Help:Merging pages
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When multiple pages contain more or less the same content or multiple books have compatible scopes, they can be merged in order to reduce redundancy and concentrate the efforts of contributors. After the merger, the deprecated one is usually made into a redirect to the other.
In some cases it is more fitting to move one page into a sub-page of the other. Alternatively, the two modules can be left distinct, in accordance with the Wikibooks:Forking policy.
[edit] Tagging
If you find a pair of modules which appear to be duplicates, merge them! If you can't complete the merger yourself at that time, place {{mergeto|Other module}} and {{mergefrom|Other module}} at the top of the pages in question (or {{merge|Other module}} if you can't decide which page should contain the merged content).
If you disagree with a "merge" tag then you can remove it.
- Tagged pages are automatically added to Category:Books to be merged.
[edit] Merging page contents
The resulting page with the merged content should be the page with the more appropriate title and scope.
If you decide to keep the deprecated page as a redirect, you must explain in your edit summary for the target page that you have merged content from the source page. This should help satisfy the licensing requirement that contributors to the source module be credited for the material moved to the target module.
If you decide the deprecated page is not worth keeping as a redirect, you should add {{now merged|target page name}} to the deprecated page to alert administrators that a history merge is requested. Merging the page histories will help maintain a full history of contributors as required by the licensing requirements.
- Tagged pages are automatically added to Category:Modules now merged into other modules.
[edit] Merging edit histories
To merge page histories, temporarily delete the final destination page, move the deprecated page over it, restore the delete page and revert (or rollback) to the right version.
