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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Merge.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.
To view the template page itself, see Template:Merge.

Provide a marker notice of intent to merge the page it is placed on with another page.

Functions/Features

Provides a ambox notice:

• Link to target page, the page using {{merge}} is placed on.
• Link to discussion page(talk page) to promote feedback on the suggested merge.
• Time stamp to track the placement, prevents pages from being in a perpetual merge state.
• Automatic categorisation of the page {{merge}} is placed.

Usage

Simple use, but the date of merge request might not be valid unless the date is specifically set.

{{merge|Merge/doc}}

Example

Merge Notice

Usage

Set the date

{{merge|Merge/doc|date=16 Aug 2013}}

Example

Merge Notice

Parameters

Parameter	Parameter description	req./opt.
{{{1}}}	title of page to merge with, link creation is automated	required
{{{date}}}	date= a value	optional

Known Issues

Time displayed in hours since placed reflects server time so the user will have to calculate their local time vs. server time. This issue becomes a non issue as the time frame increases.

See also

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