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Hi Asukite, the AFD for the 2026–27 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season has ended - I created the article without realizing there was a draft already in the works. Do you think we should re add the histmerge you added? Thanks, RossEvans19 (talk) 11:50, 29 September 2026 (UTC)Reply
@RossEvans19 Thanks! I have been unsure over whether a histmerge would be appropriate, but since another editor did merge content in from the draft, and the page is being kept now, I feel comfortable re-implementing the merge; I think having the attribution in history is preferable to an attribution tag. ASUKITE02:08, 30 September 2026 (UTC)Reply
@AriuCH I'm usually hesitant to allow re-drafticication, but in this case it was technically a second article. I'm thinking I may be able to merge the histories too to avoid having two copies, but I'm on the fence there. Will reach out to the other editor when I get a sec. ASUKITE14:20, 1 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
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@Marbe166 done, thanks. I had no idea that was a norm. I did fix several redirects, a couple of which I may need to alter (although several of them were pointed at the wrong targets) ASUKITE17:30, 8 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
Yeah, this never should have been moved without a full discussion. It's linked from the Main Page and regularly falls in the Top 10 monthly page view report. There's a very specific page move schedule and referencing system in place in order to keep the whole thing running smoothly. Thank you for undoing the move so quickly.-- Ponyobons mots17:33, 8 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
I appreciate being informed, I was trying to focus on some easier tasks today as I am a bit distracted and failed to look into that. I've undone my redirect changes as well, save for the July/March redirects which were pointed at Deaths in 2026 instead of their respective months. ASUKITE17:36, 8 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for moving this back, sorry if i came across rather stern in contesting the move. i was taken by surprise, mostly. tomasz.18:18, 8 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
Oh, it's okay. I fully deserve being trouted for that. If I'd just checked the logs I would never have moved it. (my usual first check is a history search for "moved page" as move logs are less helpful for that, but the full page logs there clearly show there has been activity, and of course a page that has 22 thousand revisions won't surface much activity in the last 500 alone). ASUKITE18:19, 8 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
Yes, I think that's appropriate and have done so. Thanks, I'm away from my PC at the moment and will edit the tag when I get a chance. ASUKITE19:18, 9 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
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