User talk:Slim cop

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Hello Elipongo, thank you for your advice. Perhaps if I explain further what I did you could clarify whether it was the right thing to do, or whether there was a better way to do it.

There was an article (about a band) entitled 'Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies' (the original band name) and another article entitled 'Youthmovies' (the band's newer shortened name) which redirected to the first article. It seemed more logical for the redirect to happen the other way - i.e. for 'Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies' to redirect to 'Youthmovies', especially since the article itself begins "Youthmovies (also known as YMSS or Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies) are an English rock quintet..." Hence my edits. I look forward to your further advice, thanks! Slim cop (talk) 10:58, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

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. 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 an article 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. —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 10:14, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Welcome!

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