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Proposed merge of The Line, Saudi Arabia with The Line (city)

Duplicate article. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 18:48, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@LaundryPizza03: I had no idea someone had created the same article as I had two days beforehand. A Merge is the obvious solution here and my article should become a redirect. X-Editor (talk) 18:57, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Definitely merge; no question. Fred Gandt · talk · contribs 21:00, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to merge, you must preserve the original creation date, as this page was created on January 10, 2021, while the other page was created on January 12, 2021. It is not accepted that you create a redirect from this page.--سامي الرحيلي (talk) 08:39, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I don’t see that there is anything to merge. The newer article covers the same material but is better sourced, so I think a redirect to it would be fine. Mccapra (talk) 11:53, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merge. The existing article is better structured. --Artoria 2e5 🌉 17:46, 16 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Mccapra: I undo your redirect. due this page the oldest. and your redirect make lost of revision history.--سامي الرحيلي (talk) 16:16, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@سامي الرحيلي: we don’t automatically merge a newer article to an older one. That’s why we discuss here what the outcome should be. Every other editor in the discussion thinks the other article is a better merge target. A redirect does not lose the article history, it preserves it. Mccapra (talk) 16:23, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It is kept after a redirect. Mccapra (talk) 16:24, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Mccapra: I cant see that in revision history. I created this page on 10 January 2021‎, while revision history after redirect shows page created on 12 January 2021 by other user. hope you fix that.--سامي الرحيلي (talk) 16:37, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

In a redirect, the two article histories are preserved separately. The revision history of the page you started shows 10 jan. the revision history of the page it redirects to is 12 Jan. Mccapra (talk) 18:15, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]