User talk:Hilary Fox


 * Your account is not blocked, and it's not possible to delete an account or change the attribution of your edits from one account to another. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 18:13, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
 * (Edit conflict) ::Hi!. I've changed this to a helpme as you don't seem to be blocked on this account. The old account can't be deleted, and perhaps a change of name rather than a new account would have been more appropriate. With a change, the former history is kept - just the name is changed. With a new account, you start afresh. I'm fairly new as an admin still, and am still learning in this area of operations (I work more in the deletion department). Someone else will be along shortly to give advice. Peridon (talk) 18:17, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Mike and Peridon. It seems I can still access my article by logging in with the new account - so I will just abandon the old one as you suggest. At least I hope my edits have gone live! Hilary Hilary Fox (talk) 11:38, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, yes, it may be possible (if you want to preserve attribution of your past edits) to rename this account to something like Hilary Fox (old) and your old account to Hilary Fox. If that's what you want, you can make a request at username changes; it'll probably be easier to just abandon the old account and start using this one. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 18:26, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
 * In fact, this is the main principle of Wikipedia - any article a user creates may be viewed and edited by others. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 17:12, 23 May 2011 (UTC)