Template:Merge portions from

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Usage

Basic use

{{Merge portions from|Source article}}

For merging into a section

{{Merge portions from|Source article|section=y}}

For specifying which portions are to be merged

{{Merge portions from|Source article|[[Source article#Section|Section]]}}

{{Merge portions from|Source article|sections "Section1" and "Section2"}}

For specifying discussion page

{{Merge portions from|Source article|discuss=Talk:Source article#Discussion section}}

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Merge portions from

Use this template to suggest that portions of another article be split from it and merged into this page.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Month and year	date	The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically. Example January 2013 Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Line	suggested
Other article	1	The other article or section from which to split and merge portions into this page	Page name	required
Portions	2	A description of the portions to be split from the other article and merged into this page (appears in brackets after the article name)	String	suggested
Talk page discussion	discuss	Talk page and section where the split and merge discussion is taking place Example Talk:Microsoft#Split and merge proposed	Page name	suggested
Section?	section	Enter any text here to replace the word "article" with "section". Example section Auto value section	Line	optional
Make template small	small	Enter "left" here to make the template box small and aligned to the left. Example left Auto value left	Line	optional

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