Wikipedia:WikiProject History Merge

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WikiProject History Merge aims to fix the large numbers of cut-and-paste moves on Wikipedia. Cut-and-paste moves were popular in Wikipedia's early days, when the 'move' functionality was available only to admins. Such types of moves are still commonly done by new and inexperienced users who may be unaware of the move function. Repairing cut-and-paste moves is essential from a legal point of view.

If you see an instance of a cut-and-paste move, consider tagging the target page with {{histmerge}}. In complex cases, you may report it at Wikipedia:Requests for history merge. You may also consider issuing the offending user the {{subst:Uw-c&pmove}} notice.

The project uses AarghBot to discover cut-and-paste moves. The bot breaks the results into pages of 500, where they are uploaded to the wiki. AarghBot is written and operated by Mikaey.