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[edit] March 2008

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you recently copied the contents of a page and pasted it into another with a different name. Specifically, you copied the contents of James Fitzgerald Duff and pasted it into James Fitzjames Duff. This is what we call a "cut and paste move", and it is very undesirable because it splits the article's history, which is needed for attribution and is helpful in many other ways. The mechanism we use for renaming articles is to move it to a new name which both preserves the page's history and automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new. In most cases, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page. If there is an article that you cannot move yourself by this process, follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Requested moves to request the move by another. Also, if there are any other articles that you copied and pasted, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Wikipedia:Cut and paste move repair holding pen. Thank you. Closedmouth (talk) 13:32, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh, right, sorry, I guess I didn't look at the content close enough. Carry on! --Closedmouth (talk) 15:17, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sari Saltik

Hi, Languagehat, and welcome. I began editing here for similar reasons. I found articles on some rather obscure topics in which I was interested and, failing to find articles on others, felt that I could add something. The scholar, F. W. Hasluck whom you site at Sari Saltik, has also been one of my abiding interests. His book Christianity and Islam under the Sultans is old-fashioned and speculative, to be sure, but filled with interesting information. Thank you for getting the article on Sari Saltik started. You stole no thunder. I will circle back around in time and add what I can. Please let me know if I can be of help. The learning curve for newcomers, as I know from my own experience, can be steep. You seem to be off to a good start. Regards, Aramgar (talk) 22:41, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

I do not mean to sound patronizing. Since March of 2006 is not so new. How about: I am happy to make your acquaintance. Aramgar (talk) 22:45, 10 April 2008 (UTC)


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