User talk:Mark.scherz/Archive 1

File permission problem with File:FrankGlawProfilePhoto.jpg
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Iguana, Physignathus, Cyclura or somewhat else?
Dear colleague, couldn't you help me with identification of this lizard: commons:file:Washington DC Zoo - Physignathus cocincinus 1.jpg? The filename says that it is Physignathus cocincinus, but I have seen some suspects that it is an unusually colored Iguana iguana. I tried to investigate this question and it seems that Iguana iguana should have a very big round scale at the lower base of the head (commons:category:Iguana iguana heads), but this specimen lacks it. And it somewhat resembles Cyclura lewisi. Is this specimen identifiable at all (at least to family)? Stas (talk) 22:18, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

RM on Talk:Mantidactylus blanci
Hi, I'm able to close your RM on Talk:Mantidactylus blanci as "moved" but it'll require someone to change the contents of all the listed pages. Please reply to this comment on Talk:Mantidactylus blanci as I am not watching your talk page. Anarchyte  (work  &#124; talk )   10:55, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

June 2016
Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you tried to give a page a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into another page with a different name. This is known as a "cut-and-paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is legally required for attribution. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.

In most cases, once your account is four days old and has ten edits, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page (the tab may be hidden in a dropdown menu for you). This both preserves the page history intact and automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new. If you cannot perform a particular page move yourself this way (e.g. because a page already exists at the target title), please follow the instructions at requested moves to have it moved by someone else. Also, if there are any other pages that you moved by copying and pasting, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Requests for history merge. Thank you. Jenks24 (talk) 13:09, 16 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Thank you for this message. I am aware of this rule, but unfortunately only learned of it after making the illegal changes. I have since performed several additional moves through the correct means. I will go through and check my changes to be listed on the history merge page. Cheers, --Mark D. Scherz 13:25, 16 June 2016 (UTC)


 * No worries, it's an easy mistake to make early days. Cheers, Jenks24 (talk) 13:27, 16 June 2016 (UTC)