i noticed that an edit said this article has been merged -- but the article history seems to have remained here. a proper merge would be to

1. delete august
2. move 12 August 2161 to august
3. restore all deleted edits of august
4. edit august so it shows all usable info from both articles

in this way, this article will be a clean slate redirecting to the new article -- and all those who contributed to this one will be credited at the new article location. -- Captain M.K.B. 02:55, 8 March 2007 (UTC)