Template talk:Mergeto

location of the merge discussion
It would be nice if a merge discussion occurred in one place -- rather than half the discussion on the "mergefrom" talk page, and the other half on the "mergeto" talk page.

Wikipedia is set up so that, when someone slaps a "mergefrom" tag on a page, a message like "Please discuss whether or not this merge should happen on the discussion page." shows up on the page. Clicking that "discussion" link goes to that article's own discussion page -- just like clicking the "discussion" tab.

When someone slaps a "mergeto" tag on a page, a similar-seeming message like "Please discuss whether or not this merge should happen on the discussion page." shows up on the page also. However, on Wikipedia, when I click that "discussion" link, I don't go to talk page of the article with the "mergeto" tag. Instead, it goes to the other article's discussion page -- the article mentioned by the mergeto tag.

Could someone fix this tag so it acts the way a Wikipedian would expect? Or is there some reason for Wikibooks to be different? --DavidCary (talk) 02:32, 19 December 2007 (UTC)


 * What would be your preference? Should the discussion occur on the "to" page, or the "from" page. I'll gladly make the change (it's a good idea) once we know where the discussion should take place. --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk) 02:52, 19 December 2007 (UTC)


 * My preference is to do it the way Wikipedia does it. Currently this "mergeto" template links to the discussion page of the module it is placed *on*. I would prefer this "mergeto" template to, instead, link to the "other" discussion page. (Currently the "mergefrom" template also links to the discussion page of the module it is placed *on*. Keep that template the same -- so the merge discussion occurs in that one discussion page). --DavidCary (talk) 03:46, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

That much makes good sense. Let me change around the links now, and hope nobody complains. --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk) 00:07, 7 January 2008 (UTC)