On 10/3/05, grm_wnr grmwnr@gmail.com wrote:
I personally think that merging an article isn't all that more complicated than setting up an AfD, if you see setting up an AfD as more than writing "nn v -~~~~". Your mileage may vary, of course.
Actually it's much simpler. Listing on AfD involves various wikipedians performing the following tasks:
adding the "afd" template creating the nomination page transcluding the nomination page on the day log discussing, examining, researching, and extending the article scanning the day log to find the unclosed AfD determining a consensus, closing the debate and deleting or removing the tag performing redirects and merges that may result.
To merge, choose a target, copy selected text to the target article, make a note on the talk page of the target, and redirect the source article to the target.
When I've performed the latter, I've found that it takes a couple of minutes.