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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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.
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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: Split
- Reason: Completely different icon
--Thyj (talk) 07:33, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
Done --Sreejith K (talk) 03:17, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
File:Park Street MBTA Station (53828706785).jpg → File:Westbound headhouse at Park Street station, August 2008.jpg
[edit]- Request: Merge
- Reason: Higher quality version from original file
--Ethanmlong (talk) 16:43, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
Done --Sreejith K (talk) 03:20, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
Category:The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Margaret (1932.227) → Category:The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Margaret by Filippino Lippi
[edit]- Request: History merge
- Reason: Repair cut-and-paste move
--Eureka Lott 14:45, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
Done --Sreejith K (talk) 18:04, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
- Request: [Merge]
- Reason: This is the same movie. Merge as "The Sheik (1921).webm"
--37.47.180.31 20:38, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
Done --Sreejith K (talk) 23:05, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
File:TheLittleShopOfHorrors1960.webmhd.webm → FILE:The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) by Roger Corman.webm
[edit]- Request: [Merge]
- Reason: The same movie
--37.47.180.31 20:42, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
Done --Sreejith K (talk) 23:08, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
- Request: [Merge]
- Reason: The same movie
--37.47.180.31 20:46, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
Done --Sreejith K (talk) 23:13, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
- Request: Merge
- Reason: Duplicate. Merge under name "'L'Atlantide (1921).webm"
--OGPawlis (talk) 23:10, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
Done --Sreejith K (talk) 23:19, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
- Request: Merge
- Reason: Duplicate. Merge under name "Paths to Paradise (1925).webm"
OGPawlis (talk) 23:13, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
Done --Sreejith K (talk) 04:01, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
- Request: Merge
- Reason: Duplicate. Merge under name "'49–'17 (1917).webm"
--OGPawlis (talk) 23:16, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
Done --Sreejith K (talk) 04:08, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
File:The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) by Roger Corman.webm → File:The Little Shop Of Horrors.webm
[edit]- Request: Merge
- Reason: Same movie.
--OGPawlis (talk) 08:56, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
Done --Sreejith K (talk) 15:48, 9 August 2024 (UTC)
- Request: [Merge]
- Reason: Both files are essentially same image, except there's a spacing between the MUFG byline. So, i will suggest both files to merged at retained the letter file name (File:Danamon (2024, with MUFG byline).svg) as a file name for both combined files.
--103.111.100.82 12:09, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
Done --Sreejith K (talk) 15:49, 9 August 2024 (UTC)
- Request: History merge
- Reason:Repair cut-paste move, after merge will be rename to Category:PBS News Hour in consistency with Wikipedia article
--John123521 (talk) 17:03, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
Done --Sreejith K (talk) 21:11, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
- Request: [Merge]
- Reason: The same movie. Merge under name "Die Bergkatze (1921).webm"
37.47.180.31 19:37, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
Not done Length and source are different. Yann (talk) 19:43, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
- Request: Merge
- Reason: Higher resolution and removed copyrighted materials. Can you rename as "The Doll (1919)".
OGPawlis (talk) 20:24, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
Not done Different length and sources. Yann (talk) 09:15, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
- Request: Merge
- Reason: The same movie, but one of files has a higher resolution. Name as "Anna Boleyn (1920)"
--2A00:F41:B805:BA76:FC5F:C1BC:EA1D:C7C2 08:53, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
Support OK, but I'd like to keep the director's name in the title. Yann (talk) 09:16, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
Done --Sreejith K (talk) 15:42, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
File:Ich möchte kein Mann sein 1918.webm → File:I Don't Want to Be a Man (1918) by Ernst Lubitsch.webm
[edit]Request: Merge Reason: One of file is trimmed version with removed copyrightable elements, but I don't have permission to merge both files. OGPawlis (talk) 11:31, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Done --Yann (talk) 15:17, 17 August 2024 (UTC)