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Speedy deletion nomination of The Politics of Virtual Realities
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Removing Speedy at The Politics of Virtual Realities
editWelcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you removed a speedy deletion tag from The Politics of Virtual Realities, a page you have created yourself. If you do not believe the page should be deleted, then you may contest the deletion by clicking on the button that looks like this: which appears inside of the speedy deletion notice, which will allow you to make your case on the article's talk page. Administrators will look at your reasoning before deciding what to do with the article. Thank you. - SDPatrolBot (talk) 17:02, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Thank you. 99.184.128.194 (talk) 17:23, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi
editI've been busy... I've moved the copied article to User:Wwestlin/The Politics Of Virtual Realities2, and then moved the leftover article in mainspace to User:Wwestlin/The Politics Of Virtual Realities. The reason for this is that articles should be moved, not copied and pasted. This preserves the editing history, which is important. If you've done anything to the version you copied and pasted, please do the same to the one I've moved the one without the 2). Then let me know so I can delete the c&p one. The talk page from mainspace is now here with the moved version. Any problems or queries, contact me at my talk page. (I'm fairly new as an admin still, so I'm not guaranteeing answers to everything, but I do know people who do know...). Peridon (talk) 20:45, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
- You're welcome. Just get anything you need off the 2 version so I can delete it. Best not have two versions of it hanging around. Peridon (talk) 22:07, 18 April 2011 (UTC)