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February 2016

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  Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to List of highest-grossing films, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. - theWOLFchild 01:12, 14 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

  Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did to Chat (bird). This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia.
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Trump University

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Hello! You recently moved the article Trump University to Trump Entrepreneur Institute. I have moved it back. An article like that - high visibility, longstanding, and known by a particular title for a long time (in this case more than 10 years) - should not be moved unilaterally or without discussion and consensus. It would require a Requested Move discussion. You can discuss this at the article's talk page if you want. Thanks. --MelanieN (talk) 21:56, 22 January 2017 (UTC)Reply

MelanieN, how did Searingjet manage to do a G6 deletion? I thought you had to be an admin for that? --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 18:33, 23 January 2017 (UTC)Reply
DrFleischman: They didn't have to. There was no pre-existing article or redirect called "Trump Entrepreneur Institute," so there was nothing that needed deleting. And the article is only move protected at the semi-protection level, so there was no reason they couldn't move it. It WAS necessary to do a G6 deletion to move it back, but luckily I have the tools to do that. --MelanieN (talk) 18:55, 23 January 2017 (UTC)Reply
So why does the log say they deleted the Trump Entrepreneur Institute redirect when they did the first move? --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 18:58, 23 January 2017 (UTC)Reply
Huh! "Delete by overwriting" is a new one on me. Whatever it was, it destroyed the previous history, which is why I assumed (from looking at the history) that there was no previous article. I'll look into this, it's an ability I was unaware of. --MelanieN (talk) 19:21, 23 January 2017 (UTC)Reply
@DrFleischman: Well, here's the answer: WP:MOR, "move over redirect". It turns out that a non-admin can delete the redirect page in the way of a move, provided the redirect page has no significant history. This is the only way a non-admin's name can appear in the delete log. So, I learned something today. Thank you, Searingjet, for hosting this educational discussion on your talk page! --MelanieN (talk) 22:13, 23 January 2017 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for finding this out for me! A useful tool indeed! --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 22:52, 23 January 2017 (UTC)Reply

File:Premier Robert Stanfield.jpg listed for discussion

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National Cycle Route 88

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If you had looked at the history of this article, you would have seen that it has always been a redirect, from a specific topic to a more general umbrella article. Someone messed with it by blanking it - I have reinstated the original redirect. Colonies Chris (talk) 17:43, 4 October 2017 (UTC)Reply

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