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ReplisMonathin Page of Hope from Akron, OH Since: Oct, 2009
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#1: Nov 4th 2010 at 9:54:09 AM

This is mostly courtesy as I'm not quite sure how to do this myself. Forgive me for not exactly being up to speed on how all the littler nuances of the Wiki work. I've been along longer than I appear, I swear!

At any rate.

Can someone help me redirect the novel The Paladin as a Literature work rather than a Trope main page? I say this mostly because there's a YKTTW article here that could use the main article space the book is taking.

If I could get some help on the issue, It'd sure be appreciated!

edited 4th Nov '10 9:59:27 AM by ReplisMonathin

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#2: Nov 4th 2010 at 10:01:31 AM

Literature.ThePaladin. Edit that page, copy the content from the existing one, then either make the existing one a redirect (Creating New Redirects) or put it on the Cut List. You'll have to fix any wicks to the work that are in the Related To link, especially indexes. Make sure the new page is set to page type "a work".

edited 4th Nov '10 10:02:20 AM by Fighteer

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ReplisMonathin Page of Hope from Akron, OH Since: Oct, 2009
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#3: Nov 4th 2010 at 10:07:21 AM

Thank you! I'll get on that right away.

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#4: Nov 4th 2010 at 10:15:55 AM

Don't forget to copy over the discussion and any other associated pages for the book.

Go to the Main.The Paladin page and click "Related to". That shows you a list of all the pages inthe wiki that have a link to Main.The Paladin right now. Go to each one in turn and if it's referring to the book, edit the link to be to Literature.The Paladin instead. (This step is called "cleaning up the wicks" or "fixing the wicks." It's probably the second-most important step, and the one that is most often skipped, because it can be tedious. Don't skip this step.)

Once you've cleaned up all the wicks, copied over all the associated pages, and copied the page contents to the new namespace page, go to the Cutlist and nominate the Main.The Paladin for cutting. In the "Reason for cutting" box, put something like "Moved to Literature. namespace to free up the Main. for the character type. all content has been copied over to Literature.The Paladin"

ReplisMonathin Page of Hope from Akron, OH Since: Oct, 2009
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#5: Nov 4th 2010 at 10:36:18 AM

Roger! In the process of Wick-cleaning now. Thanks for your help.

UPDATE: Annnnd done! With the exception of The Painter From Shanghai (Of which the entry for The Paladin seems to have been removed), all the Wicks are moved. The Paladin's been added to the cutlist and all that's needed is to wait. Thanks for everyone's help.

edited 4th Nov '10 10:42:39 AM by ReplisMonathin

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Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#6: Nov 4th 2010 at 10:57:47 AM

Thank you very much, Replis, and congrats on your first major-major edit.

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