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MERGE with OUTPUT doesn't seem to be doing the right thing

I'm adding a foreign key to a table, and removing any rows that violate the FK, copying them into a ModifiedTable_invalid table. As part of the script, I've got the following MERGE command: MERGE ...
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What are my locking options for a Merge statement?

I have a stored procedure that performs a MERGE statement. It seems like it locks the whole table by default when performing the merge. I'm calling this stored procedure inside of a transaction ...
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What overhead is there if I MERGE row by row?

I have a target table of about 2000 rows and I want to be able to MERGE (with HOLDLOCK) about 5-10 rows at a time into the target table. The target table doesn't get used heavily, with only 1-2 users ...
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Re-subscribing to a merge publication after edits made offline

Hypothetical Question - To help scenario planning. Let's say I have a 2008 R2 Merge Publication with 5 active subscribers. The publication is deleted and all subscriptions are removed. A week or so ...