Wikipedia:Requested moves

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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.
• 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 proposals here that are clearly uncontroversial but require administrator help to complete (for example, spelling and capitalization fixes). Do not list a proposed page move in this section if there is any possibility that it could be opposed by anyone. Please list new requests at the bottom of the list in this section and use {{subst:RMassist|Old page name|Requested name|Reason for move}} rather than copying previous entries. The template will automatically include your signature. No edits to the article's talk page are required.

If you object to a proposal listed here, please re-list it in the #Incomplete and contested proposals section below.

• Charles Speilberger → Charles Spielberger —(Discuss)— This is the correct spelling of the name but the page cannot be moved because of a REDIRECT --—Mattisse (Talk) 16:22, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
  • Moved here from below. — AjaxSmack 01:43, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Incomplete and contested proposals

With the exception of a brief description of the problem or objection to the move request, please do not discuss move requests here. If you support an incomplete or contested move request, please consider following the instructions above to create a full move request, and move the discussion to the "Other Proposals" section below. Requests that remain incomplete after five days will be removed.

• Pakul → Pakol — This is the correct spelling and most common spelling as per Google search results. — NisarPakistani (talk) 02:52, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
  • If this is uncontroversial, we need more evidence than just google search results, which include many unrelated results. 87.115.19.244 (talk) 08:57, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

• POWERade → Powerade — Fix capitalisation of trademark per WP:MOSNAME. — Richmeister_talk 18:25, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
  • Incomplete. JPG-GR (talk) 18:51, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

• Le Cœur a ses raisons → Le cœur a ses raisons - according to typographical conventions of titles in French (see fr:WP:CT), nouns after an initial Le, La or Les should be capitalized, except if the title is a full sentence, which is the case here. Mro (talk) 06:52, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
  • Incomplete. JPG-GR (talk) 00:27, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

• La Forza → Laforza — correct name --82.55.86.218 (talk) 13:53, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
  • Incomplete. 81.98.251.134 (talk) 14:26, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

• The Wire (disambiguation) → The Wire — There are multiple articles that could all be called "The Wire" -- requiring disambiguation. About a year ago someone went through the steps of conducting a survey over whether one of those pages -- one about an American TV show, deserved pride of place, and that the disambiguation page should be moved form "The Wire" to "The Wire (disambiguation)". Only one respondent favored this move. So the move didn't happen in 2007. But in September 2008 someone initiated this move, without addressing the earlier poll, or initiating a discussion on the other page. I am listing this request under uncontroversial proposals because it would be reversing a move that did not follow policy. Here is the earlier poll those involved in the recent move ignored. Talk:The Wire#Requested_move. Geo Swan (talk) 19:11, 30 October 2008 (UTC) — Geo Swan (talk) 19:11, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
  • Mightn't it be best to discuss it properly now, rather than quickly reverting? A year has passed since the previous discussion, after all. And over a month has passed since the page was moved, without anyone objecting. 87.113.104.135 (talk) 20:43, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
    • I suggest the simplest thing would be for non-compliant move be reversed, and if someone thinks the consensus has changed, those who want the local American show to have pride of place can conduct a new poll. This has the great advantage of not rewarding a lapse from policy. Geo Swan (talk) 14:41, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
  • I boldly moved the page a month ago because it seemed clear to me that the show was the overwhelming most likely target of our readers. We don't point people to disambiguation pages just because there are alternate pages that might be the desired destination. A good example of this is Rome or Evolution. The best way to handle articles like these is to put a link to the disambiguation page from the top of the primary destination. So the only question here in my opinion is if the TV show is, in fact, the primary destination. I am happy to discuss that, and will do so on the talk page of the article. The fact that nobody cared for a month in my opinion is evidence that I made the correct judgment call. Since I'm an admin, I will happily move it back if there is a consensus to do so on the talk page. -- ☑ SamuelWantman 08:55, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Other proposals

4 November 2008

• Bombing of Darwin (February 1942) → Bombing of Darwin —(Discuss)— Later redirects to former, no reason for a separate article about one bombing instead of one article about all bombings of Darwin. Article already mentions all bombings. --199.125.109.107 (talk) 05:31, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

• WirtschaftsWoche → Wirtschaftswoche —(Discuss)— see de:Wirtschaftswoche. --Kolja21 (talk) 05:03, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

• Liquidus temperature → Liquidus —(Discuss)— The current title is unusual (and a Google search backs that up), because it is not just one temperature (like 70K) but rather a temperature curve representing a phase boundary. See also solidus (chemistry). --Srnec (talk) 03:39, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

• Derek John Claremont Jones → Derek Jones —(Discuss)— Wikipedia prefers the standard format <First name> <Last name> for consistency and ease of location. There is no confusion with this title as there are no similarly-named articles. WWGB (talk) 01:26, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
• Anna of Swidnica → Anna von Schweidnitz —(Discuss)— Old name is almost unknown, new name is well-sourced in English -- Matthead  Discuß   01:54, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

3 November 2008

• Monadnock → Inselberg —(Discuss) - Inselberg, is the more common term, used in geology courses the world over, including the United States.132.160.43.101 (talk) 22:32, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

• Jetix (Romania & Russia) → Jetix Central and Eastern Europe —(Discuss)— I propose that this page is moved to "Jetix Central and Eastern Europe". The main reason for this is because this channel is listed so in the Eutelsat channel list, and also because it is not only intended for Romania and Russia, but also for Bulgaria. --Mégara (Мегъра) - D. G. Mavrov (talk) 20:01, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

• Banality of Evil → Banality of evil —(Discuss)— The phrase isn't usually capitalized. I doubt this move is controversial but I'm playing it safe. --BenRG (talk) 14:52, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

• Security belt of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic → ? —(Discuss)— The title is not neutral. The 7 districts of Azerbaijan, which are under control of armed Armenian forces, are generally referred to as occupied territories of Azerbaijan. 4 UN Security Council Resolutions [1] and resolutions of PACE [2] and other international organizations, as well as mass media use the term Occupied territories. But some may see the word "occupied" as non-neutral, and therefore something like Political status of 7 Armenian controlled districts of Azerbaijan or Political status of 7 districts of Azerbaijan, which are under Armenian control might be more acceptable. I see that this is what other similar articles are called, see for example Political status of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Any suggestions of other acceptable titles are welcome. —Grandmaster (talk) 12:48, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

• Vade retro satanas → Vade retro satana —(Discuss)— Someone rashly moved the page "vade retro satana" to "Vade retro satanas". Unfortunately "satanas" here is wrong; "satana" is the correct Latin according to authoritative sites. --Jorge Stolfi (talk) 05:51, 3 November 2008 (UTC) --Jorge Stolfi (talk) 05:51, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

• The University of the Philippines Singing Ambassadors → University of the Philippines Singing Ambassadors —(Discuss)— The article "the" is not significant to the group's name. Even its website refer to them as "UPSA." --Starczamora (talk) 04:08, 3 November 2008 (UTC) Starczamora (talk) 04:08, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

2 November 2008

• Officers' Training Corps → Officer Training Corps —(Discuss)— Correct name --Gaia Octavia Agrippa ^Talk | _Sign 17:09, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

• Raymond Kwok Chow → Raymond Chow (gangster) —(Discuss)— His official name is Raymond Chow. No evidence of him ever being referred to as Raymond Kwok Chow. --Contributor168 (talk) 12:15, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

• Association of Armed Struggle → Union for Armed Struggle —(Discuss)— "Union for..." described in the article's opening as more common than "Association of..."; also, suspect "Association of..." meant to be "Association for..." --Sardanaphalus (talk) 11:09, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

• Brazilian Society for Health Informatics → Brazilian Society of Health Informatics —(Discuss)— They call themselves "of" not "for" according to current president and their registration with IMIA (the meta group for informatics associations --Karl.brown (talk) 05:22, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

1 November 2008

• Mary (mother of Jesus) → Mary —(Discuss)— as per WP:COMMON. Current title is awkward, the word "Mary" is by far most commonly associated with this person. Mary, with nothing else on the end is the common name and there is no other Mary who that could be said of. Thus I propose this move and also suggest that the information currently located at "Mary" be merged with "Mary (disambiguation)". --Victory's Spear (talk) 22:24, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

• Criticism of Objectivism (Ayn Rand) → Criticism of Objectivism —(Discuss)— The "(Ayn Rand)" part of the parent article—Objectivism (Ayn Rand)—is merely a disambiguating qualifier, it is not part of the philosophy's actual name. Subpages are supposed to exclude the disamgiuator (e.g. Seal discography, not Seal (musician) discography; Isotopes of mercury, not Isotopes of mercury (element); List of Dexter episodes, not List of Dexter (TV series) episodes). — Twas Now ( talk • contribs • e-mail ) 19:19, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

• Sir Rupert Clarke, 4th Baronet → Rupert Clarke —(Discuss)— According to the official Standing Council of the Baronetage the succession by Rupert Clarke has not been proven, he is therefore not allowed to use the title (see http://www.baronetage.org/unproven.htm). Therefore it is incorrect to name the page Sir Rupert Clarke, 4th Baronet, it should be Rupert Clarke. Demophon (talk) 07:07, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

31 October 2008

• J. M. G. Le Clézio → Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio —(Discuss)— The full name is internationally known after his winning Nobel Prize and the previous move was closed too soon --Caspian blue 22:50, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

• Adult Contemporary Formats (AC) -> Adult contemporary music —(Discuss)— The new name is what the article has always had, until someone didn't ask whether it would be logical and changed it anyway.Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 21:22, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

• Yue Chinese → Cantonese (language topic) —(Discuss)— Yue Chinese is not a proper name. It is not the commonly used English name for Cantonese. It is only used by few people. It is not familiar to normal English users. Meanwhile it may refer to Cantonese people. See discussion page1 and discussion page 2. --Newzebras (talk) 14:21, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

• Edred of England → Eadred of England —(Discuss)— Britannica and Encarta both spell this king's name "Eadred". --Angus McLellan (Talk) 12:29, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

• Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology → S.M.A.R.T. —(Discuss)— As per WP:NC, "Titles should be brief without being ambiguous" --Hm2k (talk) 10:47, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

• Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women → Minister of Canadian Heritage —(Discuss)— "Minister of Canadian Heritage" has been in use longer, and is the current title as of the latest cabinet shuffle. Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of women can be split off later if necessary. - Gordon Ecker (talk) 06:21, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

• minister of state (Canada) → Minister of State (Canada) —(Discuss)— The proper title capitalizes both Minister and State. Minister of State (Canada) currently redirects to minister of state (Canada). - Gordon Ecker (talk) 06:12, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

• MCG 3- 8- 2 → IC 1838 —(Discuss)— This is the listed name according to SIMBAD [3], and the current name is bad however you look at it. --70.55.86.100 (talk) 05:44, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

• FDGB Pokal → FDGB-Pokal —(Discuss)— As the German Cup is found under DFB-Pokal, following the German name, it would only be logical to use the hyphenated form that is correct in German here as well. --Madcynic (talk) 20:14, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
  • Relisting. JPG-GR (talk) 03:28, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

• Usagi-chan de Cue → Usagi-chan de Cue!! —(Discuss)— Consistency's sake for this one; it's a Japanese title precedented by Amaenaideyo!! and Negima!? on Wikipedia. --Geopgeop (T) 02:08, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

30 October 2008

• Ceradyne BULL → The BULL vehicle —(Discuss)— The Bull vehicle is trademarked by Ideal Innovations (as cited in the article), so it shouldn't be attributed to Ceradyne. If anything, the vehicle should be attributed to Ideal Innovations in the title since they own the vehicle. --Ideal3231 (talk) 20:13, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

• Mezquita de Córdoba→ Great Mosque of Cordoba (Discuss) should be moved to the common English name Great Mosque of Cordoba in accord with WP:NAME policy: Use English words. I don't think this is very controversial, but it requires an administrator (editor?) , I tried to move it but the move was blocked.Historicist (talk) 19:07, 30 October 2008 (UTC)Historicist

• Call girl → Escort —(Discuss)— This Expression is being called for men & women.Elmondo21st (talk) 13:59, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

• History of the Syriac Christians → History of the Assyrian people —(Discuss)— Page needs to be moved back to its original name. The most common name for this group of people in the English language is Assyrian people and not Syriac Christians. MOD moved the page with no discussion. --Chaldean (talk) 11:34, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

29 October 2008

• Terri Schiavo → Terri Schiavo case —(Discuss)—No longer a BLP, as when this was last decided.--Ethics2med (talk) 22:10, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

• Đeravica → Djeravica —(Discuss)— To comply with our naming conventions by limiting ourselves to follow the name or form commonly used in English-language publications. Examples of usage listed in the -still short- talk page. --Ev (talk) 18:36, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

• Milano (racing team) → Scuderia Milano —(Discuss)— better name for the article --DH85868993 (talk) 07:48, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

• Bathroom attendant → Toilet attendant —(Discuss)— Using the word "bathroom" to refer to a toilet is only standard in US English. Using the word "toilet" is unambiguous in any English dialect, and is probably much less confusing for non-native English speakers. --Trxi (talk) 07:05, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Backlog

Move dated sections here after five days have passed (July 7 or older).

• Entertaining Mr Sloane → Entertaining Mr. Sloane —(Discuss)— in compliance with wp:name. current rendering is as used in stylised promotional artwork. --emerson7 22:09, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Oppose: As detailed on the talk page, the current rendering is absolutely not stylistic nor anything to do with the artwork. Proposer has already ignored invitations to consult any of the long list of critical literature on the subject, all of which give the current form, as does the copyright notice and all other references in the work itself. DionysosProteus (talk) 22:44, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

• Khanbaliq → Dadu —(Discuss)— More appropriate name, and most links to "Dadu" refer to this article.--Choulin (talk) 21:15, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

• 2008 South Ossetia war → 2008 Armed conflict in Georgia —(Discuss) — more correct title --Z h o e e (talk) 18:46, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

• List of chess terms → Glossary of chess —(Discuss)— More appropriate name ---- Alan Liefting (talk) - 03:12, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

• Heather (disambiguation) → Heather —(Discuss)— Heather now redirects to Heather (disambiguation), so current name not needed. --Richard New Forest (talk) 14:34, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

• Chair (official) → Chairman —(Discuss)— Article is now well-referenced, and "Chairman" is the preferred term by many references. It was named "Chair" without the benefit of this information. Lou Sander (talk) 19:24, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

• Gadsby (book) → Gadsby (novel) —(Discuss)— per WP naming conventions. (This is not a non-fiction book.) --—Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 15:50, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

• (Discuss) -- There is no primary topic for Plymouth. Given the widely known automobile mark, certainly the small city in England (less than 250,000 in population) currently at Plymouth is not it. The guidelines for naming English cities clearly dictate that "disambiguated place names should go under [[placename, ceremonial county]], so in this case the English city needs to be moved to Plymouth, Devon to make room for the dab page at Plymouth. --Serge (talk) 23:50, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
  • Plymouth (disambiguation) → Plymouth
  • Plymouth → Plymouth, Devon

• Grand Theft Auto Advance → Grand Theft Auto (GBA) —(Discuss)— While the "Advance" does appear on the title screen, every other reference (including the boxart and the link on the publishers site) just call it "Grand Theft Auto". The only time they ever use "Advance" is when they want to clarify that they are talking about this version and not the first GTA or the GBC version. --TJ Spyke 14:33, 23 October 2008 (UTC)