I found a pending merge from 2011: and it's one that I thought should also happen:
Thomas McCullough (McCullough-411) and Thomas Jefferson McCullough (McCullough-189) compare Proposed by Aran Stubbs. Approval from Nancy Brown for McCullough-411 has been recorded. Someone from McCullough-189's Trusted List needs to approve. If McCullough-411 and McCullough-189 are different people, reject the merge. If there's been an error, remove the pending merge. Last updated 2011-12-27 20:37:38.
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As pending merges are often sorted by date, with newest first, then it seems it's possible for stale pending merges to hardly ever be scrubbed.
Is there a way to sort pending merges by oldest first?
Bill and Jillaine:
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding your point, but you already can click on the re-sort link titled:
by oldest match date
link near the top of the Browse existing matched page.
Hope this helps,
Keith