Wikipedia:WikiProject Merge/AfD merge backlog elimination drive
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AfD merge backlog elimination drive
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Merge a random article from the backlog by clicking the icon below
This is a drive to eliminate the 3-year backlog at Category:Articles to be merged after an Articles for deletion discussion your help is needed to clear this backlog. You can join the WikiProject by adding yourself to the list of participants.
- Click the icon to select a random article from the AFD backlog.
- These are noncontroversial merges that still require the
{{Copied |from= |from_oldid= |to= |to_diff= }}tag, filled out on the talk page of the target article and on the originating AFDd article talk page.
- Redirect the originating page with
#REDIRECT [[PAGENAME]] {{R from merge}}.
- When making the merge, be sure to make the edit summary a "link back" with the page being merged stated in a wiki link in the summary. This step is required in order to conform with Wikipedia's licensing requirements. Do not omit it nor omit the page name.
- When filling in the oldid number of the "copied tag" use the oldid from the redirect diff. This step is required in order to conform with Wikipedia's licensing requirements. Do not omit it nor omit the page name.