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I wanted to know if you could merge the histories of these two interface pages sinceMediaWiki:Wikimedia-globalblocking-blockedtext-range is what should have been used on Wikimedia projects. Its history goes back to 2018 and merging the histories would help preserve attribution and would probably help future editors who may become confused whyMediaWiki:Wikimedia-globalblocking-blockedtext-range is not appearing in global block messages.
I presume that you created the former page in error without realizing that this latter page existed which is why I am asking.Aasim (話す)20:17, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hey there. A history merge seems reasonable here, but I'd like a second opinion on whether it's better to use MediaWiki:Globalblocking-blockedtext-range or MediaWiki:Wikimedia-globalblocking-blockedtext-range, so I'll go ahead and move this toWP:IANB. –Novem Linguae(talk)05:57, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I believe on Wikimedia projects, Globalblocking-blockedtext-range falls back to Wikimedia-globalblocking-blockedtext-range; that or changes to Wikimedia- prefixed messages for global blocks might have been the only visible messages.
I don't really understand what you're asking well enough to feel comfortable doing it. Was hoping to crowd source it to someone else who understands it or has time to understand it. Maybe add a{{IAER}} to one of the page's talk page and explain what you want done, and that'll put it into a queue so it is not forgotten. –Novem Linguae(talk)20:44, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I've gone ahead and deletedMediaWiki:Globalblocking-blockedtext-range, marking this as not done since the histories are not merge-able at a technical level due to a difference in initial revisions between the two pages. As it currently stands, both pages were identical, so there is no reason to keep both around.Sohom (talk)00:54, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]