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Merging page histories is a means of fixing cut and paste moves where the histories do not overlap. This action is not reversible, so please do not attempt it unless you understand the procedure. | Merging page histories is a means of fixing cut and paste moves where the histories do not overlap. This action is not reversible, so please do not attempt it unless you understand the procedure. | ||
#Decide which title the merged article should have. For example, take two pages, "Bird Seed" and "Birdseed". In our example, say it's "Birdseed". Delete the article currently at this title. (You should provide as the reason for deletion "merging page history" or something similar.) | #Decide which title the merged article should have. For example, take two pages, "Bird Seed" and "Birdseed". In our example, say it's "Birdseed". Delete the article currently at this title. (You should provide as the reason for deletion "merging page history" or something similar.) | ||
#If needed, merge (copy and paste or otherwise) any wanted content to the target page. | |||
#Move the other page to that new title. (So, move "Bird Seed" to "birdseed".) | #Move the other page to that new title. (So, move "Bird Seed" to "birdseed".) | ||
#Delete the page. ("Birdseed"—which had the content you moved from "Bird Seed".) | #Delete the page. ("Birdseed"—which had the content you moved from "Bird Seed".) | ||