Commons:History merging and splitting
Shortcuts: COM:HMS • COM:HISTMERGE This page provides information on issues and solutions relating pages and files that underwent cut-and-paste moves (which its history has to be put back together), and inappropriate merging/overwriting (of which its history needs to be split).
History merging[edit]
Because most users have the ability to use the move page function, cut-and-paste moves are usually done by people who are not aware of that function, or when the move function fails (e.g. because the target has history), and people who aren't aware of the Administrators Noticeboard forum to ask for help from an administrator.
When a cut-and-paste move is done, the page history of a page can be split among two or more different pages. This is very undesirable, because we need to keep the history with the content for copyright reasons. In most circumstances, administrators are able to fix this by merging page histories.
Instructions for admins |
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# Temporarily delete NewPage
Special:MergeHistory makes it possible to automatically merge the history of two pages. |
History splitting[edit]
Over time, pages or files may change from one underlying topic to a completely separate topic. Normally, this should be accomplished through moves of pages, or by reuploading an altered file on a slightly different title. However, if a user is unfamiliar with those processes they may simply change the subject of a page or file (overwriting the old). If this is not caught immediately it is very easy for the new topic to build up a substantial edit history of its own.
Instructions for admins |
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# Temporarily delete the page/file (original title)
A history merge could also be undone in this way. |
Requesting a merge or split[edit]
To request a merge or split, fill the following template, and submit it at the bottom of this page. Remember, both files need to be of the same type. Merging of more than two files may also be possible in some cases.
== [[:FILE/PAGE 1]] → [[:FILE/PAGE 2]] == * Request: [Split or Merge] * Reason: --~~~~
- For merges, replace
FILE/PAGE 2
with the page you wantFILE/PAGE 1
contents to be merged into. - For splits, replace
FILE/PAGE 2
with the new filename which you want the newer content to be moved fromFILE/PAGE 1
.
Current requests
- Request: Merge
- Reason: Both files are the same movie. Also the File:The Three Musketeers 1921.webm is from Blu Ray restoration and thus has a better quality. However, I do not have permission to overwrite the file so I am asking authorized people to do so. Please merge as "The Three Musketeers (1921).webm".
OGPawlis (talk) 02:57, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
- Done --Sreejith K (talk) 04:47, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
- Request: Merge
- Reason: The same file. Merge as "Hungry Hoboes (1928).webm"
2A00:F41:3866:A04:6C61:EE04:597B:7184 22:31, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
- Done --Sreejith K (talk) 05:08, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
- Request: Merge
- Reason: Both files are the same movie.
OGPawlis (talk) 23:42, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
- Done --Sreejith K (talk) 00:02, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
- Request: Merge
- Reason: Both files are the same movie. Also the File:The Phantom of the Opera 1925.webm has from Blu Ray restoration and thus has a better quality. However, I do not have permission to overwrite the file so I am asking authorized people to do so. Please merge as "File:The Phantom of the Opera (1925).webm".
OGPawlis (talk) 12:23, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
- Done --Sreejith K (talk) 03:26, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
Request: Merge Reason: The same film. 2A00:F41:B091:C603:39CA:F4B4:59A8:C186 15:18, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
- Not done Not the same source. The former has a watermark, which should be removed. Yann (talk) 15:28, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
- Request: Merge
- Reason: Both files are the same movie, and one of them is of higher quality. Please merge as "Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood (1922)" (original title of this movie). You can also leave the redirection.
OGPawlis (talk) 15:45, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
- Done --Sreejith K (talk) 16:45, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
- Request: [Split]
- Reason: Author request.
--ᴀlbanɢeller (talk) 00:49, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
- Done--Sreejith K (talk) 03:32, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
- Request: [Split]
- Reason: Author request.
--ᴀlbanɢeller (talk) 00:49, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
- Done --Sreejith K (talk) 03:35, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
- Request: Merge
- Reason: Both files features the same movie. Also please merge as "File:Gulliver's Travels (1939)" and remove redirection "Gulliver's Travels (1939) ORIGINAL MASTERPIECE"
OGPawlis (talk) 15:14, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
- Done --Sreejith K (talk) 03:11, 15 January 2024 (UTC)