Talk:Count Arthur Strong

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Merge?

I notice that the article about Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! is much the same as this article, and considerably better referenced. Quite a large proportion of this article is a radio episode list, which would probably be better on that article. I know the character predates the radio series and is found in other media, etc, but would the two not be better as a single entity, or at least with the episode information moved and this article a 'character' study? Bob talk 19:14, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I wrote the bulk of the episode list and agree that it should be moved to the other article and that this should become a character study as you suggest. I will move the episodes soon and then do other tasks to merge it later. Geum rivale (talk) 23:55, 23 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a tag proposing the merge - Geum rival, are you happy to do it? If not, I could give it a go but your familiarity with the subject definitely surpasses mine! ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 17:59, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why not rename this page Steve Delaney and make it a biographical page about the actor rather than the character? The character could then be redirected to the main page for the show. Listened to an episode this evening on Radio 4 - brilliant. BartBassist (talk) 19:28, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that there is duplication between these pages and that they should be merged into one and will try and do this over the next few days. Not sure how to rename the page to create Steve Delaney article but will read up and give it a go. Geum rivale (talk) 00:34, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Renaming an article requires input from some authorised wiki-bigwig. But there is an artificial way to do it - the article Steve Delaney already exists, as a redirect to the Count Arthur Strong page. You can cut & paste the content of the County Arthur Strong page to the Steve Delaney page, and set the Count Arthur Strong page up as a redirect. The disadvantage of this is that the history and discussion will still be linked to the Count Arthur Strong page, rather than the Steve Delaney page. The wiki-bigwigs therefore advise people not to use the cut & paste method, but given the Count Arthur pages are of relatively specialist interest, I would hope that if we keep it quiet, no bigwigs would notice. BartBassist (talk) 15:59, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]