This is a guide on how to move comments from one article to another.
Notes
- This does not move replies to the comment. Make sure you do this early on when no one has replied yet.
- It will not take effect immediately, wait a few hours.
See example: Sandbox/WikiaRail#comm-213484 which was prevously on the Sandbox page.
1) First get the direct link to the comment, usually by right-clicking the time (16 hours ago) and Copy link adress for Chrome. Similar actions for firefox and other browsers.
2) Remove ?permalink=
onwards. Copy starting from the Talk:
.
- becomes: Talk:Sandbox/WikiaRail/@comment-Dragonjet-20150328112424
3) Use it on the MovePage feature:
- Special:MovePage/
the_direct_link_here
- e.g. Special:MovePage/Talk:Sandbox/WikiaRail/@comment-Dragonjet-20150328112424
4) Change the title to where ever you want to move it to:
- from: Sandbox/WikiaRail/@comment-Dragonjet-20150328112424
- to: Recent Updates/@comment-Dragonjet-20150328112424
5) UNCHECK "Leave a redirect behind"
6) Confirm