Wikipedia:Proposed article mergers: Difference between revisions

Closing instructions

This page lists proposed article mergers as a supplement to the merge categories; it is an index of ongoing discussions of possible mergers, and does not replace any of the other steps in the merger process. Please add the appropriate merger tag(s) to the articles before listing them here.

To see all articles marked for merging, see All articles tagged for merging.

There are three types of mergers on Wikipedia:

1): Mergers that are so obviously necessary and appropriate that no one is expected to object;

2): Mergers that would benefit from discussion with the other editors at the affected articles' Talk page about whether and/or how to perform the merge; and

3): Mergers that are controversial, potentially difficult to carry out, or where at least one affected article is either rated Class B or higher or is over 100K in size will need assistance from uninvolved editor(s) in determining whether to merge the pages.

If the pages that you would like to merge fall into the type 1 group above, then it is not necessary to propose a merger at all. You should boldly do the merger now, without formally proposing it. (In the event that someone unexpectedly objects, then the merger can be undone easily, and you can formally propose the merger for discussion at that time.)

If the merge falls into the type 2 group or type 3 group above, then proposing a merger can be done in three steps (as the proposer, you should still be willing to carry-out a type 2 merge):

• Step 1: Create a place for discussion. Go to the Talk Page (also known as the discussion page) of the target article (the one you want to merge to) and create a section (eg: "Merger proposal") to discuss the merger. If there's already a discussion on the talk page regarding the merger, you can omit this step. Whether the discussion is new or old, make sure the discussion section names all articles involved and links to them. The section name can be anything that includes the word merge (for example ==Merger discussion==).
• Step 2: Put one of the Merge Request Banners (MRB) at the top of the articles you wish to be merged. The merge request templates {{Merge from}} and {{Merge to}}, or {{merge}} are the most common banners used. Remember to make sure that the Discuss link in each tag points to the same section you've created in step 1 (this is to prevent having two separate discussions going on at two different talk pages). Merge Request Banners should NEVER be placed on article TalkPages.
• Step 3: If the proposed merge is type 3 (above) follow the directions under #Requests for merge assistance and feedback to add it to the list.

See: Copy and Paste easy merge templates for easy to follow shortcuts of the above procedure.

If you need outside feedback regarding mergers that are either tricky or of a controversial nature, please do the following:

• Tag the article as shown above
• Create a discussion as shown above
• Notify the talk page of the appropriate Wikiproject to get knowledgeable people to comment on it. (To find out which Wikiproject the page is associated with, check the associated talk page. It should be tagged with a template, such as Wikipedia:WikiProject Ice Hockey.)
• If there is consensus to merge, but the merge is difficult, request help at Merge Talk for assistance.

For other topics:

• If you need help with renaming or moving, consult Wikipedia:Moving a page.
• Cut-and-paste move fixes: If you have moved an article by this deprecated method, then you need to request page histories to be merged; list them at requests for history merge. Please do not perform further moves by cut and paste.

NOTE: Please do not re-list old merge proposals that are already tagged and in the "to Merge" queue (including requests made up to two years ago), as these will be handled as we get to them. -Project Merge

If you need assistance with proposing a merge, list it below and someone will make sure it's properly listed. Note that this will not get the merge completed, as there is a large merge backlog. After a merge is listed properly, move it to the "Answered requests" or "Awaiting consensus" sections below as appropriate.

Please list new requests at the bottom of New Requests section.

1) Precede your request with *Merge (Copy and Paste it);

2) Enter (at least) a link to the article to be redirected in the edit summary;.

3) Please legitimize your request by signing each listing or comment by typing four tildes (~~~~); remember, unsigned requests may not be honored.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadval_(organization) merge into https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadval_(movement) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.111.78.87 (talk) 20:56, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

After all involved articles are tagged for merger discussion, the request should be added at (or moved to) the bottom of this section. This section can also be used if a proposal needs further discussion due to age or disagreement. All merger comments and discussions should be directed to the Discussion subsection of the targeted articles' talk page, not here. We will also attempt to get more people to comment on proposals.

• Merge: Hops (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (B; 44k) into Humulus lupulus C; 26K) with a redirect from Hops. These articles cover the same topic with almost the same information There would be mutual benefit to both from the slightly different perspectives of each. Hops is mostly about the industrial use of Lupulus, which is focussed on the botanic. Ex nihil ^(talk) 17:55, 29 March 2023 (UTC
  • Articles are tagged and awaiting merger discussion >>>HERE<<<. GenQuest ^"scribble" 16:11, 31 March 2023 (UTC) [reply]

• Merge Talish (region) and History of Talysh and Talyshstan (region) into Talyshistan with i (Talyshistan) (with removal of the redirect from Talyshstan to Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic). Talyshistan = Talysh, that is the land of Talysh people. Everything is simple. Smpad (talk) 23:58, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Articles are tagged and merger discussion underway at Talk:Talyshstan (region)#Merge proposal. Felix QW (talk) 16:42, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Carmen Cortez, Juni Cortez and Machete (character) into Spy Kids. The characters' articles are almost all plot, have very few sources, and lack the content notable fictional character articles need like ratings, receptions, cultural impact, etc. 2603:7000:26F0:74B0:7D75:BD72:E6CE:715E (talk) 20:02, 3 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Articles are tagged and merger discussion underway at Talk:Spy Kids#Merge proposal. Felix QW (talk) 17:20, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Mensheviks and Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Mensheviks). I propose merging these two articles because the "official" split of 1912 did not, in my opinion, create enough of a change to warrant its own article. The articles are both short and need more context to hold up on their own, resulting in repeated information. --EmSim15(talk) 00:20, 3 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Articles are tagged and merger discussion underway at Talk:Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Mensheviks). Felix QW (talk) 13:48, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

    WikiProject Russia, WikiProject Soviet Union and WikiProject Socialism have been invited to the discussion. Felix QW (talk) 17:28, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Laksamana Hang Nadim into Hang Nadim. Both articles refer to the same person. And I don't think we need dedicated article for certain periods time after appointment Hang Nadim as Laksamana yet. Ckfasdf (talk) 00:29, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Articles are tagged and merger discussion underway at Talk:Hang Nadim. Felix QW (talk) 13:56, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Toonzai into Vortexx. These two programming blocks are generally considered to be one and the same, with Vortexx considered to be a continuation of Toonzai. Thus, I see no reason for these two articles to remain separate. 100.7.44.80 (talk) 02:02, 25 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Articles are tagged and merger discussion underway at talk:Vortexx#Proposed merge. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Felix QW (talk • contribs) 14:22, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

    WikiProject Television has been notified of this discussion. Felix QW (talk) 18:03, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Hallow into Sacredness The opening line of Hallow article is "To hallow is "to make holy or sacred, to sanctify or consecrate, to venerate." Holy redirects back to the sacredness article. Hallow is a low-priority stub article after 7 years and any discussion of the subject benefits from context in the Sacredness article. Darker Dreams (talk) 00:46, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Articles tagged and merger discussion opened by proposer at Talk:Sacredness#Merge Hallow. Felix QW (talk) 18:10, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

    WikiProject Christianity and WikiProject Religion have been notified of this discussion. Felix QW (talk) 17:56, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Sanctification and Consecration In the opening of the consecration article it states "A synonym for consecration is sanctification; its antonym is desecration." Neither article substantially addresses how the two ideas are different. Darker Dreams (talk) 00:47, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Articles tagged and merger discussion opened by proposer at Talk:Sanctification#Merge Sanctification and Consecration. Felix QW (talk) 18:10, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  WikiProject Christianity and WikiProject Religion have been notified of this discussion. Felix QW (talk) 17:56, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Nepalese Civil War into Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre). I dont see the use of article Nepalese Civil War in case the mother party has all related datas in its history portion. Either the article on mother party needs split or both articles need to be merged.Franked2004 (talk) 18:41, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Articles tagged and merger discussion underway at talk:Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)#Nepalese Civil War. Felix QW (talk) 18:08, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Genocide of the Ingrian Finns into Deportation of the Ingrian Finns. I think it might make more sense to merge both into Ingrian Finns as the deportations of the Volga Germans are self-contained within Volga Germans. Aachenshinto (talk) 19:18, 15 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Articles tagged and merger discussion opened by proposer at Talk:Genocide of the Ingrian Finns. Felix QW (talk) 18:08, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

    WikiProject Discrimination, WikiProject Ethnic Groups, WikiProject Finland and WikiProject Russia have been notified of this discussion. Felix QW (talk) 18:13, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge List of Minnesota North Stars seasons into List of Dallas Stars seasons, List of Quebec Nordiques seasons into List of Colorado Avalanche seasons, List of Hartford Whalers seasons into List of Carolina Hurricanes seasons, List of Atlanta Flames seasons into List of Calgary Flames seasons, and List of Atlanta Thrashers seasons into List of Winnipeg Jets seasons. All for the same reason: the NHL and WP:HOCKEY consider these teams to be the same franchise, despite relocation. Records, championships, and playoff appearances are all collected under the franchise. It will also be consistent with MLB, NFL, and NBA teams' seasons articles under similar relocation circumstances. Conyo14 (talk) 20:50, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Articles tagged and merger discussion opened by proposer at Talk:List of Colorado Avalanche seasons#Merger Discussion. Felix QW (talk) 18:20, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Kingdom of Afghanistan with Emirate of Afghanistan. There is no reason for their to be two different articles, in both states, both had rulers that styled themselves as Kings. and the reason the Kingdom of Afghanistan page was made is because Amanullah Khan styled himself as king, which doesn't make complete sense since rulers like Dost Mohammad Khan in the Emirate of Afghanistan were also styled king as seen on Jonathan Lee's a History of Afghanistan from 1260 to present p.317 They are the same state. Noorullah (talk) 18:21, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Articles tagged and merger discussion underway at Talk:Emirate of Afghanistan#Merger proposal. Felix QW (talk) 18:37, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge I propose merging Automotive Corridor into Automotive industry in Chennai.I think it is more suitable to merge this two articles which have similar data and automotive corridor does not have any reliable sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.251.217.115 (talk • contribs) 05:13, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Articles tagged and merger discussion underway at Talk:Automotive industry in Chennai#Merger proposal. Felix QW (talk) 18:37, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge SportsChannel Cincinnati into Bally Sports Ohio because the former is redundant with the latter. 100.7.44.80 (talk) 00:46, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • As suggested at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Television#Nominating_SportsChannel_Cincinnati. FWIW, I think a merge makes a lot more sense in this case than an WP:AfD... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 01:06, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    • Articles tagged and merger discussion underway at Talk:Bally Sports Ohio. Felix QW (talk) 07:44, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Skunks as pets into the main article on Skunks, after removing the main portion that read as a guide it seems to me that there is (primarily) two relevant portions of this article that fall within Wikipedia's scope: History, Temperament, legality, and perhaps portions of the politics section. All of this should be merged into the "relations with humans" section on the Skunk article. Alexcs114 :) 01:42, 9 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Articles tagged and merger discussion underway at talk:Skunk#merge proposal. Felix QW (talk) 08:43, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Androtomy into the history section of the Dissection article. The Androtomy article simply consists of a dictionary definition of the word and a paragraph of information that is basically already covered on the dissection page. The Androtomy page even states it is simply a word for human dissection. Down time (talk) 15:40, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Articles tagged and merger discussion underway at talk:Dissection#Proposed merge. Felix QW (talk) 08:48, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge: Johnson Bar (locomotive) into Reversing gear. All of the material of the Johnson Bar page either duplicates material on the reversing gear page or could be easily included within it.--Eldomtom2 (talk) 21:57, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Articles tagged and merger discussion opened by proposer at Talk:Reversing gear. Felix QW (talk) 10:34, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge: Transsexual (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (B; 91.8k) into Transgender B; 195K). It is proposed these two terms be merged, with the argument that the term transexual is outdated, inaccurate, and offensive., and furthermore, that the Transsexual page should be a subsection of the Transgender page.Historyday01 (talk) 13:26, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

After discussion concludes, completed requests should be moved below (to the top of this list). Please mark as {{Done}} (or {{merge done}} if merge has actually occurred), {{Not done}}, or {{Working}} when consensus has been reached.

• Merge World Soccer '94: Road to Glory into Striker (video game). One article refers to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System port of the same game. 190.26.11.92 (talk) 02:19, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Articles are tagged and merger discussion underway at Talk:Striker (video game)#Proposed merge. Felix QW (talk) 14:17, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    •   Y Merger complete. Felix QW (talk) 10:55, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge: incels.is into incel. This is procedural, based on a just recently closed AfD (see page). The AfD closed with a consensus to merge, but since this consensus, I have increased the incels.is a lot in sourcing and content though, so maybe a merge is now not necessary. I am still posting the request here, de jure, per WP:PM since both articles are large and one is GA class. (I am post this just to get the articles tagged, because as a logged-out IP, I cannot tag the second one). 2001:48F8:3004:FC4:48EA:35CE:A536:B342 (talk) 20:16, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Working For merges resulting from an AfD outcome, the Proposed mergers process is considered unnecessary, and no further tagging is required. I suggets giving the closer and discussion participants around two weeks to implement the merge themselves since they are in a better place to evaluate the consensus than someone previously completely uninvolved. Felix QW (talk) 10:32, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Mahmadtoir Zokirzoda into Mahmadtohir Zokirzoda. These articles are about the same person. Cheney123 (talk) 15:52, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Done Blanked and redirected as a recent duplicate without additional information. Felix QW (talk) 16:09, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Drum Barracks Civil War Museum into Drum Barracks. The museum article is relatively short and its contents easily fit into the merge target. 2603:7000:26F0:74B0:966:1468:B2D8:3D68 (talk) 01:02, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Articles are tagged and merger discussion underway at Talk:Drum Barracks. Felix QW (talk) 16:34, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  •   Y Merger complete. Felix QW (talk) 15:51, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Qashabiya into Kachabia. They appear to be the same garment and there is even a duplicate tag. 2603:7000:26F0:74B0:118B:FDBA:CA81:A3B6 (talk) 13:01, 10 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Articles are tagged and merger discussion underway at Talk:Qashabiya. Felix QW (talk) 16:30, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  •   Y Merger complete. into Qashabiya. Felix QW (talk) 14:51, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Rapid deployment force, Rapid reaction force, and Quick reaction force. These three articles seem to discuss essentially the same thing, and the few differences aren't significant enough to necessitate a separation; see discussion for further details. My first merge, so I might need some help and feedback to make sure I'm doing this right. AdoTang (talk) 18:41, 4 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  WikiProject Military History has been notified of this discussion. Felix QW (talk) 14:11, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  •   Y Merger complete. Felix QW (talk) 14:28, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge European Union's scientific cooperation beyond the bloc to Foreign relations of the European Union (discussion here). I propose merging the two articles because there is no good reason for a standalone article on scientific cooperation, which is an aspect of the EU's foreign relations. This merger will likely be tricky because the original article appears to be based on original research, although as I just tagged on that article, sources exist (e.g., Google Scholar results) to rewrite a new section on the target article. voorts (talk/contributions) 21:59, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Not done Withdrawn by proposer. 15:19, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
• Merge Scott Peterson into Murder of Laci Peterson (discussion here). As I see it, Scott Peterson is not notable outside of the context of the crime for which he was convicted. Moreover, because the articles are currently split, a substantial portion of the Scott Peterson article is devoted to subject matter that should be, but isn't, in the Murder of Laci Peterson article—for example, the Trial section, in particular, is far more detailed in the Scott Peterson article.--Jerome Frank Disciple (talk) 19:27, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Done Closed with consensus to merge by Jerome Frank Disciple on 24 April 2023. Felix QW (talk) 13:43, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks Felix—my apologies for forgetting to come back here and update that--Jerome Frank Disciple 13:54, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Military robot into Lethal autonomous weapon. They are about the same topic, both reference robots, nearly complete overlap. Discussion at Talk:Lethal_autonomous_weapon#Merge military robot to lethal autonomous weapon. (has already been under discussion for over a week) —DIYeditor (talk) 07:26, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Articles are tagged. GenQuest ^"scribble" 16:11, 31 March 2023 (UTC) [reply]
    •  Not done Closed without consensus to merge by DIYeditor on 20 April 2023. Felix QW (talk) 17:58, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Talk:Video Game History Foundation#Merge Frank Cifaldi into Video Game History Foundation could use closure czar 21:38, 16 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Not done Consensus not to merge. Felix QW (talk) 16:14, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge WikiProject Medicine back from whence it was split, WikiProject. See Talk:WikiProject Medicine#Merger discussion.SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:47, 3 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Done by Czar on 16 April 2023. Felix QW (talk) 16:08, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge: Marine Wing Support Squadron 372 into Marine Aircraft Group 39; dated:March 2023. Proposer's Rationale: Source article is wholly uncited and its content would be better preserved in the parent article.Discuss>>>HERE<<<. GenQuest ^"scribble" 23:54, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Articles are tagged. GenQuest ^"scribble" 16:11, 31 March 2023 (UTC) [reply]
    •  Not done Consensus not to merge. Felix QW (talk) 16:05, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Wake therapy into Sleep Deprivation Therapy. This is the same subject worded differently. Hploter (talk) 13:50, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge Sleep Deprivation Therapy into Wake therapy. This is the same subject worded differently. [refactored per discussion]. GenQuest ^"scribble" 22:28, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Articles are tagged and awaiting merger discussion >>>Here<<<. GenQuest ^"scribble" 13:42, 16 March 2023 (UTC) [reply]
    •  Working Closed with consensus to merge by user:Czar on 16 April 2023. Awaiting implementation. Felix QW (talk) 11:04, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

      Participants of the discussion pinged for assistance with the merger. Felix QW (talk) 18:16, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Merge Living torpedoes into Human Torpedo. This Merge was first proposed in 2013, and has always been supported by users. "Living torpedoes" focuses on an aspect of WWII Polish resistance, an instance of the wider phenomenon. 192.77.12.11 (talk) 03:39, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't re-open 10 year old merge requests. Form a new one with a current date. GenQuest ^"scribble" 18:40, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I've updated the Human Torpedo talk page with a modern Proposal. Would you like me to reopen my request here, or leave it as is? 192.77.12.11 (talk) 02:04, 3 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Working Closed with consensus to merge; WikiProject Poland notified to help assist with the merger. Felix QW (talk) 11:19, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Redirected without merging content, as there is no unchallenged encyclopedic content on the source page. Felix QW (talk) 15:33, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

:::Note: Requested additional input from Wikipedia:WikiProject Football.
:::Note: Requested additional input from Wikipedia:WikiProject Peru.
:::Note: Requested additional input from Wikipedia:WikiProject Women's sport. GenQuest "scribble" 13:52, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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