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    Make sure the article is a good candidate for merging. Take a look at the merge policy and compare the titles (ignore the content for now). Do the titles mean the same exact thing? If they don't, merging isn't a good idea here. Remove the merge tag and place a note on the discussion page explaining how the titles are different.
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    Open both pages for editing.
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    Copy and paste information from the article tagged for merging to the other article.
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    Click on Preview, at the bottom of a page, to review your changes.
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    Write a note in the Edit Summary, at the bottom of the article you are adding to, to explain that you are merging.
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    Click on Publish, at the bottom of a page, to save your changes.
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    Create a redirect from the empty article to the one you added the information to. Or, since that's quite tricky for beginners, ask an admin to do it for you!
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