Wikipedia:Proposed article mergers

Closing instructions

This page lists proposed

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

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:

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.

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 be ignored.

4) Please consider helping the project and completing a merge request from one of the categories list at the bottom of this page. Thank you.

NEW REQUESTS

• Merge Environmental Epigenetics - Exposure to Environmental epigenetics that article is a complete mess and needs to be merged quickly. I don't know how to merge. 4.39.220.106 (talk) 16:41, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge WANF-LD into WMC-TV. These articles were previously merged without consensus by User:BMarGlines. I'm putting this here so that other editors can weigh in. Mvcg66b3r (talk) 00:07, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge WFET-LD into WTNX-LD. These articles were previously merged without consensus by User:BMarGlines. I'm putting this here so that other editors can weigh in. Mvcg66b3r (talk) 00:07, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge List of mayors of the Gold Coast into Mayor of the Gold Coast. The latter page is clearly more detailed and has lists, and like Lord Mayor of Brisbane they can be a single page. Totallynotarandomalt69 (talk) 12:14, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Maternal effect dominant embryonic arrest into Medea gene. biohistorian15 15:00, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

• Merge Bride kidnapping in Kazakhstan into Ala kachuu. The Kazakh terminology used is similar to that of the Kyrgyz term and is the same practice that is done in Kyrgyzstan. I feel that a few sections can be used for applications and laws against bride kidnappin in each of the two countries. Please review and make the appropriate decisions, thank you! 202.94.70.51 (talk) 09:46, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge
  Wikipedia is not a memorial and does not have articles on any of the other teachers killed in the massacre or the shooter himself. There is nothing special about Soto that makes her worthy of having her own article. 2603:7000:26F0:74B0:CF7:8D75:FA49:8724 (talk) 23:52, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply
  ]

• Merge Greatest Hits! Part 1 into The Party Album (Vengaboys album). These are the same album, and a different album title (more specifically, one used in the group's country of origin) doesn't warranty a seperate page. On another note, the "standard" tracklist isn't listed on the (main) Party Album page and it has to link to the other, redundant page to display it. TapLover (talk) 08:27, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge
  WP:ONEEVENT, only being known for being the captain of the ship the day it sank. The article contains mostly trivial and uninteresting info anyway. 2603:7000:26F0:74B0:7059:C7A4:83DE:D763 (talk) 14:15, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply
  ]

• Merge
  WNBA before her tragic death. Her article's content already exists or can be added to the basketball game article. 2603:7000:26F0:74B0:64CB:38CA:F817:F17 (talk) 17:02, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply
  ]

• Merge The Block (basketball) into 2016 NBA Finals. Much of the info in The Block article is either superfluous, pointless, or is already covered in the Finals article. 100.7.34.111 (talk) 15:50, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge 4th and 26 into either 2003 Philadelphia Eagles season or 2003–04 NFL playoffs, or possibly both. The article might not be a stub, but it's still very short. Plus, the conversion is not widely talked about like other notable plays such as the Immaculate Reception and the Minneapolis Miracle. 100.7.34.111 (talk) 15:50, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge River City Relay into 2003 New Orleans Saints season. The article might not be a stub, but it's still very short. Plus, the relay is not widely talked about like other notable plays such as the Immaculate Reception and the Minneapolis Miracle. Had Carney gotten the extra point, and had the Saints won in overtime, it very likely would be, but he missed, so here we are. 100.7.34.111 (talk) 15:50, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge
  Quasi alliance into Quasi-alliance. Both pages cover the same thing but the first page is significantly empty in terms of content. 103.24.77.51 (talk) 15:15, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply
  ]

• Merge
  Wikipedia is not a newspaper and hate crimes are quite common in the world. This attack had no lasting impact as no one was killed or seriously hurt. There is already a paragraph about it in the synagogue article. 2603:7000:26F0:74B0:E9F4:BC7C:C54B:FE6F (talk) 23:55, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply
  ]

• Merge Vengeance and Retribution Are Mine and Nakam. While the book maybe meets the WP:Notability, but there is already a paragraph about it in the article on the topic.Kershatz (talk) 14:40, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Stratigraphy of the Cambrian into Cambrian. The information on the page is contested and now out of date. What is relevant would be better in the Stratigraphy section of the main Cambrian page. Silica Cat (talk) 14:44, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Silica Cat (talk) 14:45, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge List of fictional artificial intelligences into List of fictional computers. There is no clear criterion to distinguish when a computing device belongs on the fictional computers list versus the fictional artificial intelligences list, and many of the fictional computers are in fact fictional artificial intelligences. Suggest merging to the computers list as that list is significantly more robust. Dash77 (talk) 22:58, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge
  WP:POVFORK. A merge discussion also occurred on Zoonotic origins of COVID-19's talk with there seemingly being consensus developing for a merge only for it to go stale and for nothing to happen. Recently a merge discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zoonotic origins of COVID-19 came to no consensus and the closing admin directed discussion back to the talk page. TarnishedPath^talk 11:44, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply
  ]

• Merge: Hoping someone can advise, as not sure on this one. I cleaned up Americana Music Association a little recently, but realised later there was a very similar page just for their annual conference/festival- Americana Music Festival & Conference. Most of the content on Americana Music Association was about the conference so I felt maybe they could be merged. There's not a great deal of sources just on the Association so expanding that page didn't seem likely. I then realised there's a third page on their Music Honors & Awards (an event that takes place as part of their conference)- which actually seems to have more sources than the other two- Americana Music Honors & Awards. So now I'm really not sure of best thing to do- three way merge? Or just keep separate and assume they can grow and become more distinct over time? Thanks. Editing84 (talk) 10:27, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge
  Human mammary tumor virus into Human betaretrovirus as per the discussion here.HRShami (talk) 06:46, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply
  ]

• Merge Harvest Moon DS: Sunshine Islands into Harvest Moon DS: Island of Happiness. The former game is an enhanced re-release of the latter game, plus both articles are fairly short. 100.7.34.111 (talk) 11:40, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge: Chicago Board Options Exchange into Cboe Global Markets. These two articles are referring to the same entity. The Chicago Board Options Exchange became CBOE Holdings at the time of its IPO in 2010. In 2017, CBOE Holdings rebranded as Cboe Global Markets. At that point the Chicago Board Options Exchange / CBOE stopped existing. There is no separate CBOE exchange or legal entity, and there are no accurate contemporary media mentions of "Chicago Board Options Exchange" because, again, that entity doesn't exist anymore. To be clear, I work for Cboe and have been making article edits requests on the Cboe Global Markets Talk page. I have a pending request there about updating the History section that would further clarify this issue. Spencer at Cboe (talk) 21:44, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge
  Ford-Fulkerson algorithm. EKA is merely an implementation of FFA that specifies breadth-first search. It's like saying Dijkstra's algorithm with a binary heap and Dijkstra with a Fibonacci heap are two different algorithms. Article on EKA is largely similar and belongs in FFA. IntGrah (talk) 23:04, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply
  ]

• Merge: Te Whanganui-a-Tara into Wellington Harbour. These pages are directed to the same subject, with Te Whanganui-a-Tara being the Māori name for the harbour. The information on the Te Whanganui-a-Tara page not already included on the Wellington Harbour page, such as the mythology section, could be readily incorporated into that page. -Radicuil (talk) 01:04, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

AWAITING CONSENSUS

After all involved articles are tagged for merger discussion: the request should be added 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 can also attempt to get more people to comment on proposals.

• Merge EagleCam into IM-1. I'm personally against this merge, and I'd like EagleCam to remain its own article, but the discussion is getting longer, less concise, and is heading towards a standstill / no consensus. I believe we could use some more opinions from diverse backgrounds to reach a consensus, even if it doesn't lead to the result I personally want. SpacePod9 (talk) 03:44, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Articles are tagged and Merger Discussion area set-up; Discuss this proposal >>>Here<<<. SpacePod9 (talk) 03:44, 4 March 2024 (UTC) [reply]

• Merge Ultra-processed food and Hyperpalatable food into Nova classification. There are no real competing definitions of "ultra-processed food" to the Nova classification's definition, so there isn't really a need for a separate article. "Hyperpalability" is also a concept generally not discussed outside of the concept of "ultra-processed food", but as it does have an independent definition I'm more willing to be convinced it should be kept as a separate article. Discussion is here. I think this is where I'm meant to put this.--Eldomtom2 (talk) 18:22, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia into Baron Munchausen. While the novel could be argued to be notable in and of itself, Baron Muchausen already covers Raspe's work prominently and the current page for the novel is a repetitive stub. Paintflakes (talk) 23:15, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Articles are tagged, please come join the merger discussion >>>HERE<<<. Choucas Bleu (T·C) 16:36, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge British Lung Foundation and Asthma UK into a new Asthma and Lung UK article. These two organisations have merged and now operate as a single organisation, Asthma + Lung UK (ie they are defunct as separate entities). I've mentioned this on their respective Talk pages and added merge banners to each of them, but I don't think I've heard anything on this (apologies if I've missed it!) - so am flagging it on this page. I have a draft article ready if needed. Any advice on next steps welcome! KTnow (talk) 14:10, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Articles are (re)tagged, please come join the merger discussion >>>HERE<<<. Choucas Bleu (T·C) 17:08, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ANSWERED REQUESTS

After discussion concludes, completed requests should be moved here (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
  KNDU into KNDO. I don't think articles about satellite and semi-satellite stations, especially those as short and brief as this one, are necessary when the info can be easily described in the article of the station the station is a satellite of. 100.7.34.111 (talk) 16:32, 15 December 2023 (UTC)[reply
  ]
  • Articles are tagged and Merger Discussion area set-up >>>HERE<<<. Please join the discussion. GenQuest ^"scribble" 04:04, 31 December 2023 (UTC) [reply]
    •   Y Merger complete. Choucas Bleu (T·C) 14:28, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Acer Aspire laptops into Acer Aspire. The Laptop specific article already uses text from the primary article, and only offers specifications for specific laptop models, like a product line-up. The "Laptops" page has been a proposed merge as early as 2011, and I think it would make things more clear and succinct. 192.77.12.11 (talk) 04:46, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Articles are tagged and Merger Discussion area set-up >>>HERE<<<. Please join the discussion. GenQuest ^"scribble" 04:04, 31 December 2023 (UTC) [reply]
    •  Working merger approved, still needs to be performed. Choucas Bleu (T·C) 14:26, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Dedicated freight corridors in India into Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India. The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India is the owner and the operator of the Dedicated freight corridors in India, having two articles on same subject is confusing. Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India is a govt. undertaking company that owns, operates the freight corridors. I highly recommend on merging this article with Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thewikizoomer (talk • contribs) 10:25, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Articles are tagged and Merger Discussion area set-up >>>HERE<<<. Please join the discussion. GenQuest ^"scribble" 09:38, 1 January 2024 (UTC) [reply]
    •  Working Consensus in favor of merging, albeit in the other direction, namely Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India into Dedicated freight corridors in India. Merger still needs to be performed. Choucas Bleu (T·C) 14:26, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge
  WP:REDUNDANT, as a CRNA is a type of nurse anesthetist certification and does not warrant its own page. Additonally, there is a considerable amount of information about the history of nurse anesthesia that is the exact same or extremely similar on each article.Invinciblewalnut (talk) 00:59, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply
  ]
  •  Not done after consensus against the merger and rewriting of the articles. Choucas Bleu (T·C) 14:26, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge List of Disney XD TV channels and List of Disney Junior TV channels into Disney Branded Television. Disney Branded Television already covers some of Disney Junior and Disney XD so maybe they could all share. The latter two aren't very large. It would ease navigation with some summarization. 2601:152:5080:9D30:B5DA:2A0F:B343:FE01 (talk) 21:54, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Articles were tagged almost half a year ago, but it appears to have been ignored, so I'm taking it to this page to raise awareness. The discussion is here. 100.7.34.111 (talk) 21:01, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Working merger approved, still needs to be performed. Choucas Bleu (T·C) 14:26, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Kaaren Ragland into The Supremes (specifically The Supremes § Post-Supremes groups). The article has been tagged since 22 January and there appears to be consensus at Talk:The Supremes § Proposed merger of Kaaren Ragland except for one account that has been blocked. I've already added the salvageable and sourced content from Kaaren Ragland into The Supremes. Thanks. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 18:20, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Working Most of relevant content has already been merged, but source page still needs deletion. Choucas Bleu (T·C) 13:46, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge
  WP:GNG.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  02:41, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply
  ]
  • Articles are tagged and Merger Discussion area set-up >>>HERE<<<.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  02:41, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Working consensus in favor, merger still needs to be performed. Choucas Bleu (T·C) 13:35, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge
  List of Americans of Irish descent into List of Irish Americans. The criteria for these two lists are word-for-word identical: they include "both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American-born descendants." None of the other lists in the Category:Lists of American people by ethnic or national origin have this kind of overlap. The naming convention for that category also uses the "List of x Americans" format, hence the proposed direction of the merge. Dennis C. Abrams (talk) 16:25, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply
  ]
  • Articles are tagged, please come join the merger discussion >>>HERE<<<. Choucas Bleu (T·C) 16:57, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    •   Y Merger complete. Choucas Bleu (T·C) 13:18, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge
  Kuo Ying-Nan into Difang and Igay Duana. Both article are about same Taiwanese aboriginal singers. Discuss here. --John123521 (Talk-Contib.) 15:10, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply
  ]
  • Articles are tagged, please come join the merger discussion >>>HERE<<<. Choucas Bleu (T·C) 17:13, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    •   Y Merger complete. Choucas Bleu (T·C) 13:09, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge
  WP:EXAMPLEFARM and after cutting said farm, there isn't a whole lot left. Merger discussion has been running for a week, mostly opposed, and discussion has turned to the validity of various examples. Some examples have been restored, some not. Wider discussion may or may not solidify a consensus. Either way, this is not a unanimous decision and therefore requires an uninvolved closer. Just Another Cringy Username (talk) 17:51, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply
  ]
  • Articles are tagged and Merger Discussion area set-up >>>HERE<<<. Please join the discussion. Just Another Cringy Username (talk) 07:27, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Not done after consensus against merging. Choucas Bleu (T·C) 13:06, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge
  Self Regional Hospital into Self Regional Healthcare. I stumbled upon these articles while de-orphaning and they appear to be about the same exact place. I've never merged before so I'm looking for some advice and discussion. Luigiatl (talk) 04:13, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply
  ]
  •  Done. Mrfoogles (talk) 16:32, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge
  item 3. Per guidelines, discussion started here on the target page. Thank you for your assistance. Geeky Randy (talk) 13:41, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply
  ]
  •  Not done after consensus against merging. Choucas Bleu (T·C) 16:44, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge
  Geomatic engineering into Geomatics
  . This is the 2nd time the merge has been proposed, and the discussion has stagnated with one in favor in addition to the one who proposed the merge (me), and one against. I have requested feedback from users of both Wikiproject maps and Wikiproject geography. Merge is proving controversial and would need assistance from uninvolved editor(s) in determining whether to merge the pages. The merge discussion has been open since December, I don't want to act on a consensus of just two against one. Please note that there are potential plagiarism and source issues on the geomatics engineering page.
  • Articles are tagged and Merger Discussion area set-up >>>HERE<<<. Please join the discussion. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 05:26, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Done after consensus found in favor. Choucas Bleu (T·C) 14:55, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Timeline of U2 to U2 The former article needs some work, and could easily be merged into the latter. The U2 timeline article is not great, and the U2 article could benefit from expanded history section. Geardona (talk) 02:56, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Articles are tagged and Merger Discussion area is set-up >>>here<<<. GenQuest ^"scribble" 08:20, 1 January 2024 (UTC) [reply]
    •  Not done after unanimity against the merge. Choucas Bleu (T·C) 17:04, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge
  Flag of North Ossetia. They're the same flag with the same history. If agreed, I cannot do the merge since I've never done one before and don't know how. Scu ba (talk) 02:15, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply
  ]
  • Articles are tagged and Merger Discussion area set-up >>>HERE<<<. Please join the discussion. GenQuest ^"scribble" 04:04, 31 December 2023 (UTC) [reply]
    •   Y Merger complete. SpacePod9 (talk) 04:14, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge
  Wikipedia is not a memorial and this man has no notability besides being in the band as he had no solo career prior to his untimtely death. 2603:7000:26F0:74B0:3907:89AA:DDBD:8039 (talk) 03:39, 23 December 2023 (UTC)[reply
  ]
  • Articles are tagged and Merger Discussion area set-up >>>HERE<<<. Please join the discussion. GenQuest ^"scribble" 04:04, 31 December 2023 (UTC) [reply]
    •   Y Merger complete. GenQuest ^"scribble" 06:40, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge
  2017 Eastern Australia floods to Cyclone Debbie. Andyman14 (talk) 15:24, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply
  ]
  • Articles are tagged and Merger Discussion area set-up >>>HERE<<<. Please join the discussion. GenQuest ^"scribble" 04:04, 31 December 2023 (UTC) [reply]
    •  Done Discussion closed as "Merge" per CONSENSUS. GenQuest ^"scribble" 23:28, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge
  Huaguoyuan Tower 2. They are twin towers. GUT412454 (talk) 14:02, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply
  ]
  •   Y Merger complete. to alternate target. GenQuest ^"scribble" 17:27, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ARCHIVES

• Link to Articles to be Merged Following an Articles for Deletion Discussion category members
• Link to Articles Currently Being Merged category members
• Link to All Articles to be Merged category members

• Wikipedia:Merging, a guide on when to merge
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Merge, a project initiated to clear the merger backlog
• Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia, policy on copying content within Wikipedia
• Wikipedia:Proposed article splits