This page is used for listing requests for history merges or history splitting of pages. For relatively simple cases where history merge is required, the destination page should be tagged with the {{history merge}} template. This page should be used for requesting very complex merges, merges involving more than two pages, history merges of deleted pages, or when the use of the template is otherwise inadequate or where its usage would cause problems.
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 only administrators can do it, and it is a bit tricky!).
Administrators need to read Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Fixing cut-and-paste moves and Wikipedia:Requested moves/Closing instructions.
The procedure
[edit]- If the issue is clear-cut (straight-forward cut-and-paste move(s) to a different title), place a
{{history merge|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. This will place the request in Category:Candidates for history merging to be reviewed. - 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 administrator will look over the pages and perform whatever tasks are necessary and update the request.
- Tasks that have been completed or do not need further discussion will be removed.
Requests in categories
[edit]Candidates for history merging – No backlog currently
Candidates for history splitting – 1 item
Possible AfC copy-and-paste moves – No backlog currently
Wikipedia files requiring splitting – No backlog currently
Complex repair requests
[edit]Pages tagged with {{history merge}} are reviewed above. You do not need to file a second request here.
It also happened I believe with Ollie Sykes (cricketer) and Draft: Ollie Sykes (cricketer), with a redirect set up at the draft page to take it to the mainspace page but with no attributed history. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hildreth gazzard (talk • contribs) 09:35, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
Done. Goodknowme, please stop doing this. For future reference, Hildreth gazzard, please use a {{histmerge}} request on the article directly for simple cases like this (also, please sign your posts!). Primefac (talk) 13:01, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
Some of the edit history of King of Boys needs to be merged into 4 articles: 1) All July 3, 2018 edits to Ayo Omidiran 2) all July 4, 2018 edits to Olayemi Ogunwole 3) all edits in July 5, 2018 and July 6, 2018 to Honey Ogundeyi 4) All edits on July 9, 2018, July 11, 2018 and July 12, 2018 to Yasmin Belo-Osagie. Any edits from October 5, 2018 onwards needs to stay at King of Boys. Thank you! --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 19:56, 12 October 2024 (UTC)
- Done Izno (talk) 02:02, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
Claire Kretzschmar is now a redirect to List of New York City Ballet dancers#Soloists but we also have Claire Kretzschmar (dancer) more recently created, which started life as a draft but was moved into mainspace with that disambiguation by its creator. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 19:31, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
- Done Izno (talk) 20:34, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
See also
[edit]- Special:Log/merge
- {{subst:Uw-c&pmove}} – Warning template for cut-and-paste movers
- WP:EIW#Moving – entry in the Editor's index that lists several pages related to moving
- Wikipedia:WikiProject History Merge – bot-generated list of possible cut-and-paste moves
- Possible cut-and-paste moves (as detected by the abuse filter 164)