User talk:Jonah313

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[edit] Changing Title Of A Page

How is this done? Thanks, Jonah313 04:52, 24 July 2007 (UTC)Jonah313 Or deletion of a page that was poorly named if changing is not an option. Thanks, Jonah313 05:01, 24 July 2007 (UTC)Johah313

If it is a REAL article (ie not a sandbox or sub-page of a user) then unfortunately, you have to either delete the page and start a new article with the new title, or contact an admin and request the name to be changed. There are several ways to delete the page (provided you are the original author and sole contributor, if there have been other contributors, please discuss your action on the talk page of the article (check page history to see if any one else has contributed to your article). if not, you can delete everything in the page and add either {{db-blanked}} or {{db-author}} to the top of the article.
The {{db-blanked}} tag will let Admins know that YOU (the author) blanked the page with the intention of deleting it, and the {{db-author}} lets admins know that you (the author) accidentally created the page or created the page under the wrong name, and you request it to be deleted. GBenemy (talk) 05:15, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
When submitting an article for speedy deletion, you don't need to put any tag in the discussion page of that article, nor you do you need to erase the discussion page. Putting the tag in the article itself is enough, and the discussion page is used for reading about why pages have the tags (such as when you added the {{hangon}} tag.) Discussion pages also help admins to determine if the page really requires deletion or not, and to check if any user has anything against it. (Remember, other users may think that they can improve your article, or have strong objections to your article being deleted.) GBenemy (talk) 05:42, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, it appears I was wrong, if you have mispelt the title of a page, or even just want to rename it, you can do so (provided you're logged in, and the account has been open for more than four days), on the page you wish to rename, hit the "Move" button, which should be to the right of "Edit this page" enter the new name, and always check "yes" when it asks if you want to move its talk page aswell. For more information, see this. GBenemy(it.wiki • bot) 08:55, 30 July 2007 (UTC)