Talk:Abdul Karim

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[edit] The other guy

I've removed the dab page regarding the former detainee. No one has written an article about him. The Munshi is by far the more famous of the two. If anyone cares to write the article about the detainee, he can put a note at the top of the page. A dab page is not justified.--Wehwalt 14:14, 5 October 2006 (UTC)


I still think a dab page is not justified as the Abdul Karim article. Google searches seem to indicate many more references for the Munshi than for the other two. So I have restored the Munshi to the main Abdul Karim page and built a dab page and a reference to it at the top of the page.--Wehwalt 18:54, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, don't take my word for it. Run your own google searches. Many more results come up for the Munshi. 18,900 for "Abdul Karim" and "Munshi". 591 for "Abdul Karim" and "Bangladesh chemist". 10,600 for "Abdul Karim" and "Guatanamo detainee" The Munshi is widely known. The others are not. What more do you want?--Wehwalt 05:04, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cutting and pasting is a no-no

Merging, redirecting, and renaming pages, includes a section entitled: How to rename a page. Which states:

Do not move or rename a page by copying/pasting its content, because doing so destroys the edit history. (The GFDL requires acknowledgement of all contributors, and editors continue to hold copyright on their contributions unless they specifically give up this right. Hence it is required that edit histories be preserved for all major contributions until the normal copyright expires.) If you come across a cut-and-paste move that should be fixed by merging the page histories, please follow the instructions here to have an administrator repair it.

Cheers! -- Geo Swan 21:26, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice. Will you start discussing substantive matters on this talk page now?--Wehwalt 04:55, 28 October 2006 (UTC)