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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 71.67.160.216 (talk) at 07:19, 15 June 2007 (June 2007). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

This page is an incomplete list of proposed mergers. Anyone may list any article merger proposal here. This is optional, and it does not replace any of the other steps in the merger process. Please add the appropriate merger tag(s) to the articles before listing them here. See Category:Merge by month for all pages needing to be merged.

Guidelines

In general, this page should be used primarily to solicit outside feedback regarding mergers (particularly those of a controversial nature), or assistance with difficult or complicated mergers. Brief replies may be posted here, but lengthy discussions should be confined to the talk pages of the articles involved. After articles are merged (or a consensus that the articles should not be merged is reached), please remove them from the list below.

Current listings

Please list new proposals at the top of this month's section. Sign each listing or comment by typing: ~~~~

2007

June 2007

Merge/Redirect completed. Zalktis 14:09, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge "Deep in Earth" into Poems by Edgar Allan Poe - see the talk page for "Deep in Earth." It is two-lines of an incomplete poem with no significant extant information; it will never be more than a stub. -Midnightdreary 00:27, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge Charles Crumb and Sophie Crumb into new article Crumb family. There have been some concerns about the notability of Charles Crumb. I suggest that this material be merged into a new article that would discuss the artist family Crumb, including some material about the best-known members Robert Crumb and Aline Kominsky-Crumb (who would retain their own articles), as well as lesser-known members such as Charles Crumb and Maxon Crumb. I think the Sophie Crumb article should be merged into the Crumb family article for the time being as well – she's definitely an emerging artist, however, she has yet to produce a body of work that justifies an article longer than stub-length. There is precedent in Wikipedia for doing family biographies, BTW – there are articles on the Dupont family and the Krupp family, for example. Peter G Werner 00:24, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge Evangelical Catholic into Evangelicalism. To have two different articles implies that they are mutually exclusive, and any evangelical Catholics are, by definition, adherents of evangelicalism. Evangelicalism encompasses more than Protestant Christian denominations, and anyone interested in learning more about either should see them in the same article on the same evangelical topic. I've added proposed merger tags to both. Aepoutre 19:25, 8 June 2007 (EST)

May 2007

April 2007

March 2007

*Merge and Redirect Dade City (Amtrak station) with Dade City Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Depot. Both stations are one in the same. ---- DanTD 17:10, 14 March 2007 (UTC) Already merged by me on 9 June 2007 ---- DanTD 22:50, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

SteveBaker 03:37, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

February 2007

Further merge Female sexual arousal disorder into Sexual arousal disorder xCentaur | 20:17, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge Languedoc wine into Languedoc-Roussillon. The small article on Languedoc wine could easily be integrated. Additionally, the region of France is "Languedoc-Roussillon" and the wines from the two areas ("Languedoc" and "Roussillon") don't need separate mentions. This is reflected by the consensus of the wine project and France project which identify the region as the Languedoc-Roussillon. mroconnell 11:28, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge African tribal masks into Mask. The article on masks could easily handle a devoted section to African masks with the minute amount of information on that page. A separate article on "African" masks seems too vague, there are too many styles of masks, and way too many cultures creating them to have them grouped together in one article. - HammerHeadHuman 04:40, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

January 2007

  • Merge Perezhilton.com into Perez Hilton. Redirect first link to second. Same information, the person and his blog do not merit two seperate entries.
  • Merge Carousel In The Country into Robert B. Sherman. See Talk:Carousel In The Country for discussion. Please note that several very similar articles about other paintings by this person were subject to mandatory merge orders as per a recent afd discussion[2]. Please also see that discussion. Unfortunately I missed this particular painting out in the original afd nomination. Putting this notice here to generate consensus for the merge of the Carousel painting (one editor is opposing the Carousel merge despite the recent afd result) Bwithh 23:18, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2006

December 2006

  • Merge Brig into Brigantine. The fact that Brig and Brigantine are not synonymous does not justify a separate page for Brig if it is only a stub. Unless there is significant content that clearly delineates one type of ship from another, not just a slight modification of the masts and ship construction, then the articles belong together, not separately. Gohiking 19:18, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

November 2006

October 2006

  • Merge makkara to sausage. Makkara (a Finnish word meaning simply "sausage") is really not that different from common-or-garden sausages. Most Finns don't even acknowledge any special quality which would distinguish between makkara and other kinds of sausages. JIP | Talk 17:40, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose to merge Ticonderoga class aircraft carrier into Essex class aircraft carrier. The building of both type overlaps. The Essex class usually describes both the short-hull (Essex) and long-hull (Ticonderoga) variants, with little difference between the two othet than length. As such, there is consideralble overlap between the two articles, and neither article is that long. Post war, some of both types underwent the same types of modifications (such as receiving angled deck), while others of both types remained unmodified. Most historical assessments deal with the entire history of both types together. Discuss at Talk:Essex class aircraft carrier. -BillCJ 05:33, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose to merge Ain't it Funny (Murder Remix) into Ain't It Funny. The former article is about a specific version of song in the latter article. I do not think the information in each article is substantial enough to justify them being split up, furthermore people looking for information on the song might be confused by there being (at least) two articles about it. Chsf 20:25, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Propose to merge Electromagnetic therapy into Magnetic therapy. This merge was performed once before, but was reverted and is currently disputed on Talk:Magnet therapy. Regardless of the merit of electromagnetic therapy vs. magnetic therapy, they are closely related and do not warrant separate articles. johnpseudo 19:10, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • It would be nice to merge but currently I see some disputes with confussing certain POVs. On one hand their appears to be some strong skepticism against magnet therapy but on the other hand electromagnetic therapy is used by physiotherapy and some cancer treatment. I think it would be wise to keep them seperate for these reasons nevertheless suggestions to try and resolve this problem would be appreciated. On the other hand, (just off the top of my head), I think I remember someting saying that magnet therapy and electromagnetic therapy is about the same thing. But the quote went like this "Electromagnetic therapy, also known as electromagnetism, bioelectricity, magnetobiology, magnetic field therapy and magnetic healing, applies electromagnetic energy to the body to treat disease." Unfortunatelly I don't see any sourced relationship between both. Putting all this wiki rule stuff asside... and the possibility to confuse what appears to be two different methodes of delivering an electrogmatic field. I admit it would be nice to have something comprehensive yet non-conflicting that could encopass all of these. --CyclePat 00:27, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • This is a terrible merge since it puts the more general article as a section in the less general article. There has been plenty of opposition on the talk page. Don't do it. ObsidianOrder 19:02, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • P.S. The merge proposal above says Magnetic therapy but that is just a redirect to Magnet therapy. Also the merge I undid was to Magnet therapy. The two are not the same: "magnet" means just permanent magnets (typically worn close to the body for extended periods), "magnetic" would encompass any EM field, however produced, the main active component of which is magnetic. ObsidianOrder 20:55, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]


September 2006

  • hammered dulcimer and psaltery... in the first page's discussion there are propositions for merge with dulcimer or with cymbalum, that are completely different instruments... while "psaltery" is exactly the same thing (notice that in many languages they have the same name, and in English the choice between the words "psaltery" and "hammered dulcimer" usually depends only from the geographic location or from use - picking strings or hitting with small hammers). Toobaz
  • David Copperfield (character) and David Copperfield (novel). David Copperfield (character) refers to the main character of David Copperfield (novel). As the main character is fictional and the book acts as a biography, any information that is relevant to the main character is relevant to the book. As the article stands now, it is simply a rehash of the plot that already exists in the novel article.

August 2006

Update - Schottenklöster has been merged. Merge tags put up on other two. xCentaur | 20:15, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

July 2006

June 2006

April 2006

Having read Phonation, I think they should either be left seperate or phonation merged into voice organ, as the second includes the first. I'm no expert, though...Djbb2 19:37, 24 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merger Proposals without consensus


List already exists List_of_Westfield_Group_shopping_centres_in_Australia Is merger rqd? The pages are quite large, notable or not, and merging them together would make the resultant page huge.xCentaur |  talk  12:18, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]