[Junta] Move or copy proposal?

[David Rush]

On 9/4/07, Nils M Holm <nmh at t3x.org> wrote:
> Even if name spaces are a purely organizational thing right now,

Well, ISTR running across the ability to 'freeze' pages, so when
ERR5RS is deemed finished, I intend to freeze the pages in that
namespace. Any addenda will then be handled through the talk pages
exclusively.

> I think that the proposal would be most useful when merged with the
> ERR5RS process. So what I would prefer is to move it to the ERR5RS
> namespace and maybe leave a pointer to it in the original page. Or
> does the Wiki software keep track of moves and renames?

in MediaWiki move==rename, and it is indeed tracked. See below.

> Although I have created the proposal page, other people have
> contributed content to it, so it would be important to know what
> happens when a page is moved or renamed. Can people still find
> it? Or would it indeed be best to copy the page and then replace
> the original one with a link to the new one?

In MediaWiki, if you use the 'move' tab above the article there is an
amazing amount of magic that is done for you. Mostly it comes down to
all the referencing links also get moved for free, and a 'referral'
page gets left at the old address. The referral page stays in place
until someone overwrites it, or so I believe - I haven't tried it yet.

> This is the first time I am using a Wiki, so please be patient
> with me. :-)

Well it's not my *first* time, but this is my first sponsorship and
also the largest-scale use I have done yet. We're all on a learning
curve here :)

david rush
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