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Nomination of SOTI for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article SOTI is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SOTI until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Biker Biker (talk) 19:26, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Requested moves/Technical requests

Thank you. LDS contact me 13:36, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Shane Ryan (association footballer)

Articles for creation page mess

Hi Anthony, I know you're pretty active in page moves and history merges, so I thought I'd run this past you.

Is it possible to do anything with the split page histories of these five pages? The 'original' is Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Jacob Rubinovitz but, over a period of a few months, the author has created new drafts in their userspace sandbox. These have then been moved into AfC space (following the normal project convention of adding a number to end of the page title). In this instance we now have 4 additional pages, each with not-insignificant page history, that have been redirected to the original title (along with a copy and paste merge) by a well-meaning editor who didn't realise that could be problematic. The titles in question are:

Pol430 talk to me 21:43, 7 January 2013 (UTC)


Thanks for looking into it. No sooner had I messaged you KTC (talk · contribs) came by and did some of them. Interesting read at WP:PV. I suppose, for the future, we should avoid creating parallel pages and distinguishing them by a number. The above situation is an exceptional one though. Pol430 talk to me 23:13, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Animal Crossing character list

Close of Alan K. Simpson RM

  • Hi Anthony, per WP:RMCI, "Consensus is determined not just by considering the preferences of the participants in a given discussion, but also by evaluating their arguments, assigning due weight accordingly..." While the vote count was 2-3 against the move at Talk:Alan K. Simpson#Requested move (3-3 counting the request), I don't believe you properly evaluated arguments and assigned due weight. Both supporting voters, as well as the request, made arguments with appeals to policies and guidelines; the oppose voters talked about how the figure isn't known outside of the US, or by bringing up another article with relatively very few page views. Could you elaborate on your rationale? Thanks, BDD (talk) 16:27, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
  • It had run nearly a month and no decision. I have seen this sort of discussion, if left, run on repetitively for many weeks creating the best part of a megabyte of arguing and still no decision or agreement. Some opinions say that Alan K. Simpson is dominant; others say that "that is a USA-based opinion, there are other notable men named Alan Simpson." That sort of pair of conflicting opinions tends to be incompatible. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 23:09, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
  • But it's not like the discussion consisted only of opinions. Did you think the dissenting opinions outweighed supporting policy? Did you think the supporters erroneously cited policy? Of course a move wouldn't've been appropriate if it were just a vote, but the content of arguments is supposed to matter. --BDD (talk) 00:50, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
  • OK, OK, I have reverted the close. It will reappear in the list when the bot runs next. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:21, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
Thanks. I see there's already another editor voting against because he's "Never heard of him." Sigh. If it happens again, I won't bother you. Thanks for your willingness to change your mind. --BDD (talk) 16:10, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
  • Hi, can I also ask if you did the same for the This Requested Move? when a clear majority was in favour of the move? MisterShiney 09:27, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
  • No need for this. There was no clear consensus, the change would've gone against MOS:CT and the title had been stable since September last year. The move discussion was closed per policy. -- Scjessey (talk) 13:23, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
  • Please note that Scjessy was against the move in the discussion and one could reasonably assume that seeing as the move was not made, in line with his views, that he isn't interested in as to why. But I for one would like some additional clarification as to how you came to a "No consensus" view and any advice how the said group of editors can move forward for the benefit of the article! MisterShiney 14:12, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
  • The discussion had already produced 136 kilobytes of arguing over 29 days over one small point without reaching a decision: "In the title "Star Trek into Darkness", can punctuation or a break be assumed to exist after the word 'Trek'?". Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:08, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
  • Myself and other editors are just after a little more clarification on how you reached the decision to close and explain a procedure that could help us reach consensus in answer to a discussion that will more than likely come again in the future with people repeating the same information. MisterShiney 15:18, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
  • Actually, I'm with him on this one, even though I favored a rename. Ruling against a headcount is fine when there's a clear policy or guideline in support of the minority, in this case MOS:CT. The current name is ugly, and I'd like to see it changed. But we may need to change the guideline first. See this discussion. I think it may be time for an RFC. --BDD (talk) 16:10, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
  • If the name "Star Trek into Darkness" looks badly chosen, blame the script writer. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:49, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
  • With all respect due to an admin of your standing, but making comments like that might imply that you didn't actually bother to read the entire discussion as it appears to show a complete lack of understanding of what the discussion was about... MisterShiney 22:53, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
  • I have read through the argument. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:57, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
  • Ok. :) MisterShiney 23:00, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
  • It could be that the name was first thought of as "Star Trek: Into Darkness" and somewhere in the studio before release of information the colon went missing. Typos happen. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 23:01, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
  • I wouldn't put it past them lol. MisterShiney 23:15, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
  • I think this is a fair ask actually. I'm not disputing the decision but policy states "Consensus is determined not just by considering the preferences of the participants in a given discussion, but also by evaluating their arguments, assigning due weight accordingly, and giving due consideration to the relevant consensus of the Wikipedia community in general as reflected in applicable policy, guidelines and naming conventions". It would simply have been helpful if there was some outlining of the thinking behind the decision to illustrate that this was done. The simple sentence "no consensus reached after 29 days" on the heels of such a lengthy debate seems, for want of a better word, abrupt. Nsign (talk) 09:08, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
  • The rule as it stands says "into", as there is no punctuation after "Trek" and no evidence (except analogy) that "Star Trek" is its title and "into Darkness" is a disambiguator. It is my experience that if this sort of discussion is allowed to continue indefinitely, it goes on repetitively for megabytes or until the participants at last get tired, and in either case it still ends as no consensus. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:30, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
  • But consensus is generally defined as the "general/majority opinion" is it not? The majority opinion was for it to be moved and policy was equally quoted on both sides. It is unreasonable on such a yay or nay topic for a compromise that everyone was going to be happy with. MisterShiney 09:37, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
    • I would like to show my support for Anthony's decision here. Consensus is a "process of decision-making that seeks widespread agreement among group members", not a majority vote. We clearly had no consensus, as there was strong opposition to the move. In the event of no consensus, standard practice is not to move. Also, Anthony followed instructions WP:RMCI, "any move request that is out of keeping with naming conventions or is otherwise in conflict with applicable guideline and policy, unless there is a very good reason to ignore rules, should be closed without moving regardless of how many of the participants support it." As far as a compromise goes, this was clearly not going to happen, so Anthony was clearly in a very difficult position - of course there would be dissent which ever way the sword fell. What choice did he have but to go along with the guidelines? --Rob Sinden (talk) 11:10, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
    • Thanks. It is to be wondered what "a compromise" would be: the offending 'i' in "into" can be uppercase or lowercase, not something between. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:15, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
Actually I think "Into" is the compromise. Some were proposing we add a colon as per what's already been done on Wikipedia to Star Trek: Generations and Star Trek: Nemesis when official sources for those don't have a colon either. Some would have us believe that the guidelines are inflexible and the MOS trumps all but Wikipedia already sidesteps them where appropriate. Simply capitalising it allows for both interpretations and follows official sources and "real-world" usage. Nsign (talk) 11:59, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
  • We're all already aware of what the guideline says and of what constitutes consensus - we've talked about nothing else for the past month - but I think the feeling here is that the discussion was closed prematurely without addressing the fact that the MOS allows for common-sense exceptions. Every mainstream source including newspapers, magazines, websites and the filmakers themselves spell it with an uppercase "Into" and this encyclopedia stands alone with a spelling that no other reputable source does. No one's saying you necessarily had to agree that this was an exception, only that you don't seem to addressed that element of the discussion. Nsign (talk) 11:05, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
It isn't spelled with an uppercase "i", it is styled with an uppercase "i". And how is a discussion that has been going around in circles for a month without any possibility of resolution closed prematurely? It needed to be brought to an end by an admin so that we can all get on with our lives! Perhaps if Anthony can embellish his points in the relevant part of the close, then this will satisfy the editors in question. --Rob Sinden (talk) 11:13, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
OK then Rob - every mainstream source including newspapers, magazines, websites and the filmakers themselves style it with an uppercase "Into" and this encyclopedia stands alone with a styling that no other reputable source does.
And "prematurely" may be the wrong word given how long this has gone on but the rest of my point stands. Nsign (talk) 11:54, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
  • Please don't use this talk page to debate this matter. The closing was perfectly legitimate and in line with policy. Any further discussion needs to be made on the article talk page or not at all. -- Scjessey (talk) 12:05, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
  • You know, it's not every day that a sysop blows it badly enough to be mocked (if indirectly) on xkcd. There's no barnstar in the offing but it's definitely an accomplishment of some sort. Please try to do better next time. Mackensen (talk) 01:27, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
  • Which issue of xkcd? Here I seem to have been caught up in a long acrimonious dispute, and whichever side I decide for, the other side will accuse me. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:57, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

You've been duped into making lots of GAA moves

Redirect not done properly

  • The move / redirect of the PSY article has started to attract editors, who are now re-redirecting and reverting. It's getting a bit confusing now. Could you pls check if the article is correct the way it is now? Amsaim (talk) 16:38, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Barnstar for someone who deserves it...

The Admin's Barnstar
Do you get a lot of these? I hope so! Your prompt, efficient, and tireless contributions at Requested moves are greatly appreciated. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 11:05, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
Thanks! Johnbod (talk) 15:17, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Hey Anthony.

You've helped me move a number of asana pages. I made a mistake with that one. Is there anyway to rectify it or is WP:OFFICEACTION the only way?Curb Chain (talk) 23:28, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Historic sites in Orissa

Mario Kart Wii U

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Many thanks Johnbod (talk) 13:49, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Special Barnstar
For your VERY difficult decision in closing the Star Trek Into Darkness move discussion. Was a hard one to make and you were right in that you couldn't make a decision either way without annoying people. MisterShiney 17:56, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
Thank you. EdJohnston (talk) 14:28, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Just wanted to thank you for your assistance in the requested move regarding Duino Castle. I appreciate it. --ColonelHenry (talk) 21:31, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Wet, wet and wetter

You are invited to join the discussion at User_talk:Maproom#Wet, wet and wetter. Senra (talk) 00:10, 8 February 2013 (UTC)Template:Z48

A kitten for you!

thanks for sorting out the Electoral district moves!

Kerry (talk) 04:15, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Departments of Colombia

You closed Talk:Caquetá Department#Requested move in 2009. The agreement was to leave all Colombian entities consistent within this country-specific set and also within the wider set of department articles worldwide. The situation was stable until end of 2012, when one user lower cased and now another user at Valle del Cauca even removed the term department completely. Maybe you can give feedback at Talk:Valle del Cauca#Requested move. Pedro Gonzalez-Irusta (talk) 23:21, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

For tidying up the mess I made :) Lukeno94 (talk) 13:49, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Admin's Barnstar
A request was brought up for a history merge at ANI and after doing it, I wondered where the chasm of death for these annoyingly tedious requests are supposed to go. After finding Wikipedia:Cut_and_paste_move_repair_holding_pen I noticed that you handle most requests. Good on you, someone has to do it and you've been at it alone. I've watchlisted it. v/r - TP 17:33, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Hardest working admin

Hi Anthony. Just wanted to say thanks for the move. Also, thanks for the histmerge last year. I always see you working. You are just a working machine. Anyhoo, I just wanted to tell you how much of a benefit you are to the project. A lot of people owe you a great deal of thanks, myself included. I appreciate all the help you've given to the project. Best regards. 64.40.54.22 (talk) 13:40, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Uncontroversial move request???

Thanks!

Thanks for the histmerge of Airports in the New York Metropolitan Area. --BDD (talk) 15:58, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Halifax Explosion

Thank-you for moving Halifax Explosion, (by the way, could you close the move request?) I am getting frustrated with the different interpretations of an uncontroversial move. I tried to speedy delete Halifax Explosion with the explanation that it was the obvious name, but it was denied by another admin, then you accept a request citing BRD, with the B being two months ago. Thank-you. I had more frustration at Magrath, not being able to revert that move, 7 hours later. 117Avenue (talk) 02:01, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Aqueduct move

Re the move of Aqueduct at [1] where did the original talk and history for the (old) Aqueduct end up?Sladen (talk) 11:24, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

To answer my own question, Talk:Aqueduct/version 2. —Sladen (talk) 13:24, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Kingston High School, Hull

Thank you for responding to the RM, but something got messed up during the move. Now both pages (Kingston High School, Hull and Kingston High School (Hull) are redirects to each other, and the content has disappeared. Could you please fix it and restore the article to Kingston High School (Hull). Thank you.   — Jess· Δ 18:05, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Hmm. Based on your contribs, it looks like you're not around now. (It's probably night wherever you are). No problem. I'll post to ANI and see if I can get someone to fix it up. Thanks.   — Jess· Δ 18:07, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi, appear to have been some problems with this one but I have restored it to the original comma version as that is correct for UK schools which use the comma separator rather than the bracket separator for dab purposes. Keith D (talk) 18:23, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

PlayStation 4

Anthony Weights

Anthony Weights (talk · contribs) keeps contributing things without consulting with others, like me. Look at his contributions; he didn't respond to my messages. Rather he just... argh! --George Ho (talk) 12:03, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Phrasal verb

Thank you. Count Truthstein (talk) 17:11, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Technical requests

Thanks for your help. ----Jack | talk page 09:19, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Prince Luís of Orléans-Braganza (1878–1920)

Khans

  • Negar
    Nigaar

Hello! Negar Khan and Nigaar Khan are actually two different actresses. I am seeing that some user has mixed and merged and copy pasted and moved and what not. Finally the article is at "Negar" and "Nigaar" also redirects to it. Instead of directly changing the redirect you created into an article, i thought its best to ask you if that is okay. There seems to have been "history merger" or something. Will it be okay if i simply write about Nigaar on the article "Nigaar Khan"? §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 08:33, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Sure! Will do it that way. Thanks! §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 09:01, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Charles M. Schulz

  • You just moved the page Charles M. Schulz to Charles Schulz, with the claim that such a move is non-controversial. No one brought this up on the talk page to see if there is any controversy. Schulz is credited as "Charles M. Schulz" on all his major works, the museum in his honor is the Charles M. Schulz Museum, and "Charles M. Schulz" pulls over a million ghits. I'm not saying that there isn't a claim to be made that he's more often referred to without the middle initial, but it is a question which should have at least been raised on the talk page. I appreciate that you went through considerable effort in this move and were trying to improve things, but that may not have been the end result. --Nat Gertler (talk) 17:18, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
  •  Done I have moved it back. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 17:35, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
Thanks! --Nat Gertler (talk) 18:01, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
Thanks from me also. I was going to ask you to undo the move when I saw you already had. Rivertorch (talk) 19:24, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI/speech for deletion

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Page move of West Indian cricket team in England in 2011–12

Hi. I think you should have checked the page history to see it's been moved back-and-forth several times, so it wasn't uncontroversial. Thanks. Lugnuts Dick Laurent is dead 09:51, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Many thanks for your constant efforts in all the thankless tasks of page protection, moving etc: it is much appreciated! - SchroCat (talk) 16:46, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
Thanks, Ajnem (talk) 08:30, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Wikidata and moves

Replied here to your comment about Wikidata since the issue appeared to be worrisome. Apparently the fix will be done automatically. The initial implementation consists of a bot which updates Wikidata. Though I wonder if anyone will monitor the process to be sure it keeps up. I checked one entry, and noticed that Wikidata was updated about half an hour after the article was moved, which sounds good. EdJohnston (talk) 23:24, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Moving "Coat of arms of Western Sahara" : uncontroversial?

Hello,

You proceeded to the moving of "Coat of arms of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic" to "Coat of arms of Western Sahara" and justified it by the fact that it was "uncontroversial". Unfortunately, it is a highly controversial topic and the previous situation (to have two distinct articles, one for each) was a result of a RfC.

Since your move, which is actually controversial, goes against the decision obtained through this RfC, I ask you to undo it and to seek for a new consensus.

Regards,
--Omar-toons (talk) 15:40, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Schmaltz herring

Thanks. --Epipelagic (talk) 06:49, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

The article Marilyn Yalom has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this newly created biography of a living person will be deleted unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

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RM

I saw you hadn't worked on it in around 16 hours so I removed the AFC submission template from the top. —rybec 01:47, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of 9ice for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article 9ice is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Queried history-merge request

See Wikipedia:Cut and paste move repair holding pen#Queried requests. --Vivaelcelta {talk  · contributions} 14:00, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Gracias --Vivaelcelta {talk  · contributions} 17:33, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Warshaw

  • Hi
    just saw your message re. Jack Warshaw. It's intended as information not promotion. The format attempts to follow guidelines as seen in similar writings concerning other artists. If you would be so kind as to help correct any wrong impression I would be much obliged. I have not saved the material elsewhere and would be grateful if you can let me have it back in the meantime for further work.
    best
    Seanojackson (talk) 15:52, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
  • I have undeleted it. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:25, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for all the moves!

I watchlisted WP:RM/TR a while back when I requested all the "at large district" moves... and every day since, your name has shown up next to it in my watchlist. As one of the maintainers of one of Wiktionary's big request pages, I know how tedious such a nevertheless very necessary job can be. So: thank you for keeping that page running so smoothly! It's a Herculean thing you do! -sche (talk) 23:56, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Move

Hi! I guess you copied too much here: [2]. --DixonD (talk) 12:49, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Trans-atlantic Tunnel → The Tunnel (1935 film)

  • Hi AA, Can I just ask how long you normally keep these discussions open? Don't worry, Im not asking for a faster-than-normal close or anything, it's just that I'm going to be away for a couple of days later this week and don't want to miss out on any discussions. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 14:55, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
  • This move discussion was started at 06:18, 16 March 2013 (UTC), so there is plenty of time yet. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:46, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Sanfu

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Jilla

Nomination of Coat of arms of Western Sahara for deletion

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French chess piece names

I'm not sure your revert was correct. See http://www.catherinetranslates.com/french-english-chess-glossary-glossaire-echecs/. See also fr:Échecs. Quale (talk) 01:27, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Horrible Histories

Nordic aliens - what was this about?

Move request

Technical moves -- done?

Response?

  • Contested your denial of history merge, as it robs me of attribution, conceals actual steps taken in achieving the present result. What remedy for this? LCS check (talk) 22:52, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
  • If page A was cut-and-pasted to page B with a single clean cut-and-paste action, then they can be history-merged. See WP:Parallel histories. Otherwise, put in the affected article's talk page a section headed ==History== explaining what happened. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 08:03, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
  • Merge history from Talk:Pandeism/Pandeism into Pandeism. Following discussion on Talk:Pandeism I created a bottom-up draft to remove OR/SYNTH from article. Done at talk subpage sought to be merged, where I performed a great deal of work with many edits on this draft. Another editor reversed support for draft process, duplicated some of my steps in the article, so I thought my work would be copied without recognition, went ahead and copied the draft into the article. Would like histories combined to credit my many steps taken to achieve improved result. LCS check (talk) 13:24, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
    •  Not done WP:Parallel histories Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:51, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
      • Wish to contest this - not really "parallel" histories because the other fellow only duplicated two of my edits. Disruption in time from one to the next is negligible. Current article state reflects hard work and numerous contributions on my part not shown in edit history, and details each specific instance of error repaired in the page, important to understanding the resolution of OR/SYNTH issues, which I dealt with, one at a time. Only other recourse is for me to restore the earlier version, then redo every single one of my string of 50 edits. I'll do it, but I won't like it. LCS check (talk) 22:07, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
  • Page Pandeism at 12:45, 1 April 2013‎ seems to be a cut-and-paste of Talk:Pandeism/Pandeism as at 12:42, 1 April 2013‎. But Talk:Pandeism/Pandeism's first edit (at 23:50, 25 March 2013‎, 21,074 bytes) looks very different from Pandeism as at a similar time (23:16, 25 March 2013‎, 46,093 bytes). This is a case where I would have to break one editing history to re-link another editing history, as I would have to split off Pantheism's 8 edits from 04:31, 26 March 2013‎ to 20:58, 30 March 2013‎ inclusive to another page name. This sort of thing happens when the same article is edited in parallel under two names. The only way to avoid any broken editing histories would be for me to split off all of Pantheism's edits from its beginning to 20:58, 30 March 2013‎ inclusive to another page name, and then to history-merge from Talk:Pandeism/Pandeism to Pandeism. And/or to put a history section in Pandeism#Talk explaining what happened. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 08:46, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
    • Looks very different because it is- that's the reduction which needed to be made to Pandeism and would've been done there had they not been made in draft, which was always intended to be merged back, and override Pandeism, because of SYNTH/OR issues. Not sure what Pantheism has to do with it; wholly separate article. Surely it's more important for edit history to reflect steps actually taken to get Pandeism where it now stands (and authorship of those steps)? LCS check (talk) 12:26, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
  • Unfortunately, while you were editing Talk:Pandeism/Pandeism, other people were editing Pandeism. That causes a parallel-editing problem: see WP:Parallel histories about history-merging two pages which have parallel editing histories. I could split off all of Pandeism's edits from its beginning to 20:58, 30 March 2013‎ inclusive to page Pandeism/version 1, and then history-merge from Talk:Pandeism/Pandeism to Pandeism. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 12:45, 2 April 2013 (UTC)