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Moved Discussion

bugs and feature requests in external links - now implemented
converting images from BMP to PNG - talk:PNG
cookies question to wikipedia:Technical FAQ
Britney deletion/reworking moved to Talk:Oops I Did It Again and linked from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Music standards
Possible Konqueror bug to Wikipedia talk:Browser notes
data recovery Q to Wikipedia:Contributing FAQ
IE and refreshing and caching to Wikipedia talk:Browser notes
Image questions answered at Wikipedia:image use policy
Editing individual year entries -> Wikipedia talk:Timeline standards
Php errors moved to Wikipedia talk:PHP script
Evangelism already on Wikipedia:evangelism
problems with caching of error messages moved to Wikipedia talk:Troubleshooting
An anonymous user helpfully explains why we're anti-minority - moved to Wikipedia talk:Neutral point of view
capitalisation of i'noGo tied - moved to wikipedia talk:canonization
Talk:John Cage contains four and a half minutes of naming discussion
Problem with Mozilla moved to Wikipedia talk:Browser notes
subpages discussion at Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia subpages pros and cons
IE problems with DB download -- Wikipedia talk:Database download
We need an evangelism section -- moved to Wikipedia talk:Building Wikipedia membership
Help! I can't save changes! -- Wikipedia talk:Troubleshooting
"Demography" vs "Demographics" -- Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Countries
Copyrights of heiroglyphics -- Wikipedia talk:Copyrights
Copyright discussion --m:Wikipedia and copyrights
ISBN discussion -- wikipedia talk:ISBN
Weirdness -- Talk:? & the Mysterians
Change of text for "Related Changes" -- Wikipedia:Related changes
Attribution -- Wikipedia talk:Cite your sources
Use of explanatory text -- Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style
Conversion script and AI -- currently at user:Ryguasu/conversion script AI
Magical dissappearing watchlist -- Wikipedia talk:Watchlist help
Technical moving help -- Wikipedia talk:How to rename (move) a page
Unblocking users -- Wikipedia talk:Administrators
Orphans -- Wikipedia:Orphan
Use of censorware on Wikipedia -- talk:Censorware
It's slow! -- meta:talk:Cache strategy
"M Raj" is blind
most edited article -- see Wikipedia:most edited article
Is there a way of opening wikipedia such that I'm already logged in? -- Wikipedia:User preferences help
Pronounciation style -- Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (pronounciation)
I keep getting into edit wars! -- Wikipedia talk:Staying cool when the editing gets hot
quality uncontrolled -- moved to meta:quality
Talk:London (disambiguation) for question about data in disambiguation pages. -- SGBailey 10:59 Dec 24, 2002 (UTC)
How to add an other language link? -- Wikipedia:Interlanguage links.
Self-link feature -- wikipedia:feature requests
security when logging in -- Wikipedia talk:How to log in
I mucked up an image! -- Wikipedia talk:Image use policy
Hebrew Wiki -- question answered at Wikipedia:Create a new language in Wikipedia
self links -- wikipedia:self link
Wikipedia Page Loading Errors: Moved to Wikipedia:Troubleshooting
Rambot and other Bot discussion moved to Wikipedia talk:Bots.
Boilerplates: Moved discussion to Wikipedia talk:Boilerplate text
Book links : moved to Wikipedia:Contributing FAQ
Boilerplate permission request moved to Wikipedia:Boilerplate request for permission
Suggestion for changing wiki markup syntax moved to m:Wiki markup syntax
Lost Passwords: moved to Wikipedia:Passwords
Wikipedia Evangelism archived to Wikipedia:Building Wikipedia membership
Strange articles discussion moved to Wikipedia talk:Unusual articles
Sound samples copyright discussion moved to Wikipedia:Copyright issues (this page needs to be refactored into Wikipedia:Copyrights
For U.S. county image generation, see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Counties
Proposal by User:kroose moved to m:Integrating Two Integrative Sites
Username debate moved to m:Freedom of choosing a username debate
Language convention discussion moved to: Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (languages)
Wikipedia is down ... :See discussion at Wikipedia:lag
Duplicate places named Durham at talk:Durham.
Source text repository discussion at http://ps.wikipedia.com and m:Project Sourceberg.
Molecule discussion to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chemistry
Unreinforced statements at Wikipedia:Avoid blanket statements
Miscellaneous feature requests to Wikipedia:Feature requests
NPOV edit war discussion moved to Wikipedia:Staying cool when the editing gets hot.
Ideal length of an article moved to Wikipedia:Editing FAQ.
Background question moved to Wikipedia:Readers' FAQ.
Searching questions moved to Wikipedia talk:Searching
Offensive Usernames moved to wikipedia:no offensive usernames
Pronunciation guides moved to Wikipedia:Pronunciation guide
Watchlist talk moved to Wikipedia talk:Watchlist help
Todo list reorganization talk moved to Wikipedia talk:Pages needing attention
Centering an image talk moved to Wikipedia talk:How to edit a page
Lindy Hop thread moved to Talk:Lindy hop
Discussion of the economy pages moved to User talk:Guerby
For Google indexing problems, see Wikipedia:Announcements for January 2003
A question of stumps -> Talk:Like a Virgin
Obvious stuff -> Wikipedia:Browser page size limits
question about Conventicle Act -> Talk:Conventicle Act
browser article titles -> Talk:Web browser
colours of external links -> Wikipedia talk:User preferences help
Patrick's bug -> user talk:Patrick
partner in crime -> user:142.177.etc
random page discussion -> Wikipedia talk:How to explore Wikipedia
Catholic encyclopedia -> Talk:List of encyclopedias
What is the proper response to duplicate articles? -> answered at Wikipedia:Contributing FAQ
paragraph tags in the cologne blue theme -> Wikipedia talk:User preferences help
enhanced recent changes -> Wikipedia talk:Enhanced Recent Changes
page for sysop requests -> Wikipedia talk:Administrators
sport vs sports -> Talk:List of sports events
an anon quote in an article -> resolution at Talk:Madeline Amy Sweeney
disambiguation instance -> Talk:Mary, Queen of Scots
copyright talk -> Wikipedia talk:Copyrights/archive
Formatting question -> answered at Wikipedia:How to edit a page
Can I move a how-to to Wikipedia? -> Wikipedia talk:How-to articles
SVG question -> answered at Wikipedia:Image use policy
Dissappearance of an article -> Talk:Phaistos Disk
trailing slashes -> Talk:IP address
donations -> Talk:Wikimedia
editing Quitman, Missouri -> User talk:Rambot
Vera Cruz talk -> User talk:Vera Cruz/ban
Where have all the counters gone? -> Wikipedia:Visit counter
Question on InterWiki -> answered at InterWiki
Complaint about <math> tag defaults moved to Wikipedia:TeX markup
Technical thread about edit conflicts moved to m:Talk:How to become a Wikipedia hacker
MIT OpenCourseWare question moved to Talk:MIT OpenCourseWare
Copyright question+answer moved to Talk:Copyright
Searching question+answer moved to wikipedia talk:searching
text when creating a page - moved to wikipedia talk:How to start a page
hebrew support - moved to wikipedia talk:embassy
More copyright - see talk:copyright
Special characters - see Wikipedia talk:Special characters
WebWasher problem summarized at Wikipedia:Browser notes
Discussion of pre-6000 B.C. Dates. Moved to: Wikipedia talk:Timeline standards
DVD Stills copyright/fair use discussion moved to: Wikipedia talk:Copyrights
Discussion of logic moved to m:Logic and Wikipedia
Various small facts summarized in Wikipedia:Talk page, Wikipedia:Multilingual coordination, Wikipedia:Emailing users (new page).
Status of disabled features moved to Wikipedia:Announcements
Linking to copyrighted works clarified on Wikipedia:Copyrights
Question regarding mythology moved to User talk:Ajiva rts
Question regarding "My contributions" moved to Wikipedia:Contributing FAQ
Suggestion to change format of moved pages in RC moved to Wikipedia:Feature requests
Discussion on Bennington, Vermont moved to Talk:Bennington
Discussion on advertising moved to Wikipedia talk:What Wikipedia is not
Discussion on Safari browser problems moved to Wikipedia talk:Browser notes
Discussion of accented characters moved to Wikipedia talk:Special characters
Note on updating Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English) moved to Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (use English)
question on Chinese interlinking moved to wikipedia talk:Embassy
Discussion on page size: Wikipedia talk:Page size
Discussion on language links on the main page moved to Talk:Main Page
Discussion on Pullman redirecting to sleeping car moved to Talk:Sleeping car
Discussion on Drexel University logos moved to Talk:Drexel University
Cross-wiki redirects and Memorial Wiki discussions moved to sep11:General discussion
Question on wikipedia heirarchy answered at Wikipedia:Administration FAQ
How to add a summary to an edit: see Wikipedia:Edit summary
Discussion on the format of lists (name order) moved to Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (lists)
Wikipedia talk:Unicode
Wikipedia talk:Old articles
Wikipedia talk:Lost edits
Sigmund Freud edit error moved to Talk:Sigmund Freud
American and British spelling moved to Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style
meta:Article count reform for some discussion on changing the "comma count"
Cache performance moved to m:Talk:Cache strategy
Tentsuyu: Definition or Article? moved to Talk:Tentsuyu
IE and Nescape layout rendering differences moved to Wikipedia talk:Browser notes
Black Widow misunderstandings moved to User talk:Black Widow
List of people on stamps of Switzerland load time moved to Talk:List of people on stamps of Switzerland
Watchlist filtering moved to Wikipedia talk:Watchlist help
Phoenix web browser screenshot moved to Talk:Phoenix (browser)
Japanese city bot moved to Wikipedia talk:Bots
Taz moved to Talk:Tasmanian Devil
Bold apostrophe moved to Wikipedia talk:How to edit a page
Linking to cities moved to Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (city names)
Visit counters gone moved to Wikipedia:Visit counter
Wikipedia talk:Concurrent edits
favicon.ico - Wikipedia:Miscellaneous FAQ
Oscar Wilde's Tomb - Talk:Père Lachaise
Talk of Enciclopedia Libre linking moved to Wikipedia talk:Embassy
Page size moved to Wikipedia talk:Page size
Lowercase titles to Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (capitalization)
Warren commision citation Q answered at Wikipedia:cite your sources
Talk pages and mailing lists moved to Wikipedia talk:Mailing lists
Organizing images moved to Wikipedia talk:Public domain image resources
Watchlist confirmation moved to Wikipedia talk:Watchlist help
Audio files moved to Wikipedia talk:Public domain resources
Mary Ward moved to Talk:Mary Augusta Ward
Year articles before CE moved to Wikipedia talk:Timeline standards
Hawaii County, Hawaii NPOV moved to Talk:Hawaii County, Hawaii
External links format moved to Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style
Chemical Ali on Main Page moved to Talk:Main Page
Headline style moved to Wikipedia:Headlines
Order of new books section of years in literature moved to Wikipedia talk:Timeline standards
Copyright violation and the image use policy moved to Wikipedia talk:Image use policy
vote for deletion moved to Wikipedia:Votes for deletion
Talk on page unprotection moved to Wikipedia talk:Protected page
Funding moved to Wikipedia:Funding
Russian and Latin links on Recent changes moved to Wikipedia:International Wikipedia
Picture captions moved to Wikipedia:Image
Deleting images moved to Wikipedia:Image
Rude article titles moved to Wikipedia:Foul language
Zillions of spam moved to Talk:Zillions of Games
Splitting VFD moved to Wikipedia talk:Votes for deletion
Sorting tables moved to Wikipedia:Tables
Protected James I of England moved to Talk:James I of England
Titling redirect destinations moved to Wikipedia talk:How to use redirect pages
Less links moved to Wikipedia talk:Make only links relevant to the context
Search broken moved to Wikipedia talk:Searching
Apostrophe in years moved to Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)
Google cache obscures sidebare moved to Wikipedia talk:User interface ideas
Blue Cologne default moved to Wikipedia talk:User interface ideas
Copyright of Dennis O'Keefe moved to Talk:Dennis O'Keefe
PNG alpha channel moved to Wikipedia talk:Image use policy
Peak performance times moved to Wikipedia talk:Lag
Supplementary spreadsheets moved to Wikipedia:Files
"Minor edits" dissapear in Related Changes list moved to Wikipedia_talk:Related_Changes
Lir/Ril farewell speech -> User talk:Ril
Shino Baku talk -> User talk:Shino Baku/ban
Talk on machine translations -> Wikipedia:Translations
"Turk" disamb -> Wikipedia talk:Disambiguation
Zoe image mass edits discussion -> Wikipedia:Village pump/May 2003 archive
'Years in sport' talk moved to Talk:List of sports events
List of artists talk moved to Talk:List of artists
Titling of September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack moved to Talk:September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack
Updating Ammunition and related pages moved to Talk:Ammunition
"Smart" quotes, hearts and diamonds talk moved to Most wanted Iraqi playing cards
Tomaz Pisanski titling problem moved to Talk:Tomaz Pisanski
Kanji talk moved to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chinese characters
Image size discussion moved to Wikipedia talk:How to keep image file sizes as small as possible
Discussion on our Daniel's article moved to Talk:Daniel C. Boyer
TeX caching error -> Wikipedia talk:TeX markup
Other users' contributions -> Wikipedia:User contributions
offensiveness/disclaimer discussion moved to Talk:Goatse.cx
Discussion regarding a filter for anonymous contributions moved to User talk:Tim Starling
Discussion of User:Viking[?] has been moved to User talk:Viking/ban[?].
- Discussion of its deletion/undeletion has been moved to wikipedia:votes for deletion
Spanish civil war images discussion moved to Talk:Spanish Civil War
"Quote marks in article title" discussion moved to Talk:Live free or die
Discussion on CIA World Factbook copyright status moved to Talk:CIA World Factbook
US Department of State bot proposal moved to Wikipedia talk:Bots
Discussion on use of images with restrictive license terms moved to Wikipedia talk:Image use policy
Rant about Wikipedia being run by libertarians moved to Wikipedia talk:Our Replies to Our Critics
Dealing with Michael -> user talk:Michael/ban
Neutrosophy -> Talk:Neutrosophy
Short pages list feature request -> Wikipedia talk:Feature requests
Rename to one character -> Wikipedia talk:How to rename (move) a page
Move to redirect with history -> Wikipedia talk:How to rename (move) a page
Roman Odzierzynski translated to English -> Talk:Roman Odzierzynski
Vulcanology redirect to volcano -> Talk:Vulcanology
Middle-earth/subpages discussion has been moved to wikipedia talk:do not use subpages.
New photo source -> Wikipedia talk:Plant photo collection I
Mueller picture source -> Wikipedia talk:Public domain image resources
Floating images -> Wikipedia talk:Image use policy
Move America's best Comics (sic) -> Wikipedia talk:How to rename (move) a page
People Like Us pictures -> Talk:People Like Us
Vitally important albums - or are they? -> Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Albums
Links to Disinfopedia -> Talk:Disinfopedia
Discussion on Harry Potter's contributions (starting with Limehouse, London, England) moved to User talk:Harry Potter
Discussion on the proposed Theme Song Format moved to Wikipedia talk:Theme Song Format.
Discussion on respiration moved to Talk:Respiration

Meta-Wikipedia redirect to Wikipedia -> Wikipedia talk:How to use redirect pages
Most active Wikipedians update -> Wikipedia talk:Most active Wikipedians
Japanese naming conventions -> Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Japanese)
Edit redirect page -> Wikipedia talk:How to use redirect pages
Link to orphaned article -> Wikipedia talk:Orphaned articles
Disambiguation -> Wikipedia talk:Disambiguation
Navbar change proposal -> Wikipedia talk:User interface ideas
English to Japanese and Chinese interlanguage link bug -> Wikipedia talk:Interlanguage links
Univac page consolidation -> Talk:Univac
Empty string alt text -> Wikipedia talk:Alternate text for images
Cleared page cache -> Wikipedia talk:Lag
Relevant links -> Wikipedia talk:Make only links relevant to the context
Links to Neutrosophy page -> Talk:Neutrosophy
Subtopics naming convention -> Wikipedia talk:Do not use subpages
Go button behavior -> Wikipedia talk:Go button
The Screen Savers influx, thanks from The Warlock and damage control of Wikipeda -> June 2003 archive 3
Sylvia Saint image discussion -> Image talk:Sylvia Saint.jpg

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