Template:Merging from

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1. Edit the TfD log to create the discussion entry.
2. Please consider notifying the author(s) by placing {{subst:TfD notice|Merging from}} ~~~~ on their talk page(s).

A number of articles are in the process of being merged into this page.
If possible, please edit only this page, as the page mentioned above may be turned into a redirect. Relevant discussion may be found on this page's talk page. (August 2025)

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Usage

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{{Merging from | article1 | article2 | ... | article5 | date = August 2025 | section = here | discussion = Talk:Article#Section}}

All parameters are optional.

article1, article2, ..., article5: Enter up to five articles that are being merged from. If no articles are entered, it will say "A number of articles are".
date: The month and year the article or section was tagged.
section: If articles are being merged into a section rather than the whole page, put the section name here.
discussion (or discuss): The ___location of the relevant merge discussion. Do not wikilink.

Example (three sources):

Thylacosmiliformes, Exploding animals, and King's Norton are in the process of being merged into this page.
If possible, please edit only this page, as the pages mentioned above may be turned into redirects. Relevant discussion may be found on this page's talk page and/or the source pages' talk page. (June 2025)

Example (one source):

Thylacosmiliformes is in the process of being merged into this page.
If possible, please edit only this page, as the page mentioned above may be turned into a redirect. Relevant discussion may be found on this page's talk page and/or the source page's talk page. (June 2025)

Example (no sources given):

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

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Template:Merging from

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Usage

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Splitting

Merging

Section move