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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:11, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What on earth are you doing? An editor of your tenure ought to know not to move a longstanding page unilaterally, let alone by cut and paste. I've reverted this; please don't redo it. Start a discussion at Wikipedia:Requested moves instead please. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 19:36, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's no policies that say an article should be under a convicted criminal's nickname that the press gave them so I was bold and moved it where it belongs. TomCat4680 (talk) 20:36, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, if you're going to insist on moving it unilaterally, you could use the correct process, which is page move. Stop doing cut and paste moves, it fucks up the history.

Second of all, once you've done something bold and been reverted, the correct move is to discuss, not to edit war. You've been on this site long enough to know better. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 21:04, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I tried a move and it didn't work because there's too many redirects which need to be deleted, they're excessive and unnecessary. TomCat4680 (talk) 21:38, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Then go through the appropriate process and request a move, don't do something that causes attribution issues then edit war and argue when someone tells you the correct way to do things. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 21:42, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You're edit warring too by reverting my changes more than once. I'm done arguing though but it still needs to be fixed. TomCat4680 (talk) 23:17, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reverting a cut and paste move is not edit warring, it's preventing disruption. As I've said twice now, cut and paste moves are specifically against process. Let me quote the page move directions: "Do not move or rename a page by copying/pasting its content, because doing so fragments the edit history." It's literally bolded on that page and yet you still don't seem to understand that it's an attribution/page history issue.

Please note that I have in no way, in any of my messages, objected to the proposed rename. I don't really care what the page is named. Other people might, given that it's a longstanding page, which is why I directed you to make a move request. The issue I have is that you're trying to do something in a manner that causes issues, and refusing to listen when you're being told that. The venue for what you want is Wikipedia:Requested moves. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 23:46, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I filed a request. I hope it did it right. I've never done one before. TomCat4680 (talk) 00:35, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, looks like the bot picked it up and has copied it to the requested moves page, so should be fine from there. I moved it to the bottom of the talk page as new messages generally go to the bottom. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:55, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article Troy Cablevision has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Reads entirely as an advert, no established notability.

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