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Requested moves is a process for requesting the retitling (moving) of an article, template, or project page on Wikipedia. For information on retitling files, categories, and other items, see § When not to use this page.

Before moving a page or requesting a move, please review the article titling policy and the guidelines on primary topics.

Any autoconfirmed user can move a page using the "Move" option in the editing toolbar; see how to move a page for more information. If you have no reason to expect a dispute concerning a move, be bold and move the page. However, it may not always be possible or desirable to do this:

  • Technical reasons may prevent a move; for example, a page may already exist at the target title and require deletion, or the page may be protected from moves. In such cases, see § Requesting technical moves.
  • Requests to revert recent, undiscussed, controversial moves may be made at WP:RM/TR. If the new name has not become the stable title, the undiscussed move will be reverted. If the new name has become the stable title, a requested move will be needed to determine the article's proper location.
  • A title may be disputed, and discussion may be necessary to reach consensus: see § Requesting controversial and potentially controversial moves. The requested moves process is not mandatory, and sometimes an informal discussion at the article's talk page can help reach consensus.
  • A page should not be moved and a new move discussion should not be opened when there is already an open move request on a talk page. Instead, please participate in the open discussion.
  • Unregistered and new (not yet autoconfirmed) users are unable to move pages.

Requests are typically processed after seven days. If consensus supports the move at or after this time, a reviewer will perform it. If there is a consensus not to move the page, the request will be closed as "not moved". When consensus remains unclear, the request may be relisted to allow more time, or closed as "no consensus". See Wikipedia:Requested moves/Closing instructions for more details on the process.

Wikipedia:Move review can be used to contest the outcome of a move request as long as all steps are followed. If a discussion on the closer's talk page does not resolve an issue, then a move review will evaluate the close of the move discussion to determine whether or not the contested close was reasonable and consistent with the spirit and intent of common practice, policies, and guidelines.

When not to use this page

Separate processes exist for moving certain types of pages, and for changes other than page moves:

Undiscussed moves

Autoconfirmed editors may move a page without discussion if all of the following apply:

  • No article exists at the new target title;
  • There has been no previous discussion about the title of the page that expressed any objection to a new title; and
  • It seems unlikely that anyone would reasonably disagree with the move.

If you disagree with a prior bold move, and the new title has not been in place for a long time, you may revert the move yourself. If you cannot revert the move for technical reasons, then you may request a technical move.

Move wars are disruptive, so if you make a bold move and it is reverted, do not make the move again. Instead, follow the procedures laid out in § Requesting controversial and potentially controversial moves.

Uncontroversial proposals

Only list here proposals that are clearly uncontroversial but require administrator help to complete. Things like capitalization and spelling mistakes would be appropriate here. If there is any prior discussion as to the name of the article please link to it. If there is any possibility that the proposed page move could be opposed by anyone, do not list it in this section. If the move location appears as a red link you should be able to move the article using the move button of the top of the article's page (unless your account is less than 4 days old) and don't need to use this page.

Please list new requests at the bottom and use {{subst:WP:RM2|Old page name|Requested name|Reason for move}}; do not copy, paste, and edit previous entries. No dated sections are necessary, and no templates on the article's talk page are necessary. Do not sign yourself — the template will do it for you.

If your request was not fulfilled, and was removed from this section, please relist it in the #Other proposals section below.


  • WDEO (AM)WDEO — WDEO is the official callsign of the station, and the disambig currently consists of only WDEO and WDEO-FM (both official FCC callsigns). A disambig can be just as easily be accomplised by the use of the For template at the top of the main article. —JPG-GR 19:45, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • WGVU (AM)WGVU — WGVU is the official callsign of the station, and the disambig currently consists of only WGVU, WGVU-FM, and WGVU-TV (all official FCC callsigns). A disambig can be just as easily be accomplised by the use of the For template at the top of the main article. —JPG-GR 19:45, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • WKAR (AM)WKAR — WKAR is the official callsign of the station, and the disambig currently consists of only WKAR, WKAR-FM, and WKAR-TV (all official FCC callsigns). A disambig can be just as easily be accomplised by the use of the For template at the top of the main article. —JPG-GR 19:45, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • WNEM (AM)WNEM — WNEM is the official callsign of the station, and the disambig currently consists of only WNEM and WNEM-TV (both official FCC callsigns). A disambig can be just as easily be accomplised by the use of the For template at the top of the main article. —JPG-GR 19:45, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • WUPX (FM)WUPX — WUPX is the official callsign of the station, and the disambig currently consists of only WUPX and WUPX-TV (both official FCC callsigns). A disambig can be just as easily be accomplised by the use of the For template at the top of the main article. —JPG-GR 19:45, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Incomplete and contested proposals

If a requested move is incomplete (not all steps of the procedure are followed), or if anyone objects to an "uncontroversial" proposal, it should be listed here until the proposer or anyone else completes it. After the completion, please move the entry to the top of "other proposals" section. Please place newly moved requests to the top of this list, and either sign (~~~~) or just put the timestamp (~~~~~) at the end. Proposals that remain here longer than 5 days are subject to removal.

While true how would this be fixed? Unmerge?--Smkolins 13:56, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • So weirdSo Weird — All instances of the name in print (TV schedules, old articles on the show) and the majority of web pages list the name of the show with caps. The statement that the show's proper title is sans caps is a long-standing inaccuracy, from even before Wikipedia allowed titles to function without capitalization. In my attempt to finally fix it, I botched the job - I was unaware of the "move" option, and made the mistake of using the cut and paste method to move the article. The article was moved back and I was informed of my error, but now the move requires an administrator to assist. —Adam the Alien 06:50, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Other proposals

All of the proposals listed below need to have a discussion set up on talk page of the article to be moved. Please use the template {{subst:WP:RM|Old Page Name|Requested name|Reason for move}} and, if necessary, create a new dated section.

  • Kamoebas (kaiju)Kameba —(Discuss)— The turtle monster's Japanese name is Kamēba (カメーバ) but some believe it is supposed to be spelled "Kamoebas". This argument appears to lack sufficient verifiability for the change. An edit struggle has created such a mess that it can't be ironed out without administrator aid. —–Gunslinger47 01:03, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • The Fall (novel)The Fall —(Discuss)— This is in fact a request to have two pages moved back to where they originally were about ten months ago -- one discussing the novel by Albert Camus and the other discussing the English rock band -- and which were moved with little discussion. The band itself is named after Camus' novel, and so common sense alone seems to provide ample justification for keeping the original -- the novel -- with the unqualified title of "The Fall" and then qualifying the title of the article discussing the band, i.e. "The Fall (band)", which was inspired by it. However, there are also other good reasons for doing this: google tests for " 'The Fall' and 'Mark Smith' " and " 'The Fall' and 'Mark E Smith' " (making use of the name of the band's frontman) return 50,200 and 151,000 results respectively. Note that I've used quotations around "Mark Smith" and "Mark E Smith" since these names are extremely common in English. A google test for " 'The Fall' Camus " returns 290,000. (Concerns for for worldwide views also compel me to note that, although Camus' google test is restricted to only the English language as per Wikipedia's conventions, it would also have significantly more results if the original French were taken into consideration; the band, being natively English, is not likely to have more results in any other language than it does in English.) Finally, the articles' respective wiki projects rate the band at "High Importance" and Camus' novel at "Top Importance". --Todeswalzer|Talk 14:48, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Backlog

Move dated sections here after five days have passed.

  • Canadian of English descentEnglish Canadian —(Discuss)— page describes colloquial use of term which (unfortunately) is used by some to many to mean anglophone Canadian. A number of users have requested this revert, particularly in that now there is also a Canadians of English descent page as well. There are redirects that should go to this page as well - English-Canadian, and English Canadians Mayumashu 03:10, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • I would disagree with the contention that such use is colloquial, an error, or unfortunate. I believe "some to many" should be "most". Joeldl 09:25, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      • I agree with Joeldl that most English-speaking Canadians tend to use "English Canadian" over anglophone Canadian. I had never heard the term "anglophone" until I lived for a year in Quebec, and I was a French language major at a Canadian university. I did a cut and past move of the material at Canadian of English Descent to English-Canadian a short while ago (not realizing the problem this would create in terms of the article history), without deleting any of the previous material. I would support a proper move. Thank you.Corlyon 19:37, 15 April 2007 (UTC)Corlyon.[reply]