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 * Thanks, Auto-Bot. I added back the public domain tag that another user inadvertantly removed. Historymike (talk) 01:18, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Copy and paste moves
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 articles 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 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 Cut and paste move repair holding pen. Russ (talk) 15:17, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Uh, you are dead wrong. There was previously a poorly-written article called Tambos that I redirected to the new page Tambo (Incan structure).  I took pieces of the original article, cleaned them up, and added new material, including references and a bibliography.  Perhaps you should spend more time actually reading the two articles before you make such accusations.Historymike (talk) 15:36, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It was not an accusation, it was just an observation. The fact is, you took some content out of the old poorly-written article and placed it in a new article.  My comment was not about the rewriting (which was definitely an improvement), but about the way you changed the title.  It would have been simpler to use the "Move" tab and then revise the article.  I also think you are mistaken in removing the db-histmerge from the new article.  Because the new article contains some content that was cut and pasted out of the old one, the histories should be merged so that the original source of the text can be traced.  --Russ (talk) 16:02, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * No, your previous comment was that I used a "cut and paste move," which I clearly did not do. I don't know about you, but where I come from, "cut-and-paste" is equivalent to "plagiarism," hence my irritation.  As far as the db tag, feel free to add any material fro the old that you believe will benefit the new article, but I fail to see how a merge will benefit the new article.  From my recollection, the original article was written as though it was came from someone for whom English is a weak second language.  I retained the necessary factual material, but completely rewrote the article so that it had value to Wikipedia readers, while adding Reference and Bibliography sections and a blocked quote.  That being said, I am not going to get into an edit war with anyone, so do what you believe to be the appropriate thing.  Historymike (talk) 16:10, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Kingdom of Kongo
Thank you for your contribution to that article. It's pretty massive, and putting in refs for it is not easy work. good job. Scott Free (talk) 23:21, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Scott Free. I share your interest in pre-colonial African states, and I like to incorporate some detailed African history in my world history courses.Historymike (talk) 01:45, 26 January 2008 (UTC)