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Template:Merge portions from/doc

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Usage

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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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This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Merge portions from in articles based on its TemplateData.

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.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Month and yeardate

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}}
Linesuggested
Other article1

The other article or section from which to split and merge portions into this page

Page namerequired
Portions2

A description of the portions to be split from the other article and merged into this page (appears in brackets after the article name)

Stringsuggested
Talk page discussiondiscuss

Talk page and section where the split and merge discussion is taking place

Example
Talk:Microsoft#Split and merge proposed
Page namesuggested
Section?section

Enter any text here to replace the word "article" with "section".

Example
section
Auto value
section
Lineoptional
Make template smallsmall

Enter "left" here to make the template box small and aligned to the left.

Example
left
Auto value
left
Lineoptional

Splitting

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Merging

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