MediaWiki talk:Articleexists

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This should be changed to point to Wikipedia:Requested moves that has been established. This takes the load off the village pump. Dunc_Harris|☺ 11:19, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Let's wait at least a day or two until Wikipedia:Requested moves is ready to take requests and for the community to raise any objections it may have. • Benc • 20:41, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Minor error?[edit]

Is there a grammar error here? Should this sentence be a page of that name already exists, or the name you had chosen is not valid. Frankly, I am not sure about this and I need some clarification on this matter. --S iva1979^{Talk to me} 20:32, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, if an admin feels that the statement is grammatically incorrect, he/she should change it. Too bad, I can't do it yet for obvious reasons. --S iva1979^{Talk to me} 04:03, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You can request an edit by placing {{editprotected}} on this talk page, but I think that the current wording is fine. --ais523 16:05, 20 September 2006 (U T C)

Well, thank you for the info. --S iva1979^{Talk to me} 20:53, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Admonishment against cut-and-paste move missing[edit]

It is my opinion that adding an additional message imploring the user not to perform a cut-and-paste move would be beneficial. -- Dissident (Talk) 02:44, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done. —Mets501 (talk) 03:15, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The term "cut-and-paste move" may be a bit too jargonlike to register with a newcomer. If it was spelled out, it would make the message come across more vividly. Something like:

Do not manually move the article by copying or cutting the text from it and pasting it at the desired target. This will remove the article history, violating the GFDL.

-- Dissident (Talk) 15:52, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done.--Konstable 11:26, 19 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What is appropriate reaction for cut-paste mover?[edit]

What is appropriate reaction for cut-paste mover? Actually I did it by myself from ignorance. Now I understand what it may cause problem. But it is too easy to do for user because it needs to understand by learning not from commonsense. And how can you let the mover know what the user should stop and do it right? Definetly, barking at him/her is not good way. --Alf 03:42, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just tell him why. —Centrx→talk • 15:54, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Protected edit request on 26 February 2019[edit]

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Change ask an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]] to ask an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]] or [[Wikipedia:Page mover|page mover]]: page movers can process requested moves over existing pages too. {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 05:22, 26 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Pppery: how about just removing the part all together, making it just Please choose another name, or use Requested moves to ask for the page to be moved. or the like? We don't really expect someone to go track down a page mover. — xaosflux ^Talk 16:13, 26 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Xaosflux: (BTW, that ping didn't work because Template:RE is a redirect to Template:Reflist). Fine with that too. {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 20:29, 26 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done — xaosflux ^Talk 22:10, 26 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]