Topic on User talk:Harakoni

Re: "...In the future please let a mod move the page..." - I made the same mistake - maybe set up diff editing abilities for diff levels of editors? Doesn't have to be overly complex, just a "new editors can't Move pages (etc?)" type thing. Mebbe?Albedo (talk) 15:11, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

He didn't actual move the page via the move tool, instead he just created a new one and copy & pasted the content and thereby caused the issue. The only way to stop that would be to prevent users from making new pages which is obviously not an acceptable compromise.

It's not a huge issue as long as I catch it early, and I can't always do that.

Huh - I'm surprised Wiki software isn't smart enough to distinguish between the two, seems a pretty big diff. Oh well, is what it is. And yeah, I caught that too, just reminded me. <shrug> Albedo (talk) 23:18, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Yeah its not ideal. I think the issue is that it would be easy to make it not be an absolute duplicate (e.g. accidentally adding a space, or doing an edit when you do the "move") and then it couldn't tell the difference between an intentionally similar page and an accidental duplicate.

Appreciate you looking out for ways to improve the wiki though.