Template:Afd-merge to/doc

Description

The {{Afd-merge to}} and {{Afd-merge from}} templates are intended for use by a sysop 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 15 March 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)|15 March 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 15 March 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)|15 March 2025}}

This will generate the following notice:

Category suppression

This template will add the categories Category:Articles to be merged and Category:Articles to be merged after an Articles for deletion discussion. These categories can be suppressed by using |nocat=true.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Afd-merge to in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Afd-merge to

<templatedata> { "params": { "1": { "label": "Destination article", "description": "The article that this particular article is supposed to be merged to", "example": "Example", "type": "wiki-page-name", "required": true }, "2": { "label": "Debate name", "description": "The part of the debate's page name after \"Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/\". Usually the same as the article itself. However, if the debate is a second or third nomination, append \"(second nomination)\" or \"(third nomination)\" or so forth as the case may be.", "example": "Example", "type": "string", "suggested": true }, "3": { "label": "Debate closure date", "description": "The day on which the Articles for Deletion debate was closed.", "example": "2024 February 13", "type": "string", "autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}", "required": true, "aliases": [ "date" ] }, "nocat": { "label": "Do not categorize?", "description": "If set to \"true\", the article is not categorized. Useful for demonstration purposes.", "example": "true", "suggestedvalues": [ "true" ] } }, "description": "Marks an article as needing to be merged into another article following an Articles for Deletion debate." } </templatedata>

See also

• Wikipedia:Template messages