User:Mrmatiko/Merge countdown/doc
 | This is a documentation subpage for User:Mrmatiko/Merge countdown. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original user template page. |
The discussion for the proposal Talk:Wikipedia that is due to be merged on 2024-09-2
has expired.
Usage
[edit]This template is used as a reminder to close a merge discussion on a given date. This is not to be used to prematurely end a merge discussion, it exists to try and reduce the number of infinitely long uncontroversial merges in the backlog by reminding editors to close their merge requests.
It is anticipated that it be used on user pages only.
Example usage
[edit]{{User:Mrmatiko/Merge countdown
|discussion= Talk:Articlename#Merge proposal
|month= 2
|day= 2
}}
The day and month parameters are the day and month of the self-imposed deadline for carrying out the merge, a reasonable deadline may be 1 - 2 weeks after the merge is proposed per Wikipedia:Merging#Proposing a merger