Complex sentence: As discussion among the merge-wishers is "their" discussion, the "result" could be easily predicted, but an ageement among a few pre-disposed editors and is not neccessarliy a consensus reflective of the community at large.
Split into simpler sentences: As discussion among the merge-wishers is "their" discussion, it bore a "result" that could be easily predicted. But note: an ageement among a very few pre-disposed editors is not neccessarliy a consensus reflective of the community at large.