for the new page as a parameter.
{{split sections}} links talk edit	Place this at the top of a page for which a split of multiple sections into a new page is proposed. By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, a "discuss" parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page. If possible, instead use {{split section}} or {{split section|new title}} in each of the sections that should be split into the new page.
{{Being split}} links talk edit	Placed on pages where consensus has been made to split it, and it is in process to do so.

Merging

Article Merging templates
Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{merge}} category links talk edit	Place this at the top of both pages or sections that are to be merged. Use the other page's name as the parameter. A link will be generated automatically. Separate additional pages with a vertical pipe; up to 20 pages can be listed. By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, discuss can be specified to direct the discussion to another page, see example of discuss usage. If it is known which page or section is to receive the merged material, use the tags {{merge from}} or {{merge to}} instead.
{{merge from}} links talk edit	If the proposed source is an entire page, place this at the top of the page or section that is to receive the merged material. Place the tag {{merge to|Destination page}} at the top of the source page or section. If a merger of multiple pages into a single page is being proposed, use {{merge from|Source 1|Source 2|Source 3}}. By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, the discuss parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page, see example of discuss usage. If it is not known which page or section is to receive the merged material, use the tag {{merge|Other page}} instead.
{{merge to}} links talk edit	Place the tag {{merge to|Destination page}} at the top of the page or section that is to have its content transferred to another page. If the proposed source is an entire page, place the tag {{merge from|Source page}} at the top of the page or section that is to receive the merged material. If the proposed source is one specific section of page, place the tag {{merge from|Source page#Source section}} at the top of the page or section that is to receive the merged material.
{{merging}} links talk edit	Place this at the top of a source page for which a merger has begun (but has not yet been completed).
{{Merge portions from}} links talk edit	}} Use to suggest that portions of another article be split from it and merged into this page
{{Cleanup merge}} links talk edit	Place at the top of an page or in a section (|21=section) to show that material has been merged.