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[[Image:Benjamin_Franklin_-_Join_or_Die.jpg|thumb|250px|As the early [[Americans]] were encouraged to unite, articles must unite to bring order to Wikipedia.]]<br />
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Wikipedia has articles and stubs that require merging, that have [[WP:Duplicate references|duplicate references]], and that are [[Wikipedia:Orphan|orphans]].<br />
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'''Integrate''' these three factors by organised:<br />
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*[[WP:MERGE|Merging ]]<br />
*[[Cross-referencing]]<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking|Linking]]<br />
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Let's '''integrate''', let's make it easier to find and maintain data: build it and they will come!<br />
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== Approach ==<br />
[[Image:Wikipedia efficiency.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Stage 1 of Wikipedia Integration]]<br />
[[Image:Categorydiffusion.png|right|thumb|300px|Stage 2 of Wikipedia Integration]]<br />
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=== Stage 1 ===<br />
* Search various categories for '''stub articles'''. Stub articles belonging to a specific category with minimal content should be merged into a '''meta-article''' covering that subject matter.<br />
* Rather than delete old pages, '''redirects''' should be employed to reduce the chance of users making an article for the same subject. Furthermore, if the stub does have a chance to move beyond stub status, the article can be re-developed on its own merits as a category member.<br />
* '''Duplicate references''' should be identified by human or bot as a method of detecting merge-candidates, or overlooked category members. Furthermore, duplicate references that are required should be converted to a template that would appear uniformly on all category member pages.<br />
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=== Stage 2 ===<br />
* Parent categories of significant volume should be reasonably sub categorised. [[Template:CatDiffuse]] explains this process.<br />
* Templates should be used to eliminate redundant content within category articles.<br />
* Templates should also be used to link together disparate articles that relate to each other, but may not always be in the same category. See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Succession_Box_Standardization/Templates]] for suitable templates.<br />
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=== Analogies ===<br />
* Integration is [[white matter]]: it links together elements for processing.<br />
* Integration is [[Freedom of information legislation|government in the sunshine]]: it keeps things in the open and not obscure.<br />
* Integration may require [[ion thruster]]s: they're slow, but effective and efficient.<br />
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==Practical ways to help==<br />
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*[[Wikipedia:Proposed mergers]] — help form consensus about proposed mergers<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion]] — if you [[WP:!vote|!vote]] for an article to be merged at AfD, then please let the closing editor know whether you'd be willing to merge the articles yourself. Just "* '''Volunteer'''" to help!<br />
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Proposed Deletion Patrolling]] — help editors preserve any valuable material in the [[:Category:All articles proposed for deletion]]<br />
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== Example articles that were created from meta-merging ==<br />
* ''[[ITU V-Series]]'' is an article created from the merging of 20+ related stubs.<br />
* Created from several articles in [[:Category:Fictional aircraft]]: ''[[Fictional military aircraft]]''<br />
* Created from [[Microsoft Windows]] stubs: ''[[Windows Text-to-Speech]]; [[Easter eggs in Microsoft products]]; [[Windows library files]]; [[Windows Vista Startup Process]]; [[Windows audio components]]; [[Common menus in Microsoft Windows]]''<br />
* Created from orphan, stub, and full articles in [[:Category:Revelation Space]]: ''[[Characters in Revelation Space]]; [[Factions in Revelation Space]]; [[Locations in Revelation Space]]; [[Races in Revelation Space]]; [[Technology in Revelation Space]]''<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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*[[M:Association of Mergist Wikipedians|Association of Mergist Wikipedians]]<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Cleanup process]]<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Preparing images for upload]]<br />
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting]]<br />
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Red Link Recovery]]<br />
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Categories]]<br />
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Orphanage]]<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Dead-end pages]]<br />
*[[Special:Uncategorizedpages]]<br />
*[[:Category:Uncategorized pages]]<br />
*[[:Category:Navigational templates]]<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Build the web]]<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Content forking]]<br />
* [[:Template:Duplication]]<br />
* [[:Template:Move portions]] and [[:Template:Move portions from]]<br />
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