Copy and paste

I apologize if it's sweeping. But the number of times someone abuses a merge is so rare, and so easy to reverse that it's close to the truth. A merge can be done by an IP. I could go onto any Wikipedia in the world and redirect an article, and copy its contents into the redirect target. Which means it can be undone just as easily. The only times when you'd have a hard time undoing it is when it's actually been a firm decision by a consensus of editors to merge something, in which case it's a good decision, and not some kind of insult.

I am sorry to see you do know the difference between a copy-an-past plus redirect and a merge. I suggest you look it up. - Brya 04:49, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

What is a merge, if not when "somebody copies the content into another article, empities and redirects the original article"?

A merge is when the page histories are merged, and not just the contents of the page. - Brya 04:51, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

I've almost never seen that happen. Most merges are non-admin actions.