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How to AfD

On page for deletion:-

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nominated for deletion: see [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PageName]]

({{afdx}} if repeat AfD for same file)

On AfD vote page:-

{{subst:afd2 | pg=PageName | cat=Category | text=Reason the page should be deleted}} ~~~~
Creating deletion discussion page for [[PageName]] because ...

At THIS PAGE (or find it from Wikipedia:Articles for deletion):-

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Adding [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PageName]]

On closing, {{subst:afd top}} & {{subst:afd bottom}}, and after the top template, put Delete or Keep and ~~~~

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The Seasons (poem)

In this edit you inserted a sentence saying that the poem's meter is iambic hexameter "as often used for Latin and Ancient Greek poetry" (even though the meter of classical epics was dactylic hexameter). On the other hand, the poem is given as an example in our article on dactylic hexameter. Iambic or dactylic? I know nothing about Lithuanian poetry, but there seems to be a conflict here. Deor (talk) 15:20, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

@Deor: Thanks. Sorry. Typo. I have now corrected it. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:27, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

Controversial moves

Hi, Anthony. Could you please help revert my category moves? Just the category ones (from "Category:Czech electronic music groups" to "Category talk:Russian techno"). These moves I made were deemed controversial and need to be undone. - TheMagnificentist 14:27, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

@TheMagnificentist: Done see [2]. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 18:25, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

Mass disruptions

Have you ever noticed that by your unthoughtful moves of "pro-democracy camp" and "pro-Beijing camp" you delinked and disrupted hundreds of articles that link to the Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp and pro-Beijing camp? Additionally, your choices for "pro-xxxx camp in Hong Kong" instead of "pro-xxx camp (Hong Kong)" are very questionable, as it is not the common practice for naming an article here on wikipedia. Lmmnhn (talk) 01:53, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

@Lmmnhn: These moves were asked for in this edit of Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests. The reasons stated there for the moves look sensible to me. The pages Special:WhatLinksHere/Pro-democracy camp in Hong Kong and Special:WhatLinksHere/Pro-Beijing camp (Hong Kong) show that the incoming links still exist and that there are no double links (i.e. #redirect links to other #redirect links) among them. See the history of page Pro-democracy camp in Hong Kong; after you moved it, User:In ictu oculi moved it again. See the answers to your move discussion at Talk:Pro-democracy camp in Hong Kong#Requested move 4 July 2017. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 03:53, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

The links were fixed because I did it. Before my edits all the articles linked to "pro-democracy camp" were linked to the disambiguation page. No offence but I do not oppose to the intention of whoever wanted to make it more specific or clearer but to delink hundred of articles by moving a page is just a unthoughtful move. Lmmnhn (talk) 08:58, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

Toby fox (artist) listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Toby fox (artist). Since you had some involvement with the Toby fox (artist) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. UnitedStatesian (talk) 14:08, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Common Sense (pamphlet)

Hi Anthony. You placed an indefinite semi-protection on this article just over four years ago. An interested anon IP editor, 208.95.51.38, has now requested a lifting of this protection at the article Talk page. I have said that I "agree in principle." What do you think? Many thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:02, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
{@Martinevans123 and 208.95.51.38: That depends on what 208.95.51.38 wants to do with the page. As stated in Talk:Common Sense (pamphlet)#Semi-protected edit request on 5 July 2017, there is nothing stopping User:208.95.51.38 from registering as a Wikipedia user and getting himself a username. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 19:52, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

I'll try and relay that sentiment to the IP (again). But I don't intend to be middle man indefinitely. Four years and 2 months is quite a while? Martinevans123 (talk) 20:03, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

I didn't plan to do anything there. I just wondered if you could unprotect it as a test, to see if vandalism (or anything else bad) started up again. 208.95.51.38 (talk) 20:56, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

@208.95.51.38: Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:43, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

It is a good idea to check the talk page history for earlier moves

Talk:Facade#Requested move before making a WP:RM/TR -- PBS (talk) 13:57, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Talk:Most Girls

Can you please move the deleted history of Talk:Most Girls to Talk:Most Girls (Pink song)? The page should have been moved, not deleted, to make way for a move from Talk:Most Girls (disambiguation). GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 01:28, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

@GeoffreyT2000: Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:27, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Merge request

I've heard you are the merge expert. Wikimedia has received a couple of requests through OTRS (ticket:2017062110025561) regarding Cision and Cision Inc.. I promise to look into seeing if I could move this along. Is this something you can help with?--S Philbrick (Talk) 16:38, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

@Sphilbrick: Cision and Cision Inc. cannot be history-merged with each other because they are WP:Parallel histories. There may have been amounts of copying back and forth between these two pages and company literature including by members of the companies. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 23:41, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Sony TEN histmerge junk

Can you please revert histmerge junk on Sony TEN? You forgot to do this earlier. GeoffreyT2000 ^{(talk, contribs)} 04:56, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

A page you started (Operation Bayonet) has been reviewed!

Thanks for creating Operation Bayonet, Anthony Appleyard!

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Pretty Hurts

I apologize about twice requesting Pretty Hurts to be moved today only to have both moves be reverted. If you're interested, I set up a move request at Talk:Pretty Hurts#Requested move 24 July 2017 that I encourage you to participate in. 2601:8C:4001:DCB9:E559:381A:F74C:F65B (talk) 22:29, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

Arcenio León

Why did you agree to restore the old history to the page? The IP is a disruptive user, Alexsautographs, who stopped editing under their own username about a year ago. The article was deleted in 2014 because the subject didn't pass GNG. I created it in 2017, when the subject did pass GNG. The old article history has no bearing on the current article. I don't believe it should have been restored, as the deletion was appropriate. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:15, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

@Muboshgu: I have re-deleted the old edits. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:24, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks. FYI I've opened an SPI on this user as I've discovered multiple accounts. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:26, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
@Muboshgu: He tried the same with page Michael Brady (baseball). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:37, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
- He did it at Nick_Additon, although there it appears the "new" article was the same as the old. I'm trying to clean up the messes created by this user, creating lots of articles on nonnotable individuals and trying to claim "credit" whenever a nonnotable individual became notable after the fact. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:39, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

Please undo move of Prince album

Greetings Anthony! Your move of Sign o' the Times to Sign o' the Times (album) popped up on my watchlist and I noticed that it had been requested by an IP user at WP:RM/TR. The IP proceeded to retarget Sign o' the Times to Sign of the Times.[3] I would kindly ask you to revert those moves, because a discussion should be held first, to find out whether the album is primary topic. The situation regarding article titles of this Prince album and its headline song has been stable for many years; it shouldn't be moved without prior debate. Thanks, — JFG ^talk 14:35, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Initials in name

Hi.
In India, it is a common convention to exclude spaces in initials. ie, it should be H.M. Jyothi rather than H. M. Jyothi. Just wanted to let you know. :)
(PS: It is regarding this.) —usernamekiran(talk) 21:33, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

Re: Thanks for help with the history-merging.

Sorry about that, was going to report later; will do sooner next time, thanks for the reminder. Regards, Alex Shih ^Talk 11:24, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Source question

Out of curiosity, where does Search for geological evidence of these events was helped by many exposures and cross-sections of volcanic ash deposits which were caused by men bulk-quarrying them for construction material on 1257 Samalas eruption come from? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 16:52, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
@Jo-Jo Eumerus: I have added a ref. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:02, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Mariana Trench Marine National Monument

I can't get that worked up about this, but I think the recent page move from Marianas Trench Marine National Monument to Mariana Trench Marine National Monument is in error. As the article notes, "The actual text of the proclamation establishing it gives it the official name Marianas Trench Marine National Monument." That proclamation is Presidential Proclamation no. 8335, Establishment of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument (Jan. 6, 2009). The operative statement giving it its official name is on page 2: "NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by section 2 of the Antiquities Act do proclaim that there are hereby set apart and reserved as the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument..." TJRC (talk) 21:20, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

@TJRC: I have moved it back. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:23, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks. I'll open a discussion on the talk page, in case it's an issue. TJRC (talk) 21:26, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Double moves

I see that you moved the redirect at Wiking Mineral to Svenska Bergsbruk. This causes the redirect created from an earlier page move to be shown under the target's history instead. You also have a double move of Lou Brock, Jr. to Lou Brock Jr. (originally done by Alex Shih). Also, Alex Shih did a double move originally done by you from Branch Rickey, Jr. to Branch Rickey Jr.. One solution is to undelete the revisions deleted by the double move under the circular redirect, but another solution is to move the circular redirect back and then undelete the accidentally deleted revisions. Below are the log entries for the 2 solutions, as well as the edit for solution 1.

Solution 1
User (talk \| contribs) moved page A to B (reason) Admin (talk \| contribs) deleted page B (G6: Deleted to make way for move) Admin (talk \| contribs) moved page A to B (reason) Admin (talk \| contribs) restored page B (# revisions) (oops) Admin reverts to text on page B with an edit summary such as "rv to text"

Solution 2

User (talk | contribs) moved page A to B (reason)
Admin (talk | contribs) deleted page B (G6: Deleted to make way for move)
Admin (talk | contribs) moved page A to B (reason)
Admin (talk | contribs) deleted redirect A by overwriting (G6: Deleted to make way for move)
Admin (talk | contribs) moved page B to A over a redirect without leaving a redirect (oops)
Admin (talk | contribs) restored page B (# revisions) (oops)

A move of the redirect at A to the same target B it points to as the result of an earlier move could also have followed "moved page B to C without leaving a redirect" (as you have done with Template:Pull quote/boilerplate redirecting to Template:Cquote/boilerplate originally by Herostratus, for example) instead of "deleted page B", but this is unlikely. GeoffreyT2000 ^{(talk, contribs)} 18:25, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

@GeoffreyT2000: In both cases, examining the talk page will show two moves from A to B by different admins in consecutive minutes. In both cases, it may be most useful to put a history note in its talk page saying that unintentionally two admins obeyed the same move request at the same time; and a move instruction takes time to be obeyed as signals travel across the world and servers work through queues. Coincidences happen sometimes. Sorry. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 20:32, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
@Alex Shih: as above Anthony Appleyard (talk) 20:36, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Svenska Bergsbruk

Please revert history merge junk on Svenska Bergsbruk], which you forgot to do earlier. GeoffreyT2000 ^{(talk, contribs)} 22:38, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

I took the liberty and reverted, thanks. Alex Shih ^Talk 02:50, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

History merge request

Would you be able to merge the history of Draft:Ben Seresin in Ben Seresin? Thank you. Rusted AutoParts 02:16, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

@Rusted AutoParts: Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 08:41, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Planning Areas of Singapore

Template:Planning Areas of Singapore has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Frietjes (talk) 14:13, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

Kavi Anil Patil withdrawn

Please mark the request for Kavi Anil Patil at Wikipedia:Requests for history merge#Queried requests as "not done". I withdrew the request by removing the <nowiki>'ed template from the article. GeoffreyT2000 ^{(talk, contribs)} 22:40, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

@GeoffreyT2000: Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 08:33, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

The Pile

Can you please undelete the remaining revisions for The Pile and Talk:The Pile? You forgot to do so while splitting out edits to The Pile (NYC World Trade Center). GeoffreyT2000 ^{(talk, contribs)} 04:52, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

@GeoffreyT2000: Done, but The Pile currently is redirected to Pile. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 08:31, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

Immigration to SwedenImmigration listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Immigration to SwedenImmigration. Since you had some involvement with the Immigration to SwedenImmigration redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. UnitedStatesian (talk) 17:54, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

Move review for Damn (Kendrick Lamar album)

An editor has asked for a Move review of Damn (Kendrick Lamar album). Because you were involved in the move discussion for this page, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the move review. — TheMagnificentist 12:14, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

Senate House Education listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Senate House Education. Since you had some involvement with the Senate House Education redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 02:27, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

List of taxa described from Nevada

Could you undelete this? I had just added some more information and references in response to the (unjustified) speedy delete tagging. Abyssal (talk) 05:33, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
@Abyssal: Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 08:32, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks for the speedy response. It seems, that it was tagged and deleted again by someone else, though. Abyssal (talk) 16:43, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

Histmerge and drafts

Hello Anthony. I'm asking about what should be done in the case of an article that was created in mainspace when there exists a Draft article that has "precedence" – the specific case I am considering here is Pyewacket (film), and Draft:Pyewacket (film), the latter of which was created long before the new article, and which in my opinion should be merged/histmerged into the mainspace article. Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer on this. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 15:02, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

@IJBall: I have text-merged Pyewacket (film) (which had only 1 edit) into Draft:Pyewacket (film), and then moved Draft:Pyewacket (film) to Pyewacket (film). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:11, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
- Thank you, much! --IJBall (contribs • talk) 15:12, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

And a new one for you...

Anthony, I have a new, but related one, for you. I asked for a WP:REFUND on the original but subsequently deleted article Chloe East – it now resides at User:IJBall/sandbox7. From the looks of it, the original but subsequently deleted article is in every way superior to what now exists at Draft:Chloe East. So, I'm suggesting that User:IJBall/sandbox7 be HISTMERGE'd into Draft:Chloe East. This one's a little more difficult than the last one, though, as there is more of a revision history at Draft:Chloe East. So, I'd appreciate it if you'd perform some "histmerge magic" here, or offer some advice on how to proceed... Thanks in advance! --IJBall (contribs • talk) 14:04, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

@IJBall: The edits at Draft:Chloe East are mostly from 04:08 4 August 2017 to 14:07 4 August 2017, with an intruding bot edit at 18:55 4 August 2017, and a deletion-tagging at 08:34 17 January 2017 edit-noted "all done with this now: content merged to Draft:Devyn Nekoda". These edits are all in time between these 2 consecutive edits of User:IJBall/sandbox7; but these 2 pages are clearly not part of the same edit sequence. As regards which article of User:IJBall/sandbox7 and Draft:Chloe East is "better" :: sorry; I live in England, and I know little about the USA acting scene; it may be better to text-merge these two pages. (Note also that User:IJBall/sandbox7 is sitting over a deleted edit history dated from 01:37 14 May 2016 to 23:05 25 May 2016 which is a list of animation studios.) Anthony Appleyard (talk) 14:58, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
- Ah, good point – I've used that Sandbox before for other things... OK, I'll probably try text-merging them then, but I'll be sure to include an attribution to the original Chloe East (now deleted) article in the edit summary, though effectively it will mostly be a "replacement" of the current text at Draft:Chloe East with the original text. That will probably have to suffice... Thanks! --IJBall (contribs • talk) 15:04, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

A Generous Thank You for Your Assistance

Hi and Good Evening Anthony!

I am writing this message to say that, I thank you so very much for assisting me with attempting to update the Mohegan Lake, New York Article! However, I have a question to ask you (if you don't mind me asking). Since the change for the Title of the Article has been completed (and that I've attempted to do a web search for the City name through my Internet Browser to test). How come when I search on Google the Title of the Article still shows up as "Lake Mohegan" and the same with the Article's URL? Is this something separate that I would have to ask Google legally that I would want to change the Title from Lake Mohegan, New York to Mohegan Lake, New York? Below I will insert the links to both of these, so that you would better understand for what I am explaining.

https://www.google.com/search?site=&source=hp&q=Mohegan+Lake%2C+New+York&oq=Mohegan+Lake%2C+New+York&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0l2j38j0i22i30k1.3374.8776.0.9151.24.23.0.0.0.0.152.1999.5j13.18.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..6.18.1995.1..35i39k1j0i131k1.2N40OL-wlAY#duf3=0,duf3-2-14

NOTE // The Title that shows up as "Lake Mohegan" is in the first column box on the right side of the Webpage, just beneath the pictures that depict of a Barnes & Noble Store and Mohegan Lake's Geographic Picture from the Map (Google Maps). The URL that shows up as Lake_Mohegan,_New_York is in green and that it is associated with Wikipedia (the Wikipedia URL).

You can respond back to this (if you would like) for when you have the opportunity.

Have a lovely rest of the Evening, Love.

Sarah Sarah.t.life 03:17, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

@Sarah.t.life: Google needs time to search through the world's internet pages and notice the change. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:54, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

@Anthony Appleyard: Ohh! Alright then. So, this is something separate that I wouldn't have to do a manual legal change with Google? Google would need some time to look into it and make the change permanent? However, to get to the point, I wouldn't have to do anything, just wait until Google notices that it's no longer Lake Mohegan but, Mohegan Lake?
@Sarah.t.life: Internet searchers run programs called spiders or web crawlers that continually search around the world's websites. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 12:35, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
@Anthony Appleyard: Why yes, I have researched and understood for what both those terms meant. However though, for my concern. Would I just have to wait (not do anything) until the Web Crawlers come upon it?

You can respond back to this for when you get the chance.

Warm regards,

Sarah Sarah.t.life 17:27, 13 August 2017 (UTC) talk

@Sarah.t.life: I have had the same problem. A user thankfully let me use be some website space, but Google is taking an age and an age finding that that new named web area and its contents exists. Also, old data hangs about in internet transfer nodes' buffers. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:19, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
@Anthony Appleyard: Ohh! alright then. I understand what you would mean by the old Data and Internet Transfer Nodes' Buffers. So I guess I might as well just have to wait until the change takes it's course.

Sarah Sarah.t.life 22:29, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

2 queried pages

@Robertgombos: I have called AfD on these two pages. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:21, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you! Robert G. (talk) 09:59, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Off-Broadway

I see that you moved this article name, but it refers to a genre as well as a destination for musicals and plays. The move was disputed on the Talk page, so I don't think it should have been moved, especially without notifying editors on the Talk page that such a move was requested. -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:48, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. Happy editing! -- Ssilvers (talk) 05:34, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

The move discussion at Talk:Off-Broadway was withdrawn by the requester. Would you kindly take a look and close it if you agree that is appropriate? All the best, -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:04, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

@Ssilvers: That query seems to raise either or both of two Wikipedia-rule-application queries:
1. "Is it valid for User:oknazevad to withdraw his own move request?": It looks possible, but I better leave that for higher authorities within Wikipedia to decide on finally.
2. "Is the page move correct, deciding from the nature of USA theaters?": Sorry; I am in England and I have never been to America, and I know little about USA theater; I very rarely have been to live-acting theaters. The British newspapers cover largely London theatre.
Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:51, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Please explain deletions

Speed Demons (1997 video game) and Snowmobile Championship 2000 were both deleted by you. Why? The deletion log does not explicitly reference the process under which they were deleted. --Izno (talk) 18:35, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

@Izno: Speed Demons (1997 video game) was speedy-delete-tagged by User:Videogameplayer99 , who made 5 of its 9 edits, including its first edit: "G7/U1: Author request".
- Snowmobile Championship 2000 was speedy-delete-tagged by User:Videogameplayer99 , who made 3 of its 5 edits, including its first edit: "G7/U1: Author request".
- Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:40, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

Incorrect redirection

Please undo your redirection of Sammy Wilk. Also, please redirect Nathan Maloley to Skate (rapper). I have asked for the latter, not the former, to be redirected. GeoffreyT2000 ^{(talk, contribs)} 14:49, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

@GeoffreyT2000: Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:10, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Deletion of KiSSFLOW page

Hi Anthony, you did a delete of the page for KiSSFLOW recently, mentioning the caps/no caps as a tactic. That's actually how the software is spelled on its website. https://kissflow.com/. Can you help me see why it went for a speedy deletion? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Neilinmadras (talk • contribs) 12:42, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

@Neilinmadras: Examining pages KiSSFLOW's and Kissflow's deleted edits shows that page Kissflow was deleted 3 times as advertisement, and that after that at 14:24, 12 August 2017 User:2600:6c40:5800:d3e:a5e3:38e8:a8f5:3a44 speedy-delete-tagged page KiSSFLOW as advertisement. See Wikipedia:Spam. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:38, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Mathan/etc spelling query

hi, i know that two person directly Madhan and madan writer , madan writer used to write his name as mathan or madan thats only the issue(edit war as you said) but madhan evreryone knows in our home town that refers actor very notable peron in our country ...but the sad isssue is we dont have the orginal source of madanwriter ...help needed ..thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chennaiboys (talk • contribs) 05:27, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

@Chennaiboys:: (1) Please sign your messages, using ~~~~ . (2) Unfortunately, I know nothing about these people named Madhan. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:33, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Madhan

)hi, i am actor madhan ...I need a help ,i dont know what happen to that wiki page, Now in google search my wiki page is not shown, In search for madhan ,result = "disambiguation list", "madhan (writer)","madhan karky"..if i search for madhan actor,result= "madhan bob" and "disambiguation list" my page not shown..... can you help me for that pls... --wiki (talk) 21:34, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

All pages with titles containing madhan

@Mmathan.actor: Wikipedia currently has: Madhan, Iranshahr (village in Iran), Madhan Bob (Indian comedian), Madhan Karky (Indian software engineer etc), Madhan (writer), Madhan (disambig page), Madhan (actor), Preet Kaur Madhan (Indian television actress). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:54, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

do you get me what help i ask for--wiki (talk) 10:18, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

the page about me is not available in google search now need help for that--wiki (talk) 10:21, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

@Mmathan.actor: The page that you are looking for :: Was it on Wikipedia? If so, what was its name? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:08, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
He is referring to his autobiography, Madhan (actor) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs). It is not indexed since it has not been reviewed. — JJMC89 (T·C) 21:02, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

AN

Hi, As I've accidentally pinged you I've asked at AN for the article to be moved back - The onus shouldn't be on me to get consensus as I wasn't the one who moved it in the first place, Anyway thanks. –Davey2010^Talk 17:17, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

Marzban -> Marzbān

Hello Anthony Appleyard; This should not have happened imo. Was this even discussed? There is nothing on the talk page of the article. We don't tend to spell names in that way. --HistoryofIran (talk) 19:40, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

@HistoryofIran and Colonies Chris: In Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests User:Colonies Chris asked for this move at 10:26, 26 August 2017 (UTC). But many atlases of the Middle East including the Times World Atlas put macrons on vowels in transcribed placenames. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 20:58, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

We still don't usually use macrons though, the article was moved without any form for discussion - that's not really fair, now is it? --HistoryofIran (talk) 21:59, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

@HistoryofIran: I have moved it back. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:02, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

On the contrary, the macron is widely used in Iranian articles. Many similar articles use the macron. See {{Military of the Sasanian Empire sidebar}} for example. Even the ones that don't have the macron in the title do use it in the template and in the lede (see Navbed, for example). I'm just trying to bring a bit of consistency .Colonies Chris (talk) 22:26, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

Just Like Fire → Just like Fire

Hi Anthony, is there any way you can move the page Just Like Fire to Just like Fire? The lowercase "like" is the proper title, as per this website.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.grammarcheck.net/capitalization-in-titles-101/|title=Capitalization in Titles 101|work=GrammarCheck.net - Check your text online|access-date=2017-08-28|language=en-US}}</ref> Thanks. CB19 (talk) 14:44, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:IASAGlobal

Hi Anthony, I recently had this page recovered and was working on the draft only to have it deleted again because of (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion) Is there any way to recover the text so I can improve it ?

This page has been deleted. The deletion, protection, and move log for the page are provided below for reference. 14:29, 28 August 2017 User:Anthony Appleyard (talk | contribs) deleted page Draft:IASAGlobal (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion) 21:52, 21 August 2017 Graeme Bartlett (talk | contribs) restored page Draft:IASAGlobal (5 revisions) (requested by David Slight) 10:26, 21 August 2017 RHaworth (talk | contribs) deleted page Draft:IASAGlobal (G13: Abandoned AfC submission – If you wish to retrieve it, please see WP:REFUND/G13) David Slight (talk) 15:57, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

@Davidlsight: I have undeleted Draft:IASAGlobal. But see WP:SPAM. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:46, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

14:24, 28 August 2017 Anthony Appleyard (talk | contribs) deleted page Draft:Bitquence (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion)

Hi Anthony,

I am new to Wikipedia and I didn't understand how the draft process works and published to early. My first article you deleted for Unabiguous advertising or promotion. I tried to write if from my own point of view and be " objective and unbiased style, free of puffery". Not sure which part is violating this but I do know it was not ready to go live and I would like to make changes to the original.

Do you have any tips on what specifically I could do to make it acceptable? I was basically copying following the style of very similar pages on similar interests as my guide.

How do I view the draft now it has been deleted?

--Jesse003 (talk) 20:54, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

@Jesse003: See WP:SPAM. One advertisory feature about the article is the many uses of the pronoun "you". To keep your article away from people who may want to delete it, it may be better to keep a copy of it on your computer at home. I have undeleted page Draft:Bitquence. For format and style compare the other members of Category:Alternative currencies and its subcategories. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:56, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Cajun Navy

The article Cajun Navy has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

The title Cajun Navy is unlikely to have a long lifetime outside of newspaper headlines, and will therefore not be a good encyclopedia entry.
An alternate strategy would be a redirect or disambiguation page to point to Katrina or Harvey. Move the content there.

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FYI - I've declined the prod as such, given that some of the references go back a decade or more. Besides, as a redirect where would it go? Good cases could be made for Rita, Katrina, and Harvey - as well as other uses and incidents. UltraExactZZ ^Said~ Did 13:54, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

OK, Said -- Fine. Rhadow (talk) 13:56, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of DanTDM // TheDiamondMinecart

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Other

It was undoubtedly correct to turn Other from a soft link to Wiktionary into a DAB page. However, you may have overlooked WP:FIXDABLINKS. User:DPL bot reports that the move broke 332 links. Yrs, Narky Blert (talk) 10:21, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

@Narky Blert: I have reverted the move. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:49, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
@Narky Blert: Many of these links to "other" seem to be to a recently developed habit of using the word "other" as a verb ("to make into an other", "to treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise", "to label as "other"". Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:27, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

I wouldn't mind betting that a good proportion of the links shouldn't exist at all. (My favourite, which I've seen a couple of times, is linked in this sentence.) I'll put some work into sorting other out, adding {{dn}} where necessary. I hate soft redirects out of Wiki, and this one makes the DAB page very difficult to find. Yrs, Narky Blert (talk) 12:33, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

More than a few seem to relate to Other (philosophy). Yrs, Narky Blert (talk) 12:42, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

Disambiguation talk page

Can you please move the deleted history of Talk:Other to Talk:Other (disambiguation)? The talk page should have been moved along with the disambiguation page, but instead was simply deleted to make way for a move from Talk:Other/version 2. GeoffreyT2000 ^{(talk, contribs)} 22:32, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

@GeoffreyT2000: Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:38, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

Speedy question

Regarding User:Glinfy/sandbox, I'm curious what the "db-histmerge request" summary is about, when the tag here was actually G6 housecleaning sock's contributions (Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Knikhil21). Cheers, SwisterTwister talk 03:49, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

@Knikhil21: The db-histmerge request is actually a request to history-merge another page into that page. But the request did not say which to history-merge in. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 03:53, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Would you reconsider if the template was Template:Db-maintenance or Template:Db-house as they use the same G6 standard. Cheers, SwisterTwister talk 04:09, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

@Knikhil21 and SwisterTwister: The format to use seems to be e.g. {{db-g6|rationale=Made up by user or}} or {{db-g6|Made up by user or}} , stating the reason for wanting the page to be deleted. The | character after "g6" is the "stick"; on my British keyboard it is at the near left corner, as shift for the \ . Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:55, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Redirect reversal request

Could you please reverse the redirection of Acer morrisonense to Acer caudatifolium. A. morrisonense is recognized as a separate species in the definitive Flora of China, and has completely different, lobed, leaves. Regards, Ptelea (talk) 08:51, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
@Ptelea: At Acer morrisonense there are only 2 edits and both are redirects. You will have to write a new article about A. morrisonense and put it at Acer morrisonense, overwriting the redirection. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:26, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Discussions on Catholicism and Catholicity

Hi, if you have time, would you please take a look at current discussions on the page Talk:Catholicism (term)? I am asking you because I saw that some time ago you participated in redirecting of Catholicism (disambiguation) to Catholic (disambiguation), and it seems that reestablishing that disambiguation page might solve some problems that are currently discussed. Sorabino (talk) 10:05, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

Question

Hi. In this discussion, you pinged Jakeroberts, an account with no edits. Judging by the edit history of the corresponding page, did you mean Jakeroberts27? I'm collecting evidence for G-Zay's sockpuppetry (who is a dishonest individual that has been manipulating discussions on Talk:American English and much more than that) and I'd just like to confirm whether that was the case or whether Jakeroberts could also be involved. Mr KEBAB (talk) 13:50, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

@Mr KEBAB: I meant Jakeroberts27. Sorry, it was a typo. I looked down the page for usernames of people that may have been relevant. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:07, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
- I was 98% sure of that but now I know that for certain. Thanks. Mr KEBAB (talk) 15:13, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

Jemiah Jefferson

Can you restore all of the deleted revisions of the Jemiah Jefferson page to complete the page's history.73.1.57.180 (talk) 23:57, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

@73.1.57.180: Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:59, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

09:47, 2 September 2017 Anthony Appleyard (talk | contribs) deleted page OpenLiteSpeed (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion)

Hi Anthony,

You deleted my article OpenLiteSpeed because it was marked as "Unabiguous advertising or promotion". I believe it was written factually. I was hoping you could give me some tips on how to make it better so I can re-create a similar one without any bias. Thanks in advance for your help!

Kaceyyyy (talk) 19:29, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

@Kaceyyyy: Done, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/OpenLiteSpeed Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:22, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

Iambic trimeter

The paragraph on substitution is still confused, even after your amendment. Earlier in the article substitution is defined as follows: "Substitutions were common, especially in the first two metra of the line, so that any long or anceps syllable except the last could be replaced by two short syllables". Now you are defining substitution differently, as "substitution (here, replacing the first syllable of a foot by two shorts)" (where is "here"?). The distinction between resolution and substitution (if there is one) needs to be made clearer in both places in the article. Perhaps you could say "Substitution of two shorts for a long syllable in the anceps position of a metron is rare in tragedy and mainly used for accommodating a proper name, but in the second and fourth elements of the metron it is more common." (A reference to a standard textbook such as Maas or Raven or West for a technical statement such as this is desirable, however.) Kanjuzi (talk) 10:24, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

Possible historymerge or other solution to give correct attribution.

I'd be grateful of advice here. There is an article Yi Ding (psychologist) that was started in March this year. At the same time there was an abandoned but not yet deleted draft Draft:Yi Ding. The mainspace article seems to be fairly heavily based on the draft, see User talk:Masterknighted#Yi Ding (psychologist) and also Earwig's copyright comparison says 80% match. If it was copied or relied heavily on then it doesn't credit the people who edited the draft and the originator of the draft is quite upset that there work appears to have been plagiarised or copytheft has occurred (a subsidiary issue is that the draft was decline twice at AFC and then there is a mainspace article with no issues but basically the same content). I'm wondering does it need a historymerge to provide some attribution or as the draft has now been deleted whether some minor/dummy edit and attribute via the edit summary will suffice? Nthep (talk) 20:00, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
@Nthep: I have history-merged Draft:Yi Ding to Yi Ding (psychologist): see this diff. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:33, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for that. Now to explain it all. Nthep (talk) 08:18, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Red hat move

Hi Anthony, I understand why you were reluctant to merge the histories but I was not quite clear what you were asking from each editor here Talk:Operation Red Hat/Archives/2017/September#Query about restoration of deleted edits? I would like to show the Edit history of the page at least from creation and possibly to to deletion as well as any changes since AfD. This diff from DRV shows each version with the majority of text and references that were deleted from both pages. Some citations in those edits were repaired but they look broken in that diff. Is the list of deleted references what you were asking for? If so I'll post a reply there. If not, could you explain a bit more what you require from me? Thanks Johnvr4 (talk) 13:04, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Failed ping

FYI, this edit did not ping me. — JJMC89 (T·C) 22:19, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Deleted edit

If you have the time, could you take a look at this and advise?

I created a redirect at Publius Silius which was deleted by an admin without a PROD or RFD and without meeting any CSD. I thought this was wrong and so I raised it on his/her talk page here. When that discussion went cold, I made a request for undeletion here (still open, I guess). That prompted the deleting admin to create a new article on the figure he thought should be covered at that title (the current article). I still think the deleted revision should be restored to the article history since it was not a justifiable deletion. Am I being crazy? In any case, I am not asking that the present article be deleted or changed into a redirect. The question of title and primacy can be settled later, if anybody cares enough. Srnec (talk) 03:12, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. Srnec (talk) 14:10, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Reduce page protection for South Park (season 21)

Hi Anthony. It's clear there's a consensus to create a season 21 article for South Park. I see you've now restored South Park (season 21). Could you reduce the page protection so it can be updated? That would affect my vote in the move discussion. Thanks. -- Wikipedical (talk) 16:10, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

@Wikipedical: Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:20, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Hello Anthony. There is still a move discussion open at Talk:South Park season 21. Do you want to close that one as well? Possibly that talk page ought to be text-merged into Talk:South Park (season 21). Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 18:13, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

@EdJohnston: The two discussions (both already closed) in Talk:South Park season 21 are about moving page South Park season 21, and should stay with page South Park season 21, which started as a recent cut-and-paste fork of page South Park (season 21). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:50, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

I would suggest text-merging Talk:South Park season 21 with Talk:South Park (season 21) to keep everything together. Then one could become a redirect to the other. EdJohnston (talk) 23:38, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

@EdJohnston: I have moved Talk:South Park season 21 to Talk:South Park (season 21)/Archive 1 and put in the archive tags. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:22, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. EdJohnston (talk) 04:46, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Parallel histories

So are you saying that Sprout (block) and Universal Kids must remain separate articles because of how this "split" (which shouldn't have happened per implied consensus) occurred? See also Talk:Universal Kids. ViperSnake151 Talk 16:37, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

@ViperSnake151: I was saying that pages Sprout (block) and Universal Kids cannot be history-merged, for reason explained at WP:Parallel histories. Best put a history note section in the start of Talk:Universal Kids. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:40, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

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Help

Hi, can you move Talk:Mạc Thái Tổ back to its original page? thanks. Artix Kreiger (talk) 15:33, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

@Artix Kreiger: What is "its original page"? Its page log shows no sign of it having been moved. And its article page Mạc Thái Tổ is an article, not a redirect, and its page log shows no sign of it having been moved. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:47, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Mạc Đăng Dung. Thats the original page. The person moved to a talk page, redirected the "main page" and then copied the contents there. Artix Kreiger (talk) 15:56, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

@Artix Kreiger: Done I histmerged Talk:Mạc Thái Tổ to Mạc Thái Tổ Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:08, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Category:Rayguns has been nominated for discussion

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Page redirecting to itself

The page Jeffery (mixtape) should not redirect to itself. Can you please restore the article text for that page? GeoffreyT2000 ^{(talk, contribs)} 13:53, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

@GeoffreyT2000: Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:03, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Draft:Biography

Hello there. The above linked page has persisted for 6 months since the last edit. As you're the administrator of record for enacting the full protection I ask that the page be Speedy deleted under CSD:G13 and if approprate the page title be creation protected. Hasteur (talk) 16:24, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

@Hasteur: I put page Draft:Biography there as a guide to beginners who were thinking of starting biographical articles. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 20:29, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

Deletion of page - italki

Hi Anthony, I was curious curious about the deletion of the italki page. The site is not small, and is growing. Many smaller sites are covered in Wikipedia. It's just very surprising that this would be deleted.

Alexa italki: https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/italki.com ~5000 Globally

Kshanghai (talk) 02:50, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

@Kshanghai: See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Italki. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:15, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

@Anthony Appleyard: Thanks for the deletion reference. I have read it. I do think the service is noteworthy enough to be mentioned in Wikipedia. I think that the previous page content did not meet Wikipedia's standards for neutrality and for citations. I've asked for the page to be restored to my user space, and I hope that a revised version will be better, and will meet Wikipedia's standards. I'll let you know afterwards. Thanks again.

Kshanghai (talk) 04:15, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of Flying glass for deletion

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Blood red

Thanks for your help with this, Anthony. Not quite the outcome I was looking for— maybe there is just no way to do what I was asking without modifying each article that linked to the previous "Blood Red" film article, which I will admit would have been a pain in the rear. I still believe that the article on the color has primacy and should be the landing place for someone typing "blood red" into the Wikipedia search box (rather than a disambig page), but what can't be done can't be done, eh? KDS4444 ^(talk) 07:44, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

@KDS4444: I have changed the film link in Template:Peter Masterson. That may trim down the incoming links to page Blood Red, when the change has worked its way through Wikipedia's buffers, which tends to take an age and an age. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 08:19, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Deleted parallel history of Liza Koshy

Liza Koshy (actress) has already been moved to Liza Koshy and the AfD closed, but can you please move the deleted parallel history of the article and its talk page to some other title (e.g. "Liza Koshy (version 2)")? Merging is not possible. GeoffreyT2000 ^{(talk, contribs)} 22:27, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

@GeoffreyT2000: Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:15, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

User sandbox deletion

It appears this page deletion was done in reverse. User:X/sandbox is the correct URL render; I incorrectly created "/Sandbox" where "/sandbox" already existed. "/sandbox" should be restored and "/Sandbox" deleted. Thanks. ATS (talk) 06:07, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

@ATS: I have moved User:Mtpascoe/Sandbox to User:Mtpascoe/sandbox. Is that what you wanted me to do? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 08:34, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Yes, thank you. ATS (talk) 17:34, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Thank you for your help.

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Collegial uncertainty?

Hello Anthony Appleyard. I do not understand why you summarily dismissed my contention of this technical request, without action. Any help you can give to that end, (my understanding), will be appreciated. Thank you.--John Cline (talk) 07:54, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

@John Cline: See Talk:Wallet (software)#Requested move 25 September 2017. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:03, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for this reply; it is far more robust than I would have sought to achieve. Best regards.--John Cline (talk) 10:41, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
That discussion is now in Talk:Apple Wallet. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:17, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Left out the redirect (again)

Why did you leave out the first revision (a redirect by me) in this article? This isn't the first time too as you did the same for K-391 before it was deleted and several other articles. Do you think redirects have no value or are unworthy to be attributed? — Za wl 13:51, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

redirects

How do I move items without leaving redirects? Artix (Message wall) 02:38, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

@Artix Kreiger: Only if you are an administrator. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:05, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Just saying, I had looked around and saw it was WP:PMR but i don't have 3k edits yet. Artix (Message wall) 13:36, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

Draft:Ecampusontario

The history of Draft:ECampusOntario was merged into Draft:Ecampusontario by Rehman. So can you please mark it as such at WP:RFHM, and move the request from the "Rejected requests" to the "Completed requests" section for September 2017? GeoffreyT2000 ^{(talk, contribs)} 14:44, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

@GeoffreyT2000: Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:27, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for that Anthony. I was in the middle of it, and then something urgent popped-up in RL. Cheers, Reh man 22:32, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Todis

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Incorrect histmerge

You have done the history merge for Template:Timeline of WhatsApp wrongly. Please move the history of that page except the following 6 revisions to Timeline of WhatsApp, and then merge the following exceptions to Template:WhatsApp timeline.

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@GeoffreyT2000: Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:38, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

All pages with titles containing demonology

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Lockhart high school

I requested a move of Lockhart high school to Lockhart High School at Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests. You removed the request without moving the article, giving the explanation "discuss 1, done 2 (1 needed histmerge), 1 was already done". I can't figure out from your edit summary why you declined the request. Can you please clarify? Deli nk (talk) 15:17, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

@Deli nk: Move now Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:18, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Just accidental, then? I thought maybe I was missing something important. Thanks. Deli nk (talk) 11:57, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Double move request

FYI, for dweeb, I already contested the move request. RileyBugz^会話_投稿記録 15:38, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of Aviron Pictures for deletion

Am I breaking some kind of rule by removing the notification of the AfD from your talk page? It just seemed wrong -- I think you show up as the originator of the page only because of a redirect or a move. JSFarman (talk) 02:08, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

@JSFarman: That move was to Clarius Entertainment: see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clarius Entertainment. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:43, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

Clearing house (finance)

Hi Anthony, thank you for your help moving this page. I think the move I proposed has lost the history for two articles, Cheque clearing and Clearing house (finance) because the the original Cheque clearing article was copied and pasted into Clearing house (finance), which was deleted and recreated as a result of the move I proposed. Before going any further, I wanted to discuss what the best way to proceed is. I wonder if it is better to undo the move (if possible) and then copy the text from Clearing house (finance) back to Cheque clearing. There is then some text on central counterparty clearing that needs moving back to Clearing house (finance). Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Fixing cut-and-paste moves Whizz40 (talk) 18:09, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

@Whizz40: This seems to be the usual edit history problem caused by text-merging two pages, or by splitting a daughter page off a page. See WP:Parallel histories. Best put history note sections in their talk pages. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 20:53, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Mount Tambora

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On this day, 13 years ago...

Happy First Edit Day, Anthony Appleyard, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Slightlymad 04:29, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Help wanted with a draft

Hi Wikipedian friend, Can you please help me? I had created a draft page named Draft:Colors Kannada with reliable sources and waiting for review. Thank you.106.203.14.45 (talk) 10:15, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
@106.203.14.45: You will have to wait until the usual reviewing process runs its course. There already was an article at Colors Kannada, started at 01:20, 12 December 2013; at 06:09, 10 October 2015‎ it was redirected to ETV Network after discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Colors Kannada. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:41, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Move after Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hunter's Home

Hi Anthony! After the above, please move the Hunter's Home, now repurposed as a biog, to Henry Voordecker, which I can't (talk page etc). Many thanks, Johnbod (talk) 13:32, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

@Johnbod: Done Anthony Appleyard (talk) 14:28, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

COPYVIO - History merge - Daylight saving time by country, Daylight saving time by region and country

Both pages had a copy-paste move in 2012. Could you merge the histories under the new title Daylight saving time by country? Also applies to talk pages. 77.179.165.88 (talk) 15:11, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

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