Hey! tl;dr after the next deploy merging two items creates a redirect, merge gadget (and every tool with a similar functionality) needs to be adjusted to the new functionality
There was a change to the functionality of merging items. Whenever you merge two items a redirect will be automatically created. If you merge via the special page nothing changed - except for the item, that is merged into another item now also redirects to that item. The same goes for the API except for using 'ignoreconflicts'- when the item is not left empty after the merge it won't be a redirect and still be there as before without the data that got merged into the other item. (So it will only have the data that would have given a merge conflict.) Last but not least: The merge gadget will need some adjusting. That's expected since the functionality changed. Please keep that in mind if you have any tool, that merges items. Cheers, Lucie -- Lucie-Aimée Kaffee Working Student Software Development Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0http://wikimedia.de Imagine a world, in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That‘s our commitment. Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.
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