User talk:OssieAbeyagoonasekera

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Ossie Abyagoonasekera
Hello,, and thank you for your contributions!

I wanted to let you know it seems an article you worked on, Ossie Abyagoonasekera, is copied from another Wikipedia page, Ossie Abeygunasekara. It's fine to do this as long as you provide the following information in the edit summary:


 * 1) a link to the article you copied from
 * 2) the date you copied it

You can do this now by editing the page, making any minor edit to the article, and adding the above information into the edit summary.

If you're still not sure how to fix the problem, please leave a message at the help desk. It's possible that I made a mistake, so feel free to remove the tag I placed on the article.

Thanks again for helping build the free encyclopedia! MadmanBot (talk) 07:38, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Ossie Abeyagoonasekera
This is an automated message from MadmanBot. I have performed a search with the contents of Ossie Abeyagoonasekera, and it appears to be very similar to another Wikipedia page: Ossie Abeygunasekara. It is possible that you have accidentally duplicated contents, or made an error while creating the page&mdash; you might want to look at the pages and see if that is the case. If you are intentionally trying to rename an article, please see Help:Moving a page for instructions on how to do this without copying and pasting. If you are trying to move or copy content from one article to a different one, please see Copying within Wikipedia and be sure you have acknowledged the duplication of material in an edit summary to preserve attribution history.

It is possible that the bot is confused and found similarity where none actually exists. If that is the case, you can remove the tag from the article. MadmanBot (talk) 07:51, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Ossie Abeyagoonasekera


A tag has been placed on Ossie Abeyagoonasekera, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

copy of the more correctly spelled article at Ossie Abeygunasekara

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not meet basic Wikipedia criteria may be deleted at any time.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 07:56, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Ossie abayagoonasekera
Hello,, and thank you for your contributions!

I wanted to let you know it seems an article you worked on, Ossie abayagoonasekera, is copied from another Wikipedia page, Ossie Abeygunasekara. It's fine to do this as long as you provide the following information in the edit summary:


 * 1) a link to the article you copied from
 * 2) the date you copied it

You can do this now by editing the page, making any minor edit to the article, and adding the above information into the edit summary.

If you're still not sure how to fix the problem, please leave a message at the help desk. It's possible that I made a mistake, so feel free to remove the tag I placed on the article.

Thanks again for helping build the free encyclopedia! MadmanBot (talk) 08:33, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you recently 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 needed for attribution and various other purposes. 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. 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 Cut and paste move repair holding pen. Thank you. Jim1138 (talk) 08:52, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Ossie Abeygunasekara
Do not move a page by copy/pasting it to another page. This results in the loss of page history. See wp:moving a page To properly move a page, put   I will do this for you. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 09:08, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I have requested the proper move. An administrator will review the request and move it if s/he agrees to the reasoning. Feel free to edit the article on Ossie Abeygunasekara, but please do not copy/paste it again. Thank you Jim1138 (talk) 09:11, 18 October 2012 (UTC)