Wikipedia:Merging and moving pages

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Merging and moving are two important ways articles can be changed on Wikipedia.

• "Merging" is when the information on two pages about the same thing (or almost the same thing) are combined into one page by hand.
• "Moving" is the same as "renaming" a page — that is, giving it a new title.