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# If an article title needs to be deleted, but some of the content could be used in a different (existing) article, proceed as follows: move the article from <span style="color:blue;">really silly article title</span> to a <span style="color:blue;">better title</span>, in order to preserve the history. Next, copy the content to the <span style="color:blue;">existing article</span>, with an edit comment like ''(moved content from really silly article title - see the page history of better title for author attribution)''. The <span style="color:blue;">really silly article title</span> will then be a redirect with no page history which can be deleted. <span style="color:blue;">better title</span> would then be changed to redirect to <span style="color:blue;">existing article</span>. | # If an article title needs to be deleted, but some of the content could be used in a different (existing) article, proceed as follows: move the article from <span style="color:blue;">really silly article title</span> to a <span style="color:blue;">better title</span>, in order to preserve the history. Next, copy the content to the <span style="color:blue;">existing article</span>, with an edit comment like ''(moved content from really silly article title - see the page history of better title for author attribution)''. The <span style="color:blue;">really silly article title</span> will then be a redirect with no page history which can be deleted. <span style="color:blue;">better title</span> would then be changed to redirect to <span style="color:blue;">existing article</span>. | ||
==Things to remember== | ǑBBB==Things to remember== | ||
*Articles & other pages can be undeleted, however once images are deleted, they are '''completely lost''', including all past versions. Please take this into consideration when thinking about deleting an image. | *Articles & other pages can be undeleted, however once images are deleted, they are '''completely lost''', including all past versions. Please take this into consideration when thinking about deleting an image. | ||
*Excessive and/or unjustified deleting can result in loss of [[Halopedia:Administrators|sysop]] powers. | *Excessive and/or unjustified deleting can result in loss of [[Halopedia:Administrators|sysop]] powers. | ||