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Lately, I’ve noticed an issue on wikiHow that has gone relatively unnoticed. There are way, way too many articles on one topic! To give an example, take a look at the Bedroom Cleaning section and see how many articles there are on one topic! I just chose that category, but there are many more topics. I propose a mass merge project. It might take a while, but in the long run, it will significantly improve the quality of wikiHow. I’m not sure how to merge myself, so I’d appreciate the help of an experienced merger so I can participate, too. Thanks!

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Sounds good! Here’s an article that should guide you along the path of merging.:slight_smile:Why don’t you post groups of articles that you’d like us to merge? That could save some serious time. http://www.wikihow.com/Merge-a-wikiHow-Article

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I’m done with my first merge! I merged http://www.wikihow.com/Dealing-Through-the-Terrible-Twos into http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-With-the-Terrible-Twos .

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Here’s a list of articles that I have seen that need merging. Please contribute to this list if you see anything else! Merge http://www.wikihow.com/Clean-a-Very-Messy-Room into http://www.wikihow.com/Clean-an-Immensely-Messy-Room Merge http://www.wikihow.com/Clean-and-Reorganize-Your-Room , http://www.wikihow.com/Clean-and-Organise-Your-Bedroom , http://www.wikihow.com/Clean-and-Organize-Your-Room , and http://www.wikihow.com/Clean-Your-Bedroom-and-Organize-It Merge http://www.wikihow.com/Clean-Your-Bedroom-in-Sections into http://www.wikihow.com/Clean-a-Bedroom-In-Zones Merge http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-with-a-Bad-Child into http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-With-Unruly-Children Merge http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-with-Tantrums into http://www.wikihow.com/Handle-Your-Child’s-Temper-Tantrum I’m going to stop for now, because this is already a lot, but anyone can add more if they see anything. Thanks!

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Quick Note: The posts above are not really as old as it says they are. I edited them because my project is closed and I wanted to save confusion and space.

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Merged http://www.wikihow.com/Fix-Your-Cellphone-if-You-Dropped-It-in-Water into http://www.wikihow.com/Save-a-Wet-Cell-Phone ‎

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Have you been reading the other posts on merging?? People have noticed.

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@Ttrimm What posts on merging?

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Admittedly, now that I think of it, they were just on creating a merge tool, but they are there and, at least some of us, are well aware.:slight_smile:

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I’ve read the posts on a merge tool, if that’s what you mean.

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I am curious just how many articles that they think need to be merged?

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Chris told me that there are over 12,000 articles.

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And that figure is entirely inaccurate. The actual figure is around 1,000, if http://wikihow.com/Category:Merge is to be believed.

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@Mrappbrain I was told that 1,000 is inaccurate.

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Changed title.

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Addition to list: http://www.wikihow.com/Revitalize-a-Ball-Point-Pen into http://www.wikihow.com/Restart-a-Dry-Ball-Point-Pen

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The maximum articles listed on one page is 1,000. When you remove something from the list (removing a template, etc), the #1 ,001 article shows up. 12,000 is more accurate.

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Also, those 987 articles that you see listed, are ‘problem’ articles. That is nowhere near the actual number. My personal guess is it is well over 10,000.

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don’t mean to get anyone’s hopes up… but there’s 2,944.

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ONLY ?? Really?? It has gone down a LOT!!!