Wikipedia:Requests for history merge/Archive 1

This page was originally for listing cut and paste moves which could not be repaired due to a then-extant technical limitation. The limitation has since been removed, but this page is still available if you find a cut-and-paste move, and are not able to repair it yourself (There is a procedure for doing it, but 1. only admins can do it, and 2. it's a bit tricky).

Currently the only technical limitation is that category and image description pages can't be moved.

Admins: please read Wikipedia:How to fix cut-and-paste moves and Wikipedia:Moving guidelines for administrators.

The procedure

• Place a {{db-histmerge|NAME OF PAGE THE ARTICLE WAS CUT FROM}} template at the new location of the article which has been moved through cut and pasting, i.e. on the article where the pasting was done.
• If the issue is clear-cut (straight up cut and paste move to a better title), having this speedy delete tag on the page should be enough. In more complex cases (explained at Wikipedia:How to fix cut and paste moves), please leave a description of the problem under the "Repair requests" section.
• An admin will look the pages over and perform whatever tasks are necessary.
• Once this is done, the admin will post the result here.
• Old requests will be removed after 30 days.

Repair requests

Please add new requests to the top of the New Requests section. Thanks.

New requests

Yates/Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing->Yates Racing The Sept 6th 2007 and earlier edits of Yates/Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing need to be moved to Yates Racing. Also please merge Talk:Yates/Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing with Talk:Yates Racing - Cmjc80 (talk) 20:13, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Queried requests

• Chiropractic school → Chiropractic schools - On 22 October 2006, Chiropractic school was cut and pasted to Chiropractic schools. Unfortunately, this is not that simple. On 23 March 2007, Chiropractic schools was then copied back to Chiropractic school and there were two parallel articles until 26 November 2007, when Chiropractic school was redirected back to Chiropractic schools. During the time of parallel articles, no new content was added to Chiropractic school; however the edits made that should not be merged with the main article, since the main article did have significant modifications. My suggestion would be to delete the edits to Chiropractic school made after 23 March 2007, and then merge the two articles. --Scott Alter 08:04, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
  •  Done, but I thought that Wikipedia rules would specify the singular. (The edits made to Chiropractic school after the cut and-paste are in still Chiropractic school.) Anthony Appleyard (talk) 08:43, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
    • I agree that the current title of the article is appropriate. Someone tagged Chiropractic education recently for merger with Chiropractic schools. There have been no comments so far, but I have just started a discussion at Talk:Chiropractic education. If they want to merge the articles, I'd recommend keeping Chiropractic education and renaming Chiropractic schools to List of chiropractic schools. I'll stay involved with these articles and make sure the plural Chiropractic schools is renamed to something appropriate per the MOS. --Scott Alter 08:53, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
• Battery electric vehicle -> Electric car. The vast bulk of content was copy/pasted to electric car. The BEV article is left very stubby with more structure than content. Vassyana (talk) 23:36, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Not all battery-electric vehicles are cars. Leave it as it is? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 14:36, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Heavens no - the BEV article only has a few edits, starting with,[1] the electric car article goes back to July 2005, and needs to have the discussion and history moved. This is the first edit for the to do page and refers to the BEV article.[2] I have been pretty much avoiding both articles until the mess gets cleaned up. 199.125.109.105 (talk) 20:57, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

There is only one edit to Talk:Electric car that has to be merged in after moving talk:Battery electric vehicle to talk:Electric car, and I do not see any edits to talk:battery electric vehicle at all, although there is a todo page for both articles. 199.125.109.29 (talk) 19:35, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

You can also move Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Battery electric vehicle to /Electric car 199.125.109.29 (talk) 20:51, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

• Sprint Corporation->Sprint Nextel Cut/paste moved on August 12 2005. Leave the post Aug 12 edits(redirects and vandalism) at Sprint Corporation. -- Cmjc80 (talk)
  • This one should not be done. The Sprint Nextel article was based upon Sprint Corporation, but also an older version of Sprint Nextel that existed before August 2005. These versions were inadvertently deleted in a previous merge and never restored. I have restored them, so now one can see that the two articles existed simultaneously and were edited apart from each other before 14 Aug, 2005. Therefore, these separate threads should not be merged together. Very good catch. I've been impressed with your finds. Cool Hand Luke 07:42, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
    • Cool, works for me Cmjc80 (talk) 01:15, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
• "The Ruptured Duck (B-25)" and "Ruptured Duck (aircraft)" - request merge page histories. Snowman (talk) 11:29, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
  • I was merging it when (dang!) I realized that the new page creation wasn't a cut&paste move. The new content of The Ruptured Duck (B-25) isn't a copy of what was at Ruptured Duck (aircraft) before the redirection, so the history of these two pages need to exist independently. Not done. --PeaceNT (talk) 12:14, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

• Venus Doom Live (history) needs to be merged with Digital Versatile Doom (history). Venus Doom Live is a redirect to Digital Versatile Doom. Digital Versatile Doom is the correct name for the article, but Venus Doom Live was created before Digital Versatile Doom was. — Save_Us † 00:09, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
  • The supposed cut-and-paste move would be from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Venus_Doom_Live&oldid=188531190 to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Digital_Versatile_Doom&oldid=188655341 , but these two are so unlike that I suspect that they are independent creations. Venus Doom Live was not changed to a redirect until after Digital Versatile Doom had been edited many times. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 07:07, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
• Holistic Information Security Practitioner needs the history of Health Information Systems Programme prior to January 2008. Thanks. CIreland (talk) 01:48, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
  • In this case, I think we should leave the history where it is. The older edits of Health Information Systems Programme include both topics, so this history would be appropriate at either article. The earliest edits refer only to Health Information Systems Programme, so the history should remain there. I'll add a talk page note on Holistic Information Security Practitioner noting where its history comes from. Cool Hand Luke 06:29, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
• Inclusive and exclusive we > Clusivity (former is currently redirect, but has longer edit history).
  • This is not cut-and-paste but two parallel versions which have been merged. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:21, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
• Battle of the Bridge of Calderón > Battle of Calderón Bridge (former is currently redirect, but has slightly longer edit history; duplicate articles started within 24 hrs of each other).

  Thanks in advance. Aille (talk) 23:58, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

  • This is not cut-and-paste but two parallel versions which have been merged. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:21, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
• Court TV -> Tru TV Channel changed names on Jan 1 2008, please histmerge. If possible, please do no include the Jan 1 edits to Court TV as the page should have been a straight move. -- Cmjc80 (talk) 22:20, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
  • History merge looks inappropriate to me. They are the same network and should be merged, but the Tru TV article was re-written from scratch and has a different history. Cool Hand Luke 04:27, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
    • The page was supposed to be moved and rewritten on the new page. Why do you want to loose 4 years of edit history to a redirect page? Even the editor that made the new page(Mr. Senseless) agrees it was the incorrect thing to do Talk:TruTV -- Cmjc80 (talk) 04:42, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
      • When topics are merged, the history of one of them always stays at the redirect. There are tons of redirects with years worth of history. Cool Hand Luke 07:01, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Completed requests

• Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton-> Grand Prix of Edmonton Cut/Paste moved July 22 2007 -- Cmjc80 (talk) 19:31, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
  •  Done. Thanks, mattbr 19:48, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
• Altos C&P'd to Altos (Paraguay) on 16:33, 27 February 2008. Aille (talk) 19:43, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
  •  Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 23:43, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
• The June 1, 2007 edits and earlier of Dover 200 need to be moved to RoadLoans.com 200. From June 8th on it was rewritten into a different article and duplicated what was already at Dover 200 (Spring Race). Reposted -- Cmjc80 (talk) 01:15, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Pages RoadLoans.com 200 and Dover 200 (Spring Race) give different winners for the same years, as if these two are different concurrent race serieses and not as the disambig page Dover 200 says. I better leave this to someone who knows more than me about USA car racing. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 14:36, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
    • There are two 200 mile NASCAR races at Dover each year. The problem is, the "Dover 200" name was moved from one race to the other in 2007. After the c/p move the Dover 200 page was rewritten into a page that already existed. -- Cmjc80 (talk) 20:08, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
    • But pages RoadLoans.com 200 and Dover 200 (Spring Race) still give different winners for the same years. Someone please explain why. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 20:12, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
      • Two different races, one takes place in May, the other in September. Here is the schedule: http://www.nascar.com/races/bg/2008/data/schedule.html 20:49, 18 February 2008 User:Cmjc80
        • In both pages the last race listed is 2007. What belongs with what belongs with what? Were the names of the two races swopped? Whatever happened, describe it on those pages. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:34, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
          • Both pages are correct, the only issue is that the June 1 c/p move by Gaeaman787 needs to be fixed -- Cmjc80 (talk) 19:08, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
  •  Done
• OB I bajnokság (Hungarian Hockey League) cut and pasted from Borsodi Jégkorong Liga. Flibirigit (talk) 16:40, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
  •  Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 17:09, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
• Page history was damaged over a year ago. History of Raymond Bourque ends 14:07, November 13, 2006. History of Ray Bourque starts 13:04, November 13, 2006. Flibirigit (talk) 07:26, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
  •  Done --Oxymoron⁸³ 11:19, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
• AT&T Technologies, Inc.->AT&T Technologies--Cmjc80 (talk) 07:06, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Already  Done by someone. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:18, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
• American Bell->AT&T Information Systems--Cmjc80 (talk) 06:32, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
  •  Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:18, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
• Disneyland seems to have a history of unilateral page moves. The last one was a cut & paste move from Disneyland Park (Anaheim) to Disneyland at 19:12, 23 February 2008. I'm not sure which article name is more appropriate.--Endroit (talk) 19:39, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
  •  Done; the page is now at Disneyland Park (Anaheim). Its talk page needed histmerging also. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 23:40, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
• Tseung Kwan O South Station was copied to Lohas Park Station. – PeterCX&Talk 07:48, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
  •  Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 08:31, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
• Primeval (TV series) -> Primeval. Cuddly Panda (talk · contribs) wanted to move the page but did so via a cut-and-paste move. Considering the size of the article history, that's bad. I've undone most of the move and made the Primeval article into a redirect, but the last step (moving Primeval (TV series) is something an admin needs to do. -- Y|yukichigai (_ramble argue ^check) 11:49, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
  •  Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 17:38, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
• The Nov 21 2005 and earlier edits of AT&T+SBC need to be moved to AT&T. Keep Nov. 25 and later redirect edits at AT&T+SBC -- Cmjc80 (talk) 21:45, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
  •  Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:29, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
• The June 28 2005-Earlier history of Nextel and June 28-Aug 12 history of NEXTEL should be merged with Nextel Communications. It also looks like Nextel Communications was moved over a redirect which may have deleted a large amount of edit history from August 2003 to June 2005 -- Cmjc80 (talk) 07:38, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
  •  Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 14:37, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
• Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House → Blackwell (historic house). It was moved to this less promotional title by one editor, but then User:Lakelandarts (the page's creator) pasted the page back at Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House over the top of the redirect, so now the history is split. • Anakin ^(talk) 15:31, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
  •  Done. Thanks, mattbr 15:48, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
• New England 200->Camping World 200 presented by RVs.com -- Cmjc80 (talk) 07:32, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
• Con-way Freight 200->Cool City Customs 200 -- Cmjc80 (talk) 05:34, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
• John Deere 250 -> Mountain Dew 250 -- Cmjc80 (talk) 02:27, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
• Smith's Las Vegas 350 -> Qwik Liner Las Vegas 350 -- Cmjc80 (talk) 02:08, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
• Sylvania 200 -> New Hampshire 200 -- Cmjc80 (talk) 02:00, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
• Racetickets.com 200 -> San Bernardino County 200 C/P moves to new name -- Cmjc80 (talk) 01:45, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
• Dodge Avenger 500->Dodge Challenger 500, should have been moved to new name rather than copied -- Cmjc80 (talk) 20:08, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
• Green Light Racing->SS-Green Light Racing -- Cmjc80 (talk) 20:02, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
  • All  Done Cool Hand Luke 07:33, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
• Please move the 13:14-13:35 edits of AT&T Inc. to AT&T. It was Cut/Paste moved and then moved back on the same day. -- Cmjc80 (talk) 07:30, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
  •  Done Cool Hand Luke 07:33, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
• Al Ringling Theater: c&p'd to Al. Ringling Theatre at 01:27, 15 February 2008. Aille (talk) 06:20, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
  •  Done Mr.Z-man 05:16, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
• Old AT&T and AT&T Corporation -> American Telephone & Telegraph Cut/Paste moved twice on June 2 2006 -- Cmjc80 (talk) 09:01, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
  •  Done Mr.Z-man 05:16, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
• List of Hannah Montana minor characters appears to have been cut and pasted from List of Hannah Montana Minor Characters. However, List of Hannah Montana Minor Characters has been deleted and needs to be restored before it can be merged. --Scott Alter 00:08, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
  •  Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:54, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
• Kasimir Felix Graf von Badeni (Kasimir_Felix_Graf_von_Badeni 2004 - 12 May 2005 ending with "manual move) and Kasimir Felix Graf Badeni (since 10 May 2005); some here-and-there tug on the edges, but plain merge should suffice. --Malyctenar (talk) 13:46, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
  •  Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:21, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
• Ant-Man (comics)-> Ant-Man cut/paste moved in Oct 2006
  •  Done Cool Hand Luke 07:45, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
• Ron Rubin was c&p'd to Ron Rubin (voice actor). Shawis (talk) 09:08, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
  •  Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:40, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
• Black Goliath->Bill Foster (comics) and Talk:Black Goliath->Talk:Bill Foster (comics) -- 69.182.199.231 (talk) 06:36, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
  •  Done --Oxymoron⁸³ 08:00, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
• CONCACAF Champions' League cut & pasted into CONCACAF Champions League at 16:33, 30 January 2008 though request for move made at WP:RM. The article pasted into already has history which looks more that just simple redirects. Keith D (talk) 16:03, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
  •  Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 20:49, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
• AXM needs merging with Axm; it appears that the title may have been redirect back and forth twice as there is page history under both capitalisations of the title. DWaterson (talk) 13:51, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
  •  Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 14:59, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Requests which cannot be fulfilled

• Darth Sidious (a redirect) → Palpatine - There was not any cutting and pasting, but I believe they developed separately for a while before they were merged. Darth Sidious seems to have a significant history. - Maximillion Pegasus (talk) 01:39, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
  • They did indeed develop simultaneously. For that reason, a history merge would be inappropriate. The edits would be hopelessly shuffled together. Cool Hand Luke 02:08, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
    • I guess I did not realize that. Sorry. Cheers. Maximillion Pegasus (talk) 02:14, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
  •  Not done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:49, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

See also

• Warning template for copy and paste movers