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This page is used for listing requests for history merges or history splitting of pages. For relatively simple cases where history merge is required, the destination page should be tagged with the {{history merge}} template. This page should be used for requesting very complex merges, merges involving more than two pages, history merges of deleted pages, or when the use of the template is otherwise inadequate or where its usage would cause problems.

This page was originally for listing cut-and-paste moves which could not be repaired due to a then-extant technical limitation. The limitation has since been removed, but this page is still available if you find a cut-and-paste move, and are not able to repair it yourself (there is a procedure for doing it, but only administrators can do it, and it is a bit tricky!).

Administrators need to read Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Fixing cut-and-paste moves and Wikipedia:Requested moves/Closing instructions.

The procedure[edit]

  • If the issue is clear-cut (straight-forward cut-and-paste move(s) to a different title), place a {{history merge|NAME OF PAGE THE ARTICLE WAS CUT FROM}} template at the new location of the article which has been moved through cut and pasting, i.e. on the article where the pasting was done. This will place the request in Category:Candidates for history merging to be reviewed.
  • In more complex cases (explained at Wikipedia:How to fix cut-and-paste moves), please leave a description of the problem under the "Repair requests" section. An administrator will look over the pages and perform whatever tasks are necessary and update the request.
  • Tasks that have been completed or do not need further discussion will be removed.

Requests in categories[edit]

Candidates for history merging – 1 item

Candidates for history splitting – No backlog currently

Possible AfC copy-and-paste moves – No backlog currently

Wikipedia files requiring splitting – No backlog currently

purge to update the counts

Complex repair requests[edit]

Pages tagged with {{history merge}} are reviewed above. You do not need to file a second request here.

Teri Ore (song) to Teri Ore: More appropriate. KunalAggarwal95 (talk) 09:21, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done, this does not appear to be a case where History merging is needed, as there was no copy/paste page move. Please use WP:RM/TR to request a page be moved to a new location. Primefac (talk) 13:42, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yissacher Frand to Yissocher Frand: Not entirely sure what to do here, so I am leaving this for a second opinion. My gut instinct is to merge the first edits from the former (up through Special:Permalink/48718790) into the latter, but that would leave behind this revision, which contains the same text with plus a {{db-bio}} tag. We could also merge that revision. We could also say that no histmerging is needed because there is only one principle author (and perhaps a WP:RIA edit summary to ensure all bases are covered.) Lots of options! HouseBlaster (talk · he/they) 02:05, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm inclined to go with your second option - no history merging is needed. And you don't even need an attribution edit IMO since the principal author to both versions is the same. If I did have to history merge in those circumstances, my usual approach is to do a selective delete to bury any remnant revisions like that afterwards, but that's messy and not needed here. * Pppery * it has begun... 02:52, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See also[edit]

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