Wikipedia:Requested moves

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

Please read the article titling policy and the guideline regarding primary topics before moving a page or requesting a page move.

Any autoconfirmed user can use the Move function to perform most moves (see Help:How to move a page). 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. 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 generally processed after seven days. If consensus to move the page is reached at or after this time, a reviewer will carry out the request. 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 for consensus to develop, or the discussion may be 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:

• Making an uncontroversial move – if you can, be bold and do it yourself! If you can't, see § Requesting technical moves.
• Renaming a category – propose the move at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion.
• Renaming a stub template – propose the move at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion.
• Renaming an image or other file – see Wikipedia:Moving a page § Moving a file page.
• Moves from draft namespace or user space to article space – Unconfirmed users: add {{subst:submit}} to the top of the article. See Wikipedia:Articles for creation. Confirmed users: Move the page yourself.
• Merging two articles – make a request at Wikipedia:Proposed mergers, or be bold and do it yourself.
• Splitting an article – make a request at Wikipedia:Proposed article splits, or be bold and do it yourself.
• Requesting that page histories be merged – list them at Wikipedia:Requests for history merge.
• Contesting a move request close – use the Wikipedia:Move review process.

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 and don't need to use this page

Please use {{subst:WP:RM2|Old page name|Requested name|Reason for move}} for uncontroversial moves only; do not copy, paste, and edit previous entries. No dated sections are necessary, and no templates on the article's talk page are necessary.

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

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• Buoysel → Buizel — Buizel was just revealed as the English name by toy packaging (see talk page). ' 00:10, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
• Andrew "Test" Martin → Andrew Martin — Andrew Martin redirects to the current page, so no need for the "Test" part" —TJ Spyke 01:13, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
  • "In 2005, Martin legally changed his name to Andrew Test Martin in order to regain legal ownership of his ring name, which was trademarked by WWE." _└ ^VodkaJazz / _talk ^┐ 17:35, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
    • So? we don't have Bill Clinton at William Jefferson Clinton. Besides, his full legal name would be Andrew Test Martin (not Andrew "Test" Martin). Like I said, Andrew Martin redirects to the current page when it should be the other way around. TJ Spyke 08:12, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• Image:Guik gap.gif → Image:GIUK gap.gif — Wrong name (spelling mistake) plus capitalisation. —HappyDog 13:44, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

  Since the image has been obsoleted by Image:GIUK gap.png, why not just delete the .gif? Anyway, there's no move button on images. The only way to move an image is to download it, and re-upload it under a new title. -GTBacchus^(talk) 23:13, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

  Not to mention that I don't think spelling really matters on images. TJ Spyke 23:19, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

• deviantART → deviantArt — "ART" is not an acronym (or even a backronym), so should not be rendered in all-caps according to WP:MOSTM. —Chris cheese whine 19:35, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Nor should "deviant" be in lowercase.--SeizureDog 20:31, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
    • Well, that's somewhat moot due to automatic first letter capitalization, though the article does use the {lowercase} template. Anyway, this seems like one of those moves that may be in line with WP:MOS but maybe not so uncontroversial, so I'm going to drop a line on the article's talk page. --Groggy Dice T | C 22:59, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
      • No, it's uncontroversial because the MoS mandates it. Chris cheese whine 02:44, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

• ToME (computer game) → ToME — Latter redirects to former, needless disambiguity. —65.99.214.90 04:03, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

As Tome is a disambiguation page, ToME should redirect to Tome per WP:DAB#Page naming conventions. --Kusunose 04:31, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

• Johnny Kidd and the Pirates → Johnny Kidd and The Pirates — Correct band title from album covers and promotional posters —Cheers, Folajimi (leave a note) 04:55, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

  According to WikiProject Music, the title should be Johnny Kidd & the Pirates. -GTBacchus^(talk) 03:00, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

  To clarify, I'm not saying we have to follow that standard, but it ought to at least be considered, I think. -GTBacchus^(talk) 06:03, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

• FA Premier League → Premier League — The official name has changed; the proposed new page currently redirects to the old one, but has a longer-than-one-line edit history —Green Tentacle 19:06, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

  According to List of professional sports leagues, we've got articles on fifteen leagues that are called "Premier League". Is there some evidence that FA Premier League is the primary topic associated with that name? -GTBacchus^(talk) 06:03, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

  Yes, it is the only one called simply the 'Premier League' (since they dropped the 'FA' last week). All the other ones have additional words in the title (like the 'Scottish Premier League'). It is also the most famous of all the Premier Leagues, hence the fact that Premier League has redirected to it unopposed for over three years now. Of course there should be a disambiguation note at the top of the article, as is already the case. - Green Tentacle 14:17, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

• Café wars → Café Wars — The name with both words capitalized is the version used in the article itself. Current redirect suggests that the version with the non-capitalized second word is correct. The redirect and title currently conflicts with the article —Bwithh ^{Join Up! See the World!} 08:25, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

• The Battle of Algiers → The Battle of Algiers (film) — Based on the recent Torture during the Algerian War article, there seems to be people using "Battle of Algiers" to refer to the actual political struggle over Algiers during the Algerian War of Independence - this of course is the subject of the film (which is NOT a documentary). Adding "(film)" would make clear that the article is about the film, not real events. The current redirect setup redirects to The Battle of Algiers (film) to The Battle of Algiers - the logic of which escapes me. Is the semi-fictional film of the event superceding the actual event itself? —Bwithh ^{Join Up! See the World!} 09:05, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

• Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin → Ivan Bunin ; Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya → Nadezhda Krupskaya — no need for patronymic in unambiguous Russian names. --Explendido Rocha 10:06, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

• Acinetobacter baumanni → Acinetobacter baumannii — Misspelling, move with page history intact. —–Outriggr § 10:02, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

• Robert Smith, 1st Baron Lyveden → Robert Vernon, 1st Baron Lyveden — Over redirect, to revert my wrong move —Phoe 11:12, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

• Laurent, marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr → Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr — move in accordance with other Napoleonic marshals, like André Masséna, Louis Nicolas Davout and Auguste Marmont —Carl Logan 11:43, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

• LexingtonBridge → Lexington Bridge — A user changed the name by eliminating the space. Lexington Bridge is not just a redirect to LexingtonBridge —VerruckteDan 16:42, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
• Charles Ross, 9th Baronet → Sir Charles Ross, 9th Baronet —(Discuss)— first to revert a move against Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(names_and_titles)#Other_non-royal_names, second to revert a possible cut and paste move —Phoe 17:58, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

• Atticus Finch (character) → Atticus Finch — Disambig not required; Atticus Finch currently redirects to To Kill a Mockingbird —SigPig |^{SEND - OVER} 19:02, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

• Illizi, Illizi → Illizi — "Illizi" redirects to the article about the much larger Illizi Province, which obligated the person who created an article about its eponymous capital in Illizi, Illizi, so it should get moved there. --escondites 19:08, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

• Sidi Daoud, Algeria → Sidi Daoud - The isn't another Sidi Daoud. --escondites 19:13, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

• Kabylie → Kabylia - Because this is an English, not French encyclopedia. --escondites 19:08, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

• Spoiled (song) → Spoiled — There's no other article with this name. —Funk Junkie 22:53, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

• WSNX (FM) → WSNX-FM — Due to a misunderstanding of the WP:WPRS, this station was moved from it's official call sign (WSNX-FM) by user JPG-GR. Another user tried to move only the text back without the history. Since the page "WSNX-FM" was edited, you can't move the original page back now without an administrator's assistance. It needs to be moved back *with* it's history intact. —RobDe68 22:58, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

• WKHQ (FM) → WKHQ-FM — Due to a misunderstanding of the WP:WPRS, this station was moved from it's official call sign (WKHQ-FM) by user JPG-GR. Another user tried to move only the text back without the history. Since the page "WKHQ-FM" was edited, you can't move the original page back now without an administrator's assistance. It needs to be moved back *with* it's history intact. —RobDe68 22:58, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

• WKLQ (FM) → WKLQ — Some time ago, this station was improperly moved from its official call sign (WKLQ) to "WKLQ-FM". Then it was improperly moved again by user JPG-GR to "WKLQ (FM)" due to a misunderstanding of the WP:WPRS. Since the original page was edited by JPG-GR to eliminate a double redirect, you can't move the page back to "WKLQ" now without an administrator's assistance —RobDe68 22:58, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

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.

18 February 2007

• Dutch (ethnic group) → Dutch people —(Discuss)— Restore earlier name, the Dutch are both a nation and an ethnic group. Article was renamed to limit its content to the ethnic aspects, this is neither accurate nor neutral. NPOV policy requires that titles use the most general and objective terms. —Paul111 20:07, 7 February 2007 (UTC) relisting to attempt a better consensus Andrewa 16:25, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

• Eastern Rite Catholic Churches → Eastern Catholic Churches - consensus reached on move: 5 editors support, none oppose. Please see discussion for details Majoreditor 20:37, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Discussion The following discussion is from Talk:Eastern Rite Catholic Churches. It documents that (a) editors introduced facts supporting the move to Eastern Catholic Churches; (b) between Feb 5 and Feb 19 all five editors expressing opinions have supported the move. Here is the (unedited) discussion from the talk page:

Move Again?

Alright folks, I'm proposing moving the article to Eastern Catholic Churches. I'm an Eastern Catholic myself and I'm fed up of this article having the wrong name. InfernoXV 17:38, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Inferno, I'll support you on that proposal. As a fellow Eastern Catholic I know Eastern Catholic Church is the preferred term. However, I would suggest pulling together supporting citations before moving ahead. Do you have any material you can share which would help?

The proposed change is in no means meant to slight the Church of Rome. Eastern Catholic churches take pride in their communion with the Holy See. However, it's sad that, after two decades or so, some people don't understand the proper name for the Eastern Catholic Churches. Times have changed since Vatican II; the Vatican now prefers to refer to us as churches rather than rites. In all fairness to many of the editors who have argued for keeping the term Eastern Rite in these articles, they have faced tremendous pressures from those who wish to circumscribe the Catholic Church. I will start looking through my (admittedly slim) materials on the matter and I may try to make it over to the local theology library sometime in the next 4 to 6 weeks to research further. Please feel free to discuss further as needed. Majoreditor 18:08, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

I've done some looking into the matter. Pope John Paul II's Apostolic Letter Orientale Lumen [1] is quite clear on the matter. It uses the term "Church" rather than "Rite" throughout. Section 21 is quite clear on the matter; John Paul II refers to the "Eastern Catholic Churches".

Another point. The Vatican houses the Congregation for the Oriental [Eastern] Churches -- note the use of the term "Churches", not "Rite".

Other thoughts on the matter? Please share them here. Thanks. Majoreditor 18:58, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Let me help to find some more recent cites. This address by Cardinal Daoud to the Eastern Catholic Churches in the USA and Canada on October 31, 2006, uses "Eastern Catholic Churches" or "Eastern Churches" exclusively, never using the word "Rite". In this statement to the USCCB on November 15, 2005, Cardinal Daoud uses the terms "Oriental Churches" and "Catholic Eastern Churches", but again never uses the word "Rite". In this statement to the Catholic Bishops Conference of India on January 11, 2004, Cardinal Daoud refers to the "Oriental Churches in India", but only uses "rite" when discussing that there are churches of three rites operating in India, he does not refer to any of the churches as "Foo Rite Churches". In this speach on December 15, 2006, Pope Benedict XVI uses the term "Catholic Eastern Churches", but again, never the word "Rite". I think recent usage at the highest levels of the Church support moving the article to another title, without the word "Rite". Gentgeen (a Western Catholic) 19:19, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Also, look at the results from the straw poll in May/June 2006 2 (highlighted in green). Four editors supported changing the name to Eastern Catholic Churches; only two opposed the move. No other option received such a high level of support. We are approaching consensus. Other comments? Majoreditor 22:45, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

I completely agree that the appropriate Catholic term is "Eastern Catholic Churches", but in the poll months ago concerns were expressed that this is a POV, and that the term has some similarity to Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East. "Eastern Rite Catholic Churches" had the same support (including Gentgeen and I), but more importantly, it had no opposition and made a tolerable compromise solution as second choice of the Eastern Catholics involved. Just a comment. Gimmetrow 05:03, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

So, to summarize the facts: 1. The entities in question currently refer to themselves as churches, not rites 2. During the Vatican II era they were often refered to as rites 3. Since the papacy of John Paul II the Holy See has refered to them as churches, not rites 4. Benedict XVI refers to them as churches, not rites 5. Vatican-based institutions refer to them as churches -- most notably in the naming of the Congregation for the Oriental [Eastern] Churches 6. Currently both terms are used outside the Vatican 7. Some churches which aren't in communion with the See of Rome may use the term "Catholic" in their title, either occasionally or frequently. Have I ommitted any major facts? Gimmetrow, thanks for explaining how the editors participating in the straw poll arrived at the compromise. Other facts or comments? Majoreditor 21:57, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

It should be Eastern Catholic Churches and not Eastern Rite Catholic Churches. This is our current self-designation. Dtbrown 14:27, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Based on recent comments I believe we have a consensus for Eastern Catholic Churches and recommend changing the name. The article should mention that the term "Rite" was used extensively until recent years. Thanks to Lima and others who have documented the historic use of the term. Majoreditor 17:44, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. Very well explained. Dtbrown 00:39, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

17 February 2007

• Castles and Dreams → Castles & Dreams —(Discuss)— There is "&" at the coverpage of the DVD. —Geevee (talk) 14:01, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
• Nicolas Oresme → Nicole Oresme —(Discuss)— Nicole Oresme is his accepted name in any number of histories of science written in English and in the Library of Congress authorities database. —SteveMcCluskey 04:07, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
• Kudankulam → Koodankulam —(Discuss)— This refers to original pronounciation — Srikanth ^{\talk \contribs} 03:54, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
• Seong Han Myeong → Han Myong -(Discuss)— inconsistant. Plus redirects were messed up.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr.bonus (talk • contribs)
• Hong Yun-seong → Yun-seong -(Discuss)— inconsistant. Plus redirects were messed up.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr.bonus (talk • contribs)

16 February 2007

• Elsinore → Helsingør —(Discuss)— Let's call the place by its proper usual modern Danish spelling. Matter about other places called Elsinore can be cut-and-pasted back to Elsinore, which thereby would be changed from a redirect to a disambig. —Anthony Appleyard 21:48, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

• Truth commission to Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The initial reason for such an incomplete name was that it was already taken by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa). However, I've assumed it was better to precise on the initial South African commission that it was the South African one, as most TRC have this complete names, and are not simply named "Truth commission". This is not a simple arguing on names: reconciliation is as important as truth, in such cases. Tazmaniacs 15:35, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

• Grammy Awards of 2007 → 49th Grammy Awards —(Discuss)— The award ceremonies are rarely (never?) referenced as Grammy Awards of [year]. Instead, they are referenced by their sequential order. —-- tariqabjotu 04:46, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Grammy Awards of 2006 → 48th Grammy Awards
  • Grammy Awards of 2005 → 47th Grammy Awards
  • Grammy Awards of 2004 → 46th Grammy Awards

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et, al.

-- tariqabjotu 04:46, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

15 February 2007

• McFly (band) → McFly —(Discuss)— It was originally set to this, and it isn't letting me move it back. It's silly to have McFly (band) when people searching for Marty McFly would search his whole name, and the only thing that is known as 'McFly' on its own, is the band. Please can an adminstrator handle this? —Mikay 21:06, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

According to this there is also a US band that was named McFly who existed 2 years before the British one. They've changed their name to The Mighty McFly now, but some people searching for "McFly" may be trying to find an article about the original McFly. 172.201.240.223 02:08, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Then it should be on the disambiguation page.. or there should be a link at the top of the main McFly (band) article? - 13:19, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

• Sulejman Talović → Sulejman Talovic —(Discuss)— Since coming to America, Talovic has lost the diacritic mark required under Bosnian grammar. Prior undiscussed moves have been reverted by Balkan users. - Tragic Baboon (banana receptacle) 16:12, 15 February 2007 (UTC) —- Tragic Baboon (banana receptacle) 16:12, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

• Wavefunction → Wave function —(Discuss)— A consensus was reached on the talk page that the title of the article should be "wave function", but "wave function" is currently occupied by a redirect to "wavefunction", and has a three-line edit history, so the article cannot be moved to the preferred name. —MacGuy^{(contact me)} 15:51, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

• Environment of South Korea → Environmental issues in South Korea

this would be a revert. see Wikipedia:WikiProject Library of Congress Country Studies and the wiki link box at the bottom of the page for these title templates. original move was by User:Visviva on 30 March 2006. I believe the controversy is admitting that a country has "issues" rather than merely an "environment". I believe the original move was POV-pushing. Heroeswithmetaphors 06:39, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

• Prehistoric Spain → Prehistoric Iberia —(Discuss)— The article Prehistoric Portugal also deals with much the same material. There was no Spain in prehistoric times. There was no Portugal either. It would be best to have these articles merged under a title which indicates the geographical region rather than the modern states. —Jimp 06:02, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

• Richard Wright (author) → Richard Nathaniel Wright —(Discuss)— Title is unique when middle name is included, eliminating the need for the parenthetical addition. —Colin MacLaurin 17:08, 14 February 2007 (UTC) <samll>moved from uncontroversial by —SigPig |^{SEND - OVER} 02:33, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

• Captain Jack Sparrow → Jack Sparrow —(Discuss)— Yes, I know Jack Sparrow himself always like to be called as "Captain," but other than him nobody else says so. Even the cast credits list him as merely "Jack Sparrow." In the end scene of Curse of the Black Pearl, the guy reads his name as "Jack Sparrow" as is done on the arrest warrant at the beginning of Dead Man's Chest. Clearly, "Jack Sparrow" should be the title, minus the Captain. —Hbdragon88 02:14, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

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• King of Fighters → The King of Fighters —(Discuss)— Another massive move request by me. I think it's pretty clear that the series is known as The King of Fighters and feel that it should be moved to such a page. The logo has the "The", every game in the series has the "The", and the lead includes the "The". The current location is as wrong as Clockwork Orange or Jerk would be. I don't think there would be much disagreement here, but I don't fill completely confident with requesting a "uncontroversial" move. —SeizureDog 00:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• List of King of Fighters games → List of The King of Fighter games —(Discuss)— See above. —SeizureDog 00:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• List of characters from King of Fighters → List of characters from The King of Fighters —(Discuss)— See above. —SeizureDog 00:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• List of KOF Teams → List of The King of Fighters teams —(Discuss)— See above. —SeizureDog 00:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• List of King of Fighters: Maximum Impact characters → List of The King of Fighters: Maximum Impact characters —(Discuss)— See above. —SeizureDog 00:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• Oswald (King of Fighters) → Oswald (The King of Fighters) —(Discuss)— See above. —SeizureDog 00:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• Angel (King of Fighters) → Angel (The King of Fighters) —(Discuss)— See above. —SeizureDog 00:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• Elisabeth (King of Fighters) → Elisabeth (The King of Fighters) —(Discuss)— See above. —SeizureDog 00:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• Chris (King of Fighters) → Chris (The King of Fighters) —(Discuss)— See above. —SeizureDog 00:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• Foxy (King of Fighters) → Foxy (The King of Fighters) —(Discuss)— See above. —SeizureDog 00:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• Lin (King of Fighters) → Lin (The King of Fighters) —(Discuss)— See above. —SeizureDog 00:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• Malin (King of Fighters) → Malin (The King of Fighters) —(Discuss)— See above. —SeizureDog 00:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• Mature (King of Fighters) → Mature (The King of Fighters) —(Discuss)— See above. —SeizureDog 00:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• Maxima (King of Fighters) → Maxima (The King of Fighters) —(Discuss)— See above. —SeizureDog 00:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• Orochi (King of Fighters) → Orochi (The King of Fighters) —(Discuss)— See above. —SeizureDog 00:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• Ramon (King of Fighters) → Ramon (The King of Fighters) —(Discuss)— See above. —SeizureDog 00:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• Ron (King of Fighters) → Ron (The King of Fighters) —(Discuss)— See above. —SeizureDog 00:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• Seth (King of Fighters) → Seth (The King of Fighters) —(Discuss)— See above. —SeizureDog 00:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• Striker (KOF) → Striker (The King of Fighters) —(Discuss)— See above. —SeizureDog 00:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• Vanessa (King of Fighters) → Vanessa (The King of Fighters) —(Discuss)— See above. —SeizureDog 00:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• Vice (King of Fighters) → Vice (The King of Fighters) —(Discuss)— See above. —SeizureDog 00:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• Whip (King of Fighters) → Whip (The King of Fighters) —(Discuss)— See above. —SeizureDog 00:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• Yuki (King of Fighters) → Yuki (The King of Fighters) —(Discuss)— See above. —SeizureDog 00:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• Vanessa (King of Fighters) → Vanessa (The King of Fighters) —(Discuss)— See above. —SeizureDog 00:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

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14 February 2007

• Vlog → Video blog —(Discuss)— Video blog is more often found in notable sources. For example, it's found 8 times more often in Google News articles. —Pdelongchamp 02:33, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• Caribbean Baseball World Series → Caribbean Series —(Discuss)— An anon requested this move at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Baseball. I did a little investigating and found out the Caribbean Series is the official name, and that the current title is a rarely-used misnomer. MLB.com refers to it only as the Caribbean Series.[1] —Djrobgordon 22:26, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

• Major League Baseball Draft → First-Year Player Draft —(Discuss)— I have two reasons for wanting to move this article. The first is that there is no event called the Major League Baseball Draft. The second is that Major League baseball has two drafts, the First-Year Player Draft and the Rule 5 Draft, and an article with the current title could refer to either one of those. I suggested this move on the article's talk page on January 26, and so far no one has responded. I also left a message on the talk page of the user who moved the article to its current title, and he has supported the renaming. If you need some evidence supporting the change, MLB.com [2] uses the proposed name. —Djrobgordon 22:07, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

P.S. I know this will create a number of double redirects, and I'll take responsibility for repairing them. --Djrobgordon 22:08, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

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Multiple page swaps requested per discussion here in which it has been determined that the main article space should be for the first game and not the series. While not as fully clear, it was also mostly determined by the conversation that articles with multiple (3+) pages of the same title should have the main space for disambiguation. Also, it's entirely possible that I'm missing a bunch of articles that also need to be moved, as, quite unhelpfully, there is no category for video game series.

Game to main

• Bomberman (1983 game) → Bomberman — See above. —SeizureDog 20:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Breath of Fire (video game) → Breath of Fire — See above. —SeizureDog 20:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Breath of Fire → Breath of Fire (series) — See above. —SeizureDog 20:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Castlevania (video game) → Castlevania — See above. —SeizureDog 20:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Castlevania → Castlevania (series) — See above. —SeizureDog 20:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Dynasty Warriors (video game) → Dynasty Warriors — See above. —SeizureDog 20:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Dynasty Warriors → Dynasty Warriors (series) — See above. —SeizureDog 20:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Gradius (arcade game) → Gradius — See above. —SeizureDog 20:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Gradius → Gradius (series) — See above. —SeizureDog 20:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Star Ocean (video game) → Star Ocean — See above. —SeizureDog 20:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Star Ocean → Star Ocean (series) — See above. —SeizureDog 20:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Street Fighter (video game) → Street Fighter — See above. —SeizureDog 20:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Mortal Kombat (video game) → Mortal Kombat — See above. —SeizureDog 20:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Shadow Hearts (video game) → Shadow Hearts — See above. —SeizureDog 20:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Shadow Hearts → Shadow Hearts (series) — See above. —SeizureDog 20:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Armored Core (game) → Armored Core — See above. —SeizureDog 20:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Armored Core → Armored Core (series) — See above. —SeizureDog 20:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Disambig to main

• Final Fantasy → Final Fantasy (series) — Likely the most controversial of any of these moves. —SeizureDog 20:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Final Fantasy (disambiguation) → Final Fantasy — See above. —SeizureDog 20:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Silent Hill → Silent Hill (series) — See above. —SeizureDog 20:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Silent Hill (disambiguation) → Silent Hill — See above. —SeizureDog 20:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

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• Margaret of Parma → Duchess Margaret of Parma —(Discuss)— Naming is wrong, it goes against Wikipedia convention on naming royals. —Gryffindor 17:44, 14 February 2007 (UTC) Gryffindor 17:44, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

• Alliance '90/The Greens → German Green Party —(Discuss)— The party calls itself in English "German Green Party", not some translation from the German name. Request move to go with what the party actually calls itself in the German language. Name has been confirmed thru email from party HQ. —Gryffindor 16:59, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

• C2C → C2C (disambiguation) —(Discuss)— Not to confuse with c2c and i don't agree that this is misguided. —Simply south 16:02, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

• Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedow → Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov - This is how everyone refers to it. The user who created the article used the phonetic transliteration rather than the more common Western rendering of the original Turkmen. KazakhPol 13:23, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

• Jack Dawson(rugby league player) → Jack Dawson —(Discuss)— Current Jack Dawson article redirects to the middle of a list about fictional characters in a movie. It's more relevant to have the rugby player's article be the primary link with a disambig notice on it —Wafulz 03:30, 14 February 2007 (UTC) -Moved from uncontroversial by —SigPig |^{SEND - OVER} 12:25, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
  • The rugby player appars to a very minor one who only played for a couple of seasons back in the '20s. TJ Spyke 09:09, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

• Dgèrnésiais → Guernésiais —(Discuss)— In Guernsey itself, the language seems to be universally referred to as Guernésiais, in published books and in the local BBC literature. I am interested to hear where/if the current form (Dgèrnésiais) actually has any currency, but so far not much has come up on the discussion page. The current spelling also has the disadvantage of being rather daunting to many English readers – was it chosen as the primary form purely because of its "exotic" appearence? —132.185.240.120 12:08, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

• Halifax, Nova Scotia (former city) → Halifax, Nova Scotia —(Discuss)— The article ought be moved back to its former, and right place, which accords with WP naming standards, common usage and common sense. The article's move from there to its present title relates to the dissolution of the city's municipal government, the City of Halifax, into the county-sized Halifax Regional Municipality. The present title wrongly suggests that "Halifax, Nova Scotia" now means that county-sized area, and that the city (lowercase) of Halifax no longer exists. This is balderdash. Halifax, the physical city as distinct from a separate municipal government for that city alone, still exists as much as ever, geographically apart from any other urban area, having its own civic identity and (for what this last matters) recognised as such by the Nova Scotia government. Most importantly, the city is what people everywhere mean by "Halifax, Nova Scotia". The world at large is scarcely even aware that the city government has been dissolved into a larger "regional municipality", and no one with any sense, looking at the county-sized and mostly rural area of the regional municipality, would take the view that "Halifax, Nova Scotia" now means the whole area rather than meaning the actual city that it has always meant. —Lonewolf BC 07:00, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

• Historical Eastern Germany → History of German settlement in Eastern Europe —(Discuss)— The current name has generated much controversy and also seems like OR. The new name has proven most popular in a recent straw poll (see article's discussion).-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  03:58, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

13 February 2007

• Judgment of Paris (disambiguation) → Judgment of Paris —(Discuss)— The original mythology story has already been moved to Judgement of Paris (mythology) with the unambiguated Judgment of Paris serving as a redirect to the disambig page. After discussing the details on the talk page, editors have agreed to make Judgment of Paris a disambig page for both the mythology story and the wine tasting event Judgment of Paris (wine) —Agne^Cheese/^Wine 20:19, 13 February 2007 (UTC) Agne^Cheese/^Wine 20:19, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

• United States → United States of America —(Discuss)- correct name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.168.0.166 (talk • contribs)

• Amshinov (Hasidic dynasty) → Amshinov —(Discuss)— no need for disambiguation —Russ (talk) 14:33, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

• Keck telescopes → W. M. Keck Observatory —(Discuss)— The formal name for the observatory should be used for the article title. —Dr. Submillimeter 14:24, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

• Run! (Heroes) → Run! —(Discuss)— no need for disambuation —ΨΦorg 08:11, 13 February 2007 (UTC) --ΨΦorg 08:11, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

• Less lethal weapons → Less-lethal weapon —(Discuss)— WP:NAME and English grammar —Smack (talk) 07:31, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

• High Council of Sweden → Privy Council of Sweden or something else —(Discuss)— rehash of earlier request; see discussion at talk page —  AjaxSmack  02:34, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

12 February 2007

• Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia → Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia —(Discuss)— "Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia" is the proper name of the office. Neither the Constitution of Canada nor the province itself make reference to a "Lieutenant-Governor". —Ibagli (Talk) 21:16, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

• Per-Eric Lindbergh → Pelle Lindbergh —(Discuss)— This is by far the most commonly used name for this person. The article was originally created under "Pelle", but was recently moved and cannot be simply moved back. Andrwsc 17:26, 12 February 2007 (UTC) —Andrwsc 17:26, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

• Template:Rugger → Template:Infobox Rugby biography —(Discuss)— Consistency with {{Infobox Football biography}} - that format is both more professional and more descriptive of what use the template is to be utilised. —robwingfield ^«T•C» 13:28, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

• Pasteurization → Pasteurisation —(Discuss)— upon consultation with many International English dictionaries (-ization is an Americanism). Please look to move the page as soon as possible, as one person (in favour of all Americanisms, obviously) opposes it for some reason. Pasteurisation is the term used in most English speaking countries. -Auroranorth 11:06, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

• Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta → Sovereign Military Order of Malta —(Discuss)— There is no need to use the full formal name of the order as the title of the page - it's far too unwieldly. Sovereign Military Order of Malta (with the corresponding acronym, SMOM) is the usual everyday name of the organisation in English. —Kwekubo 01:07, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Backlog

Move dated sections here after five days have passed.

11 February 2007

• Reggaetón → Reggaeton —(Discuss)— The word Reggaeton is a hybrid word used by Spanish and English speakers, because it is not purely a Spanish word (borrowing the non Spanish word reggae), it does not adhere to the same rules of spelling and grammar as other Spanish words. Throughout the history of this genre, less than one percent of Reggaeton music CDs use an accent on this word, subsequently this wiki article's title had not been changed in years. One particular user erroneously moved the page, the consensus on the discussion pages for both The Spanish Wiki (where the contributor has had his edite reversed multiple times by a number of established contributors) and The English Wiki is to retain the original title of the page, which is free of an accent mark. Only one user in wikipedia's history has attempted to retitle this page, and the majority of contributors to the discussion have provided facts of why it shouldn't have been renamed. I can't move it myself on en.wikipedia because I need an admin to first remove the old "reggaeton" page so that Reggaetón can be moved. But the fact that the page had been unchanged for years and that most agree it shouldn't be changed is support enough, I can't call this an unctroversial move only because one sole contributor continues to erroneously argue for its renaming —TacoPimp 13:42, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Relisted since no discussion area was made. —Wknight94 (talk) 20:43, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

• Khosrow Vaziri → Iron Sheik —(Discuss) (or The Iron Sheik)— Vaziri has been known as The Iron Sheik for over 25 years (except for a brief period in 1990-1991 when he was Colonel Mustafa. It's the name he uses when he makes public appearences, including his frequent radio appearences. —TJ Spyke 08:09, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

• Die Entführung aus dem Serail → The Abduction from the Seraglio —(Discuss)— Per WP:UE and Wikipedia:Naming conventions (operas), this title should be in English as it is commonly referred to by an English title in English-speaking countries. —Heimstern Läufer 03:49, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

• Pom-pon → Pompon —(Discuss)— The spelling, according to Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language is "pompon" and is a borrowing of a French word of the same spelling, which in turn derives from a Latin root for "pomp." I've fixed the disambiguation page and its uncited assertion that the word is "often misspelled as 'ponpon.'" The article was originally entitled "Pompon" so there is a redirect now from what the article ought to be called to what it is currently being called. I don't know how to unredirect something. P0M 04:22, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

  Created discussion section on relevant page. --SigPig |^{SEND - OVER} 06:49, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Relisting, as discussion is continuing and seems productive. Kyle Barbour 00:31, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

10 February 2007

• Water Mould → Oomycete —(Discuss)— Oomycete is a more scientific term for the kingdom. The term water mould gives an unrealistic impression of the kingdom, a great many of the species within it are plant pathogens. —a Mentally Efficient Loonies And Nice Insane Elephants creation 16:38, 10 February 2007 (UTC)(a Mentally Efficient Loonies And Nice Insane Elephants creation 16:38, 10 February 2007 (UTC))

• Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport → Winnipeg International Airport —(Discuss)— While this may be the official name, it is certainly not the commonly used name. People won't go around saying "I'm flying into Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International". The official name should be in the article, but not the article title. See WP:NAME. —DB (talk) 16:18, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

• Halifax International Airport → Halifax Stanfield International Airport —(Discuss)— The Airport is no longer called Halifax International Airport, therefore should be called by its new common name. 379hfx 15:41, 10 February 2007 (UTC) Copied in from YHZ talk page since move request was not added by user proposing move —DB (talk) 16:03, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

• 2 + 2 = 5 (song) → 2+2=5 (song) —(Discuss)— I don't see why there should be gaps between the symbols when, as far as I know, there aren't on any tracklistings or covers from Radiohead. —U-Mos 13:42, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

• TNA iMPACT! → TNA Impact! and TNA iMPACT! (video game) → TNA Impact! (video game) —(Discuss)— Per MOS:TM for trademarks to follow standard English text formatting and capitalization rules. —Aaru Bui ^DII 04:40, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
  • I object. TJ Spyke 05:30, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
    • Do you disagree with WP:MOSTM, or disagree that it applies here, or... on what grounds do you object? -GTBacchus^(talk) 08:41, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
      • I disagree that it applies here. TJ Spyke 08:52, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
        • Moved from uncontroversial; I'll set up the talk page stuff. -GTBacchus^(talk) 09:19, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
          • I've merged the two related requests, as I think we would all agree that both articles should be treated the same. -GTBacchus^(talk) 00:20, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

• List of wizards in fantasy → Wizard (fantasy) —(Discuss)— "List of wizards in fantasy" originally was "Wizard (fantasy)"; a Wikipedian nominated it for deletion, the decision was "keep" to maintain the edit history, and the Wikipedian then did an end run about the deletion process by moving it and then creating a new "Wizard (fantasy)" without its edit history —Goldfritha 02:53, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

• Could someone else please review this? I honestly can't make heads or tails of where about three different articles belong in the course of redirects, moves, and an AfD. I need a more experienced eye; I've been trying to figure this out for a couple days. Teke ^(talk) 06:45, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

• As yet, no consensus has been reached about what to do, and it doesn't look like the discussions have yet finished. There is some complex history merging and tidying up to do once a decision is attained about where the page ought to be. Proto::► 12:30, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

• • Relisting. --Woohookitty^Woohoo! 09:15, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

• Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune → Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun —(Discuss)— This article was moved from the English title to the French title in April 2006. The users supporting this move seem to have largely ignored WP:UE, so I felt it was worth having another look at this. —Heimstern Läufer 07:43, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

9 February 2007

• Suzumiya Haruhi (series) → Haruhi Suzumiya (light novel series) —(Discuss)— To conform with the Japanese Manual of Style and the rest of Wikipedia (which uses Haruhi Suzumiya in place of Suzumiya Haruhi), and to distinguish the focus of the article (as opposed to the anime or audio dramas). Please see the talk page for more. —Ppk01 23:18, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

• Sudden Oak Death → Phytophthora ramorum —(Discuss)— The page is mostly about the pathogen itself, that causes disease on many more host planst than just oaks. —a Mentally Efficient Loonies And Nice Insane Elephants creation 13:41, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

• The Cruise (film) → Rejs —(Discuss)— The film is better known by it's native title, it is referred to this way at IMDB, All Movie Guide (which does not mention English translated title) in several places within Wikipedia, and this avoids ambiguity with the English language film also titled "The Cruise" which is likely to be more familiar to English readers. Even the graphic art provided in the article does not refer to the title "The Cruise." —zadignose 07:17, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

• Go: The Very Best of Moby → Go - the very best of Moby - (Discuss)-The website addresses the CD exclusively by the proposed name. --Evil Eccentric 00:37, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

8 February 2007

• R. B. Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett → R. B. Bennett — He is not referred to by his title, which he received only after vanishing from Canadian public life. I attempted to get a consensus on the talk page, but there was no reply. See: relevent comments here —Bobanny 19:40, 8 February 2007 (UTC) Bobanny 19:40, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
  • If true, WP:NC (names and titles) would support this move. This is a question of fact. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 03:05, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
• Alexandra Georgievna of Greece and Denmark → Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia —(Discuss)— Bizarre naming which does not comply with any known rule, request move —Gryffindor 18:24, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

• László Bíró → Ladislao Biro —(Discuss)— Redirect with history prevents move to proper Argentinian name for Argentinian inventor, who was already there by the time he became notable, and remained there till his death. He is also best known in English as Ladislao Biro or Ladislo Biro, which doesn't even have a redirect. Was earlier improperly moved, unreferenced and without discussion, from Laszlo Biro to László Bíró. —Gene Nygaard 14:10, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

• Children's Machine → One Laptop Per Child —(Discuss)— Damn! I lost all I wrote when my browser crashed! Sigh...there's no way I'll convince you all to vote with me on this one now. :( Anyway, I was proposing that Children's Machine be moved to One Laptop Per Child with a section on the laptop, and a section on the project. I attended linux.conf.au and went to a few talks about OLPC (done by Chris Blizzard and Jim Gettys) and not once did I hear the phrase "Children's Machine". Don't take my word for it. Watch the videos. I'm sick of rewriting this, it was about 4 times as long before it crashed. /quit —— JeremyTalk 09:10, 8 February 2007 (UTC)