Wikipedia talk:Text move

Would someone please help me find the policy page which actually mandates this technique. I'd like to cross-link this page and that. Thanks. Uncle Ed 20:35, July 16, 2005 (UTC)

I google'd and could only find this:, which refers to this quote: "Article is a source text Move text to Wikisource and replace it with a stub and a soft redirect," part of the Wikipedia:Deletion_policy. Thus, there probably is no policy. I'd say you write the policy. Didn't you say sometime recently that there should be a "zero revert rule" on edits that paste into the talk page to be discussed? Sounds like it makes sense.-- GordonWattsDotCom 00:36, 19 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Question: When you say "revert," do you mean to try to avoid reverting the "source" page (such as the article on Terri Schiavo), where the "cut/copy" occurs or do you mean the "destination" page (such as the talk page where the "paste" occurs? Thanks!-- GordonWattsDotCom 23:26, 20 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Answer: The source page should not be reverted.

Thank you. (I put this page on watchlist & saw your answer.) Keeping the source the same would be ideal, as in "zero reversion rule," whereby we come to concensus, but the ideal is rarely reached in totality, but is still good to have as a target goal to seek.-- GordonWattsDotCom 17:22, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

68.166.205.92 01:04, 2 November 2006 (UTC)==Discussion==

Please discuss this page, otherwise some users will 'redirect' it out of existence on the grounds that there is no discussion.

If you disagree with the concept of a text move, please make sure to express this here! --Uncle Ed 12:35, 8 August 2006 (UTC) I DISSAGREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!