Wikipedia:Requested moves

For requested mergers, see Wikipedia:Proposed mergers. For removals, see Wikipedia:Guide to deletion. For page history mergers, see Wikipedia:Cut and paste move repair holding pen. For media restoration, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Media Restoration.

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 requests

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 reasonable 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 relist it in the #Incomplete and contested proposals section below.

• Far east movement → Far*East Movement — proper name for this group — Andrewlp1991 (talk) 21:38, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Incomplete and contested proposals

With the exception of a brief description of the problem or objection to the move proposal, please do not discuss move proposals here. If you support an incomplete or contested move proposal, please consider following the instructions above to complete the proposal, and move it to the "Other proposals" section below under the current date. Proposals that remain incomplete after five days will be removed.

Other proposals

12 March 2009

• Kinesio tape → Kinesio Tape —(Discuss)— Change in order to adhere to trademark laws through proper application of the name. KinesioTaping (talk)--KinesioTaping (talk) 22:26, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

• Diomed → Diomed (disambiguation) (Discuss) — This page redirects to a racehorse named after the Greek hero, rather than having the page redirect forthwith to the page of Diomed (or Diomedes), the Greek hero. --Ambrosiaster (talk) 21:47, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

• Kinesio tape → Kinesio® Tape —(Discuss)— Change in order to adhere to trademark laws. KinesioTaping (talk) 17:43, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

• Mama (Connie Francis song) → Mama (1941 song) —(Discuss)— Convention of older songs on wikipedia seem to follow this format for popular songs without an original definitive performance. Normally, the artist who covers the song, even if it may be the most well known version, does not get the disambiguation tag following the title. --Wolfer68 (talk) 17:43, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

• Electrocardiogram → Electrocardiography —(Discuss)— To be consistent with EEG, EMG, EOG, ERG and any others. Discussed in 2005 and 2007 but seems like nobody did anything about it. --83.146.15.165 (talk) 17:21, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

• PHP Extension and Application Repository → PEAR —(Discuss)— It is better recognised as PEAR, not the full name. --Hm2k (talk) 17:05, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

• Primum movens → First Cause —(Discuss)— Use English name rather than Latin name --Richard (talk) 15:57, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

• Communitychannel → Natalie Tran —(Discuss)— Consistency with naming conventions used for other notable YouTubers --Radagast3 (talk) 08:06, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

• The First Church of Christ, Scientist (Boston, Massachusetts) → The First Church of Christ, Scientist — (Discuss) — Unnecessary dab, latter redirects to former. As the article states, this is the only building with this name, so dab is unneeded. — —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:56, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

• Electro rock → Electronic rock —(Discuss)— Commonly used name. Most articles that link here seem to use electronic rock over electro rock. Zazaban (talk) 01:36, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

11 March 2009

• Rock-paper-scissors → Rock Paper Scissors —(Discuss)-Official name of the sport, verified by various professional leagues and those in authority. Franklint (talk) 23:40, 11 March 2009 (EST)

• Foreign relations of the Republic of Ireland → Foreign relations of Ireland —(Discuss). Redking7 (talk) 21:49, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

• Pitchfork Media → Pitchfork (website) —(Discuss)— official name appears to have changed both on URL and website itself --Jellypuzzle | ^Talk 19:03, 11 March 2009 (UTC) Jellypuzzle | ^Talk 19:03, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

• Sierra Nevada Stadium → Aces Ballpark —(Discuss)— Change to reflect official name of ballpark --Peavine (talk) 08:09, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

• Littoral Province (Cameroon) → Littoral Province — (Discuss) — Already a redirect. The other two provinces given in the dab header are both spelled "Litoral", so there shouldn't be much grounds for confusion. — Chanheigeorge (talk) 05:14, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

• Commercial trawler → Fishing trawler —(Discuss)— Fishing trawler is the common term, outnumbering Commercial trawler 20 to 1 according to Google --Geronimo20 (talk) 05:59, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

• Dio (disambiguation) → Dio —(Discuss)— No dab page needed. RandySavageFTW (talk) 04:05, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

See also the follow-on discussion at Talk:Dio#Dio or Dio (band)

• Julian the Apostate → Flavius Claudius Julianus —(Discuss)— His name is not Mr. Apostate, Apostate is an extreme and offensive POV, its factual accuracy is disputed, Jewish writers call him 'Julian the Hellene', as per WP:PBUH honourifics etc. violate wikipedia's neutrality policy, as per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (people) name stylings should not be used, as per Wikipedia:Naming conflict wikipedians should not seek to determine who is "right" or "wrong" nor to attempt to impose a particular name for POV reasons, and where articles have descriptive names, the given name must be neutrally worded and must not carry POV implications --Clinkophonist (talk) 00:48, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

10 March 2009

• Special Relationship (United States-United Kingdom) → Special Relationship —(Discuss)— In English, the phrase 'Special Relationship' is by far most frequently used to mean the US-UK partnership. --Philip Stevens (talk) 22:10, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

• Relativity (M. C. Escher) → Relativity (M.C. Escher) —(Discuss)— The article on the artist is M.C. Escher, and it seems that "M.C." is most commonly written without spaces. I suggest moving any related article titles for consistency. --Dromioofephesus (talk) 17:07, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
  • Tower of Babel (M. C. Escher) → Tower of Babel (M.C. Escher)
  • The Bridge (M. C. Escher) → The Bridge (M.C. Escher)
  • Another World (M. C. Escher) → Another World (M.C. Escher)
  • Dolphins (M. C. Escher) → Dolphins (M.C. Escher)
  • Stars (M. C. Escher) → Stars (M.C. Escher)
  • M. C. Escher's legacy → M.C. Escher's legacy
  • Gravitation (M. C. Escher) → Gravitation (M.C. Escher)
  • Puddle (M. C. Escher) → Puddle (M.C. Escher)
  • Reptiles (M. C. Escher) → Reptiles (M.C. Escher)
  • Castrovalva (M. C. Escher) → Castrovalva (M.C. Escher)
  • Belvedere (M. C. Escher) → Belvedere (M.C. Escher)
  • M. C. Escher in popular culture → M.C. Escher in popular culture
  • Waterfall (M. C. Escher) → Waterfall (M.C. Escher)

• Telecommunications in Bosnia and Herzegovina → Communications in Bosnia and Herzegovina —(Discuss)— Every country uses Communications not Telecommunications. --PRODUCER (talk) 16:57, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

• M10 Wolverine → M10 Tank Destroyer —(Discuss)— 1. Page was renamed 'M10 Tank Destroyer' on 22 Aug 2008 after discussion; no objections resulted; name was then reverted in Feb 09 with no discussion; 2. 'Wolverine is not the most common name in use today. 3. 'Wolverine' appears in no US Army source. 4. 'Wolverine' is not the most common British name either. 4. This is a US vehicle and was called an "M10", "TD", or "tank destroyer" by US troops. 5. It is virtually universally referred to as an M10 or M10 tank destroyer in US documents both during WW2 and today, except when the official designation "3" gun motor carriage M10" was used. 6. Most published sources (in-progress list on the talk page) , including British ones, use the term 'M10' or 'M10 tank destroyer' almost universally. Thus the *best* argument favoring 'wolverine' is that is may have been used occasionally by British sources. That's hardly a good reason to name the article. Usage of 'wolverine' is arbitrary. --DMorpheus (talk) 01:35, 10 March 2009 (UTC) DMorpheus (talk) 01:35, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Consensus exists on talk page for this move now. DMorpheus (talk) 17:25, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

• Government Houses of Canada → Government Houses in Canada —(Discuss)— They are in Canada's territory but were not (all) created for the Canadian government. ----Kevlar (talk • contribs) 00:24, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

9 March 2009

• Kirnitzsch Valley railway → Kirnitzschtal tram —(Discuss)— The current name is not in common English usage, but rather a translated version of a decomposition of the German name. It might be what the Google language tools thinks is reasonable, but to a real native English speaker (me) it just looks silly. --Starbois (talk) 14:45, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
  • Changed move target from Kirnitzschtalbahn to Kirnitzschtal tram in line with a consensus developing at the talk page. -- Starbois (talk) 11:42, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

• Heung Jin Moon → Unification Church beliefs about Heung Jin Moon —(Discuss)— article provides no pre-mortem information about Heung Jin Moon. After a short discussion of his death it concentrates on (i) UC doctrine about the significance of his death & (ii) claims of channeling of him from beyond the grave. As such, the article is not about Heung Jin Moon the person, but about UC beliefs about him. It is also intended that Black Heung Jin Nim be merged into this renamed article. --Hrafn^Talk_Stalk(P) 09:56, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
• Ineligibility Clause → Emoluments Clause —(Discuss)— the old name is only used by a minority of writers and the new name is much more common --Ferrylodge (talk) 06:02, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

• Che Guevara (photo) → Guerrillero Heroico —(Discuss)— This is the famous Albert Korda photogragh of Che Guevara that everybody has seen. As with any other wikipedia article about a work of art it makes sense for the article's title to be the title of the artwork, which is "Guerrillero Heroico," not "Che Guevara." "Guerillero Heroico" is probably the most common name for this photo in English-language sources. It's how wikipedia's own Che Guevara article refers to it, for instance. More discussion is on the talk page. --70.20.106.127 (talk) 02:48, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

8 March 2009

• List of Quebec national parks → List of parks in Quebec — (Discuss) — All other articles listing parks within a Canadian province or territory now conform to the naming convention "List of parks in x". There is no reason for the Quebec article to vary from this naming convention. As is stated on the article, the word "national" refers to parks regulated by either the country or the province, therefore the word "national" is an unnecessary qualifier. Neelix (talk) 22:09, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

• Kanger → Kangri —(Discuss)— Although I believe the article author that kanger is the correct Kashmiri name for this, the vast majority of English-language sources use the name kangri, so, per WP:MOSNAME that should be the title. The page Kangri is currently a redirect to Kangri language, so as a non-admin I can't perform the move myself. --Phil Bridger (talk) 19:36, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

• 1995 NATO bombing of Bosnia and Herzegovina → Operation Deliberate Force —(Discuss)— The current title is confusing and inaccurate, it should be moved to a more precise term. --Cool3 (talk) 14:51, 8 March 2009 (UTC) Cool3 (talk) 14:51, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

• Phillip Hughes (cricketer) → Phillip Hughes — (Discuss) — He's the only Phillip Hughes with a double L, already a hatnote in place linking to the single L disambiguation page — Jpeeling (talk) 12:03, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

• HMV → His Master's Voice —(Discuss)— This article is about the famous painting/trademark, known as "His Master's Voice". A search on Google returned 22,700,000 results for "his masters voice" (including results with the apostrophe (') in "masters") compared to only 19,100,000 results for "hmv" (many/most, if not all of which were referring to the retail chain, not the trademark). This should make it clear that "His Master's Voice" is the most common name referring to the painting/trademark, while "HMV" usually referrs to the music retail chain. If you want this article to be named "HMV", then please find a reliable source to back it up that is not just a mirror of the Wikipedia article. Also, the HMV Group logo should be removed from the top of the article as that more represents the retail company than it does the painting. Instead, one of the images in the Nipper article should replace it, in fact we really should just merge this article into Nipper, as that article already describes much of what this article describes. And besides, we should introduce articles by their full name, not by their acronym. --[|Retro00064 | (talk/contribs) |] 08:52, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

• LNI → Ligue nationale d'improvisation —(Discuss)— We must introduce articles by its full name, not by its acronym. --Jimmy Lavoie^talk 03:18, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

7 March 2009

• die tageszeitung → Die Tageszeitung —(Discuss)— Per WP:MOSTM ("Trademarks rendered without any capitals are always capitalized.") --— AjaxSmack 23:55, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

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