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Sincerely, Jauerback^dude?/_dude. (Leave me a message) 14:00, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Jauerbackdude?/dude. 14:00, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Mayoral elections

Cities like Murfreesboro and Clarksville generally aren't considered large enough for all of their mayoral elections to be notable; can I suggest you merge them to a page like Mayoral elections in Providence, Rhode Island? (i.e. pages Mayoral elections in Clarksville, Tennessee and Mayoral elections in Murfreesboro, Tennessee) Elli (talk | contribs) 21:01, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

That's a good idea! It can be like Mayoral elections in Knoxville. Could you help me with this? GatewayPolitics (talk) 16:41, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

@Elli I'll create the articles, but i need help with the redirects GatewayPolitics (talk) 16:54, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

First one done, just need help with the redirects Mayoral elections in Clarksville, Tennessee GatewayPolitics (talk) 17:24, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Sure. What do you need help with doing exactly? Elli (talk | contribs) 17:24, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

I forgot what it's called, but the old articles need to be redirected, so if you click on them, they go to the section of the new article GatewayPolitics (talk) 17:28, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

I think the original articles need to be made into a redirect paged GatewayPolitics (talk) 17:30, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Ah, yes. I've done 2022 Clarksville mayoral election; you can see what I did to redirect it in this diff. Elli (talk | contribs) 17:31, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Oh okay I can do that easily 😂, thanks for helping! GatewayPolitics (talk) 17:33, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

No problem :) Elli (talk | contribs) 17:35, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

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