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July 31[edit]

Talk Page Merger[edit]

Hello All,

I have been merging pages Dunny & Outhouse. This being my first merger, I have completed it, and then I have had trouble with how to merge the talk pages. Please help!

Thanks JoshMuirWikipedia (talk) 05:11, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @JoshMuirWikipedia:, talkpages of merged articles usually don't get merged. The talkpage of the now-redirected article is abandoned, but is kept in its latest state to document its history. I have added "merged to" and "merged from" templates to the talkpages, and fixed the affected project banners - I haven't checked the entire merged content though. The procedure to merge articles is described at WP:PROMERGE (#3 and #4 deal with talkpages) - please read up on this information, in case you haven't seen it yet. GermanJoe (talk) 11:43, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ah thankyou very much GermanJoe. I did read that, I just got a bit confused in the section of merging talk pages.

Serious issue report[edit]

If I have to report a serious bug in wiki software where do I report it? A discussion is already on at Village Pump Technical. It's a bug in the phabricator (hover the text) and needs to be resolved ASAP otherwise it'll spoil Wikipedia'a Reputation. VarunFEB2003 (talk) 10:25, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You'll have to wait until developers get to the Phabricator report. There is no other venue I know of.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 10:40, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Considering the phabricator task is currently at unbreak now, it is a top priority and will be fixed as quickly as possible. — crh ₂₃ (Talk) 12:28, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Look like the phabricator task is set to complete, so it should be fixed.Naraht (talk) 22:49, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Family tree software[edit]

Can anyone advise on anything, not necessarilly restricted to what(ever it is) we use here? Preferably freeware, but. _Muffled ^Pocketed 11:54, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Suggest you take a look at Genealogy software and the links from there.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 13:16, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Shantavira: Great suggestion. Thanks very much! _Muffled ^Pocketed 17:41, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]