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[edit] Moving?

Why is moving not advised? It allows the history to be kept with the page, while simply cutting and pasting would start a whole new page with no history. No history is better?Smoreking(T) (c) 22:11, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

It's briefly mentioned on the page, but this gives a better overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_archive_a_talk_page#Advantages_and_disadvantages_of_the_move_procedure Kirkburn (talk) @Wikia 17:51, 2 February 2009 (UTC)