Template:Merged-from/sandbox

This is the template sandbox page for Template:Merged-from (diff).

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Intended for use on talk pages, this template identifies that another page was previously merged into the current article.

Usage

{{Merged-from|article|date}}

article: Name of article which was merged; must not be wikilinked.
date: Date which the article was merged (if known).
talk: Whether to link to the article's talk page
target: The target page, if not the subject page (e.g. for a merge to a talk page)

Example:

{{merged-from|foo|17 November 2024}} — displays message that the current article was merged from foo

Examples

{{merged-from|foo}} — displays message that foo was merged into the current article

The talk page link can be removed with the parameter |talk=no. Example:

{{merged-from|foo|talk=no}}

The talk page is in another namespace. Example:

{{merged-from|Wikipedia:foo|foo}}

Additionally, if the merge has been carried out as a result of an AfD, an optional |afd= parameter can be used to link to the discussion:

{{merged-from|article|date|afd=}}

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Merged-from

Put this template on a talk page to note that the article was the TARGET of a previous merge.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Article	`1`	The title of the article that was merged into this article. Example Example	Page name	required
Date	`2` `date`	The date on which the article was merged. Example 14 February 2024	String	required
Nocat	`nocat`	If set to "true", then this template will not show any errors even if it is transcluded on a non-talk page (e.g. for demonstration purposes). Otherwise, it will produce an error and add the page to Category:Pages with templates in the wrong namespace. Suggested values `true` Example true	String	optional
Small?	`small`	If set to "yes" or "true", then the box becomes small and floats to the right. Suggested values `yes` `true`	String	optional
Merge target	`target`	Target of the merge, if not the article itself. Example Example Auto value `{{subst:SUBJECTPAGENAME}}`	Page name	optional
AfD discussion	`afd`	If the merge was carried out as part of an Articles for Deletion discussion closure, link to that discussion using this parameter. Example Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Example	Page name	optional
Link to source's talk?	`talk`	If set to "no", it avoids linking to the source article's talk page. Suggested values `yes` `no` Example no	String	optional

v t e Templates for proposed article mergers
Article page PAM notice	{{Afd-merge required}} (Post PAM merge needed; for source page but unclear destination consensus) {{Afd-merge to}} (Post PAM merge needed; for source page; use {{Afd-merge from}} on destination talk page) {{Merge}} (PAM; for source page) {{Merge portions from}} (PAM merge request; for destination page; use {{Split portions}} on source page) {{Split portions}} ((PAM merge request; for source page; use {{Merge portions from}} on destination page) {{R from merge}} (Redirect from a merge)
User talk page PAM discussion notifications	{{Mergenote}} (PAM notification to user talk page)
Discussion page PAM templates	{{Canvassed}} (participant clarification) {{Closing}} (closing in process) {{Duplicate vote}} (participation clarification) {{Not a ballot}} (discussion clarification) {{Page creator}} (participant clarification) {{Single-purpose account}} (participant clarification) {{Xfd-privacy}} (sensitive discussion close)
User talk page PAM process notifications	{{Uw-notvote}} (warning)
Article source talk page PAM notice	{{Merge done}} (Merge after discussion notice; for source talk page) {{Merge to}} (PAM merge request; for source page; use {{Merge from}} on destination talk page) {{Merged-to}} (Post PAM merge completed; for source talk page) {{Being merged}} (Source page merging in action notice) {{Mfd-merge to}} (Post MfD merge needed; for source talk page; use {{Mfd-merge to}} on destination page) {{Old merge}} (1st and subsequent nominations)
Article destination talk page PAM notice	{{Blank and redirect notice}} (Post WP:BLAR; for destination talk page) {{Afd-merge from}} (Post AfD merge needed; for destination talk page; use {{Afd-merge to}} on source page) {{Copied}} (Post PAM merge completed; for destination talk page with attribution remaining on source page) {{History merge}} (Post PAM history merge still needed; for destination talk page) {{Merge from}} (PAM merge request; for destination page; use {{Merge to}} on source talk page) {{Merged-from}} (Post PAM merge completed; for destination talk page) {{Mfd-merge from}} (Post MfD merge needed; for destination talk page; use {{Mfd-merge to}} on source page) {{Old merge}} (1st and subsequent nominations)
Miscellaneous PAM misc.	{{Merge progress}} (Merge progress counter for Category:Articles to be merged subpages)
Templates for proposed deletions Templates for speedy deletions

Template:Merged-from/sandbox

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