Fandom of Halloween Specials Archive:Requests for merge

This page serves as a place to request and discuss merges.

General
The following are the policies to the requests for merge process.
 * A. General
 * 1. This is an optional process; administrators can delete or merge anything they believe is unneeded.
 * 2. If there is any controversy over deleting or merging a certain page, abstain from a deletion war, do not delete the page, and bring the page in question to a deletion or merge discussion as outlined in this article.
 * 3. Anyone can nominate a page (article, template, category, image, video, etc.) they feel should be deleted or merged.
 * 4. There cannot be a combined total of more than twenty (20) deletion or merge requests open at a given time. If there are already twenty (20) requests at one time, do not create more or the requests made over the limit will be marked as invalid.


 * B. Process
 * 1. Fill out the form to create a deletion or merge discussion.
 * 2. Once the discussion is created, the nominator must explain why they feel the article should be deleted or merged.
 * a. If no explanation is given after twenty-four (24) hours, it will be closed as invalid.
 * 3. A discussion will occur, centered on that particular page.
 * 4. Neutral votes do not count in the final tally for consensus (70%)
 * 5. If an active deletion request exists on a page, it may not be requested for merge. Likewise, a page with an active merge discussion may not be requested for deletion. If this occurs, the later discussion created will be closed as invalid.


 * C. Closing discussions
 * 1. Only administrators can close deletion discussions. Administrators and assistants can archive merge requests.
 * 2. If a discussion closes and the result is deletion, the page can be redirected to another article if there is a useful redirect.
 * 3. Deletion and merge discussions generally last seven (7) days.
 * 4. Exceptions
 * i. If a discussion does not receive a consensus (70%) either way after two (2) weeks, the discussion can be closed as "no consensus" and the page is kept.
 * ii. If the page in question is a spam page, the discussion may be closed immediately, and the page will be deleted.
 * iii. A page cannot be nominated a second time (and so on) for deletion or merge less than one (1) month after a previous request on the same page has been archived.
 * iv. The creator of a deletion or merge discussion may withdraw their discussion at their sole discretion.


 * D. Request Limits for Pages
 * 1. When a page has been voted to not be deleted or merged three consecutive times within three months or four (4) consecutive times (without a bounded time for the requests be submitted it), the page will be exempt from being requested to be deleted or merged for six (6) months.
 * 2. After the initial six month ban of requesting on a page, every request that results without a deletion or merge will result in another six month exemption.
 * 3. A page can be exempt from any six month exemption from deletion and merge requests if:
 * If any discussion of a page's deletion that is currently exempt is found to have three (3) or more sockpuppets. The six (6) month exemption will be lifted and an administrator will create a new discussion.
 * If a proposal is passed that allows deletion or merge in a category containing pages for the purposes of housekeeping, the page can be deleted or merged without a discussion if the passed proposal is defined in conjunction with a valid reason.
 * 4. All pages currently exempt from deletion and merge requests will be put in a sub-page to be displayed and updated on the Project:Requests for deletion and Project:Requests for merge pages. The starting date and ending date of their exemptions will also be listed.

Request form

 * 1. Replace PAGE with the title of the page you believe should be merged in the box below.
 * 2. Click "submit."
 * 3. When you submit, fill out the information on the resulting page, then save the page.
 * 4. Copy and paste the following under "requests" of this page, replacing "PAGE" with the title.
 *  Project:Requests for merge/PAGE 


 * 5. Add the template Merge-request to the page nominated for merged.

Archive
See archive here: Project:Requests for merge/archive