User talk:Bookman1977

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Bookman1977, good luck, and have fun. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:23, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

September 2021

Hello, Bookman1977, welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions. Your editing pattern indicates that you may be using multiple accounts or coordinating editing with people outside Wikipedia, such as Oandgman (talk · contribs). Our policy on multiple accounts usually does not allow this, and users who misuse multiple accounts may be blocked from editing. If you operate multiple accounts directly or with the help of another person, please disclose these connections. Why are you submitting exactly the same article from two accounts? Robert McClenon (talk) 15:24, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Sorry I thought my old account was deleted so set up an new one and then realised on my other computer that it was still valid. I can delete one account if that is the case. I would prefer to keep Bookman1977 and I have build up a standing over the years with it. thanks!

Bookman1977 (talk) 18:12, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Copy-and-paste move

Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you tried to give Draft:ADNOC Drilling a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into ADNOC Drilling. This is known as a "cut-and-paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is legally required for attribution. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.

In most cases for registered users, once your account is four days old and has ten edits, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page (the tab may be hidden in a dropdown menu for you). This both preserves the page history intact and automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new. If you cannot perform a particular page move yourself this way (e.g. because a page already exists at the target title), please follow the instructions at requested moves to have it moved by someone else. Also, if there are any other pages that you moved by copying and pasting, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Wikipedia:Requests for history merge. Thank you. Nathan2055^{talk - contribs} 19:29, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

And again

Hello. You did the same thing again at Draft:ADNOC Drilling. For the reasons described above, please do not do this again. MrsSnoozyTurtle 21:15, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I changed the article and took out the issues you had raised. It simply states facts... I don't understand why all this work has been deleted. The company is the one of the largest of its kind in the world. Not one source came from a press release.Bookman1977 (talk) 11:44, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Correction - why was the page moved? These points raised were addressed. I'm trying my best to make good articles based on secondary sources. This seems very unfair. Bookman1977 (talk) 11:47, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Bookman. Please see the messages and links at the top of the article for further explanation. The issue here is not notability. Regards, MrsSnoozyTurtle 21:11, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: ADNOC Drilling has been accepted

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Quantum^Realm (meow • pawtrack) 17:19, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]