User talk:Sixtus27

Moving a page
Hi, are you trying to change the name of Major Pieter Voltelyn Graeme van der Byl? That requires a move, it isn't difficult and I can do it for you if that is what you are trying to do. Dan D. Ric (talk) 15:28, 3 June 2009 (UTC)


 * [[Image:Information.svg|25px]] Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you recently tried to give Major Pieter Voltelyn Graeme van der Byl a different title by copying its content and pasting it into Pieter voltelyn graham van der byl. 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 articles 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. R'n'B (call me Russ) 19:53, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

June 2009
Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I've noticed that you have been adding your signature to some of your article contributions. This is a simple mistake to make and is easy to correct. For future reference, the need to associate edits with users is taken care of by an article's edit history. Therefore, you should use your signature only when contributing to talk pages, the Village Pump, or other such discussion pages. For a better understanding of what distinguishes articles from these type of pages, please see What is an article?. Again, thank you for contributing, and enjoy your Wikipedia experience! Dan D. Ric (talk) 15:30, 3 June 2009 (UTC)