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Merging two pages that cover the same ground

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np_gilmoreTL3Nurse practitioner28 May 2025#1

Merging two pages that cover the same ground Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did.

Process question, and I have read the guidelines before asking.

I understand the rule. What I do not understand is the failure it was written to prevent, and I suspect the failure is more interesting than the rule.

Not a complaint and not an appeal. If the answer is "because of something you have not seen yet", I would like to hear about it.

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e.tammTL27 Jun 2025#2

Scope creep: if you think a page is attempting too much and should be split into multiple pages, that is a reasonable suggestion.

I would call that likely rather than established.

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MSaarinenTL3Regular15 Jun 2025#3

I had written a reply contradicting the opening post and deleted it. Here is what survived.

A request is more likely to succeed with a proposed outline attached. "Somebody should write about X" rarely moves; a structure and two sections does.

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