Template:Merged-from/sandbox

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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|12 April 2025}} — 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

See also

Not to be confused with Template:Merge from.

• {{Blank and redirect notice}}
• {{Copied}}, combination of Split-to and Split-from templates
• {{Merged-to}}, for the old article's talk page after a merge
• {{Split article}}, for both article's talk page after a split
• {{Talk page of redirect}}
• {{Moved discussion from}}

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