Template:Afd-merge from
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The {{Afd-merge to}} and {{Afd-merge from}} templates are intended for use by the editor who closes an AfD debate with a consensus to merge the nominee into another article (or by a different user acting on such a decision).
Instructions
Upon removing the {{Afd}} notice (if still present), add the {{Afd-merge to}} tag to the top of the nominated article (not its talk page). Use the following format:
{{Afd-merge to|destination article|debate name|debate closure date}}
For example, assume that a debate was closed on 11 May 2025. If the consensus is to merge the nominated article into an article called Topic X, and the debate is located at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Topic Y (second nomination), the tag should be configured as follows:
{{afd-merge to|Topic X|Topic Y (second nomination)|11 May 2025}}
This will generate the following notice:
Also add the {{Afd-merge from}} tag to the top of the destination article's talk page (not the article itself). Use the following format:
{{Afd-merge from|nominated article|debate name|debate closure date}}
For example, assume that a debate was closed on 11 May 2025. If the consensus is to merge an article called Topic Y into the article associated with the talk page, and the debate is located at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Topic Y (second nomination), the tag should be configured as follows:
{{Afd-merge from|Topic Y|Topic Y (second nomination)|11 May 2025}}
This will generate the following notice:
Bot information
When the "merge from" article is redirected to the target article, AnomieBOT (talk · contribs) will replace this template with {{Afd-merged-from}} automatically. If the "merge from" article is instead redirected to some other page, is deleted, or is otherwise a redlink, the relevant information will be listed at User:AnomieBOT/Afd-mergefrom report for human attention.
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TemplateData
TemplateData for Afd-merge from
Marks an article as the TARGET of a needed merge following an Articles for Deletion debate. This template should be transcluded on the TALK PAGE of an article, not on the article itself.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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| Article to be merged | 1 | The article that needs to be merged into this article.
| Page name | required |
| Debate name | 2 | The part of the debate's page name after "Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/". Usually the same as the title of the article to be merged. However, if it was a second or third nomination, append "(second nomination)" or "(third nomination)" or so on as the case may be.
| Unknown | required |
| Date of debate closure | 3 date | The day on which the Articles for Deletion debate was closed.
| Unknown | optional |
| demospace | demospace | For demonstration purposes only. If this parameter is set to "talk", it will display nothing. If this parameter is set to "other", it will display the error message usually found when this template is transcluded on a page that is not a talk page. Inherited from Template:Talk other.
| String | optional |
| category | category | no description | Unknown | optional |
| nocat | nocat | no description | Unknown | optional |
See also
Templates for proposed article mergers | |
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| Article page PAM notice |
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| User talk page PAM discussion notifications |
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| Discussion page PAM templates |
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| User talk page PAM process notifications |
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| Article source talk page PAM notice |
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| Article destination talk page PAM notice |
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| Miscellaneous PAM misc. |
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