Difference between revisions of "Template:Merge"

Latest revision as of 09:45, 27 June 2012

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with [[Template:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]]. (Discuss)

Description

This template will flag the page or page section and add the page to the Category:Articles to be merged.

Usage

You tag the article that needs to be merged into/with the Article_1 as follows:
{{Merge | Article_1}} (no square brackets).
Optionally, the Discuss link may be directed to a page/section title as follows:
{{Merge|Article_1|discuss=Page#Section title}}

For consistency throughout this wiki please

Add a reason on the article's discussion page.
Remember that capitalization matters, i.e.,
- Merge not merge, and
- Article_1 not article_1

Place the template at the top of the page or section.
It probably serves to alert the reader sooner of alternate pages when it is at the top.

Consider this comment, olpc:OLPC talk:Cleanup#overzealous merge tags, about when to use the template.

Usage example:

Any Headline text

some text ...

Merge this section only? {{Merge | Article_1}}

More Headline text

some text ...

Last Headline text section

Merge this page? {{Merge | Article_1}}

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-<div class="messagebox merge">[[Image:Merge-arrows.gif|left]]<center> It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with ''[[{{NAMESPACE}}:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]]''. ([[{{NAMESPACE}} talk:{{PAGENAME}}|Discuss]])</center>
+{| class="metadata plainlinks mbox mbox-warning"
-</div>
+|align="center" style="padding:2px .5em 2px .5em"|[[File:Merge.svg|link=]]
+|align="center" style="padding:2px .9em 2px .5em"|It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with ''[[{{NAMESPACE}}:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]]''. ([[{{{discuss|{{NAMESPACE}} talk:{{PAGENAME}}}}}|Discuss]])
+|}
 <includeonly>[[Category:Articles to be merged|{{PAGENAME}}]]</includeonly>
 <noinclude>
-<!--PNG images containing transparencies do not display properly for some users.  Please consider this fact before replacing the already tiny GIF file.-->
 ==Description==
-This template will add articles to [[:Category:Articles to be merged]].
+This template will flag the page or page section and add the page to the [[:Category:Articles to be merged]].
 ==Usage==
-You tag the article that needs to be merged into/with the ''Article_1''  as follows
+* You tag the article that needs to be merged into/with the ''Article_1'' as follows:<br>{{Code|<nowiki>{{Merge | Article_1}}</nowiki>}} (no square brackets).
- <nowiki>{{Merge | Article_1}}</nowiki>
+* Optionally, the Discuss link may be directed to a page/section title as follows:<br>{{Code|<nowiki>{{Merge|Article_1|discuss=Page#Section title}}</nowiki>}}
-without enclosing it in ''' [[ ]] ''' .
 For consistency throughout this wiki please
-* Please add a reason on the pages discussion,
+* Add a reason on the article's discussion page.
-* regard both capitalization ie.
+* Remember that capitalization matters, ''i.e.'',
-** '''M'''erge not '''m'''erge and
+** '''M'''erge not '''m'''erge, and
 ** '''A'''rticle_1 not '''a'''rticle_1
-* Placement of this code at bottom of page that you are requesting
-** or at bottom of a section that you are requesting
+* Place the template at the top of the page or section.
+*: It probably serves to alert the reader sooner of alternate pages when it is at the top.
+* Consider this comment, [[olpc:OLPC talk:Cleanup#overzealous merge tags]], about when to use the template.
-== Any ''Headline text'' ==
+Usage example:
+==== Any ''Headline text'' ====
 some text
 ...
@@ Line 29: / Line 35: @@
 ''Merge this section only?'' <tt><nowiki>{{Merge | Article_1}}</nowiki></tt>
-== More ''Headline text'' ==
+==== More ''Headline text'' ====
 some text
 ...
-== Last ''Headline text'' section ==
+==== Last ''Headline text'' section ====
 ''Merge this page?'' <tt><nowiki>{{Merge | Article_1}}</nowiki></tt>
 [[Category:Template]]
-[[Category:PageFlaggingTemplate]]</noinclude>
+[[Category:Highlighting template|Merge]]
+[[Category:Page flagging template|Merge]]</noinclude>