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.

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

28 April 2009

• Wikipedia:Controversial articles → Wikipedia:Controversial issues — (Discuss) There are very few instances where the controversy in question does not spill over into more than one article. Lucian Sunday (talk) 18:03, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

• Miller Park (Milwaukee) → Miller Park — (Discuss) — Miller Park already redirects to this page. — TJ Spyke 20:37, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
  • The redirect was an apparently results of an undiscussed copy-paste move of the disambiguation page. Correction, there was some more or less inconclusive discussion at Talk:Miller_Park_(Milwaukee)#Page_move. older ≠ wiser 21:00, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

• Swift Current, Saskatchewan → Swift Current —(Discuss)— This article is title will be move to the name Swift Current, I check the disambiguation page on titled Swift Current (disambiguation) and I see the link to the city's article, but this title is to match the Canadian city related titles without the province name. For example Saskatoon, Yorkton, North Battleford, Moose Jaw and Estevan have titles already and this is one of the fewest and biggest cities in Saskatchewan. --Steam5 (talk) 03:07, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

• Charles Elliot Allen → Ellie Allen —(Discuss)— Original name of the article until it was moved without a reason. --Canuck85 (talk) 02:30, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

27 April 2009

• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (film) → Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas —(Discuss)— Actual name, as used in article — —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 00:14, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
• Champ Car → C.A.R.T. —(Discuss)— The article is about the American open wheel racing series, formerly known as both C.A.R.T. and Champ Car. However, for 24 years of the competitions 28 year lifespan, it was known as C.A.R.T. hence I belive this is the name that should be used for the article --ManfromDelmonte (talk) 22:34, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

• Yarlung Zangbo River → Yarlung Tsangpo River —(Discuss)— restore more common name in English language sources --Bejnar (talk) 20:06, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

• Yeats (disambiguation) → Yeats —(Discuss)— Yeats would not appear to have a primary page for the page name, and Yeats is currently a redirect to one of the names on the list. The dab page was moved without discussion February 2008. I would like a discussion on the page name, in case there is any controversy about the page name. --Snowman (talk) 19:00, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

• Bandbox Plot → Early 18th Century Whig Plots- The latter is a prospective larger article including other Whig assasination plots, such as the Screw Plot. --amenager 11:46, 27 April 2009
  • This is a merge request, not a move request. — AjaxSmack 00:46, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

• Poorkaalam → Porkkalam —(Discuss)— The latter is the correct anglicized spelling of the film title --Johannes003 (talk) 15:14, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

• African immigrants to the United States → Africans in the United States —(Discuss)— clarification --Yellowfiver (talk) 06:26, 27 April 2009 (UTC) --Yellowfiver (talk) 06:26, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

26 April 2009

• SourceForge.net → SourceForge —(Discuss)— Move over redirect. The website/service should be by far the primary target for this term. --Ham Pastrami (talk) 21:12, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

• Fedora (hat) → Fedora —(Discuss)— move back over redirect to Fedora (operating system); the latter is derivative of the hat and is hardly well-known outside the field --Mangoe (talk) 21:09, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

• Brooklyn Art Galleries → Wagmag —(Discuss)— Stub article, was prod, but if it turns into anything it seems it will be the magazine not about art galleries in general --SimonTrew (talk) 14:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

• Abbey Business Stadium → Whaddon Road —(Discuss)— Stadium's common name. --Dancarney (talk) 14:02, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

• Console role-playing game → Japanese Role-Playing Game (video game genre) — (Discuss) — The title for this page seems to be drawn from a single article[1] dealing with the history of RPGs on consoles rather than Console Role-Playing game as a genre, making the the title for the article original research or at least the non-dominant descriptor for the genre. I believe that Japanese Role-Playing game is the standard term used to describe the genre and I have found it used by the following: IGN[2][3], Gamespot (CRPG vs JRPG), Yusuke Naora[4]. and Eurogamer[5]. This may also require that the current Japanese role-playing game page have (tabletop) added to the end of it's name. UncannyGarlic (talk) 09:23, 26 April 2009 (UTC) Fixed links UncannyGarlic (talk) 10:24, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

• Canada's Worst Driver → Canada's Worst Driver (season 1) — (Discuss) — People are most likely searching for the franchise/series, or the latest season, and not season 1 — 76.66.196.218 (talk) 09:20, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

• Canada's Worst Handyman → Canada's Worst Handyman (season 1) — (Discuss) — People are most likely searching for the franchise/series, or the latest season, and not season 1 — 76.66.196.218 (talk) 09:20, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

• Shamrock (Irish symbol) → Shamrock —(Discuss)— Shamrock was recently made to redirect to clover, even though What links to "Shamrock" is a bunch of articles about the shamrock as a symbol of Ireland, not the clover plant. I've made the redirect point back to the symbol article, but the symbol should be the base, not the redirect. --jnestorius^(talk) 10:19, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

• 99X (Atlanta) → WWWQ-HD2 — (Discuss) — Per WP:WPRS, this article needs to be renamed based on its call letters. Since it is simultaneously broadcasting at W250BC and WWWQ-HD2, and translators cannot have separate articles, WWWQ-HD2 should be the correct naming. In addition, the signal originates at WWWQ-HD2, and is simply translated to terrestrial radio, so the former is a more logical name choice. Finally, the article meets notability requirements, so a separate article is necessary. --Evil Eccentric (talk) 05:11, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

25 April 2009

• Jeremy Caniglia → Caniglia — (Discuss) — I am trying to have Caniglia's article redirected back to its original form on April 16, 2009. Jeremy Caniglia is Caniglia and is known by the moniker Caniglia. The page was redirected by a person named Vitellia. Vitellia stated that Maria Caniglia was a more notable Caniglia. While this is just a matter of opinion, the fact is Jeremy Caniglia signs all artwork and book publications by just his Moniker Caniglia. Maria Caniglia does not. This change has caused all of Caniglia's link's to load to Maria Caniglia. In regards to the art world and Museums they know Caniglia is Jeremy Caniglia and not Maria Caniglia. I am just trying to put the page back to its original state. Any help you can give in the matter would be greatly appreciated. thank you Jacqui 22:06, 25 April 2009 User:Caniglia

• Red Bull New York → New York Red Bulls —(Discuss)— Per WP:NC(CN) the most common name for a subject is what should be used as the article title. In this case the common name for the team is New York Red Bulls. Red Bull New York is the name of the entity that owns and operates the team and the subject of the article covers the history of the team from before RBNY purchased the team (or even existed for that matter). The first sentence of the article even says that the team's name is New York Red Bulls. A google search for "New York Red Bulls" returns 850,000 hits, while a search for "Red Bull New York" returns only 102,000. I think and 8 to 1 google hit ration is a pretty good indicator that NYRB is the common name for the team, not RBNY. --Bobblehead ^(rants) 17:06, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
• Calimocho → Kalimotxo —(Discuss)— Calimocho is correct for the Spanish Language Wikipedia, but for the English Language Wikipedia the original (Basque) ortography should be used. The Discussion page is stuck. --81.39.4.107 (talk) 14:40, 25 April 2009 (UTC) --81.39.4.107 (talk) 14:40, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

• The United States at the Rugby World Cup → United States at the Rugby World Cup —(Discuss)— Should be moved to avoid unnecessary "The" at the start of the article title - see Wikipedia:Naming conventions (definite and indefinite articles at beginning of name), and examples like United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics. — sjorford++ 13:53, 25 April 2009 (UTC) --— sjorford++ 13:53, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

• Tang hu lu → Tanghulu —(Discuss)— Per WP:COMMONNAME; discussion and evidence presented at Talk:Tang hu lu indicates that the most commonly used romanization for this item is the single word "tanghulu" rather than "tang hu lu." --Badagnani (talk) 04:17, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

• Luqman (person) → Luqman —(Discuss)— Lokman and Luqman (sura) have been merged in (and these can be deleted), and this is the primary topic of "Luqman". --Wilhelm_meis (talk) 01:21, 25 April 2009 (UTC) Wilhelm_meis (talk) 01:21, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

24 April 2009

• Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences → Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences —(Discuss)— Current title is controversial, not NPOV, explicitly avoided and spoken against by the people who award the prize. The new proposed name is less popular in Google but only by about 30%. WP:NC suggests WP:NPOV should be followed before "common usage" guidelines are followed. --kittyKAY4 (talk) 20:49, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

• Ravanica Monastery → Ravanica —(Discuss)— There is nothing else called Ravanica, but the monastery. --Vanjagenije (talk) 20:22, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

• Makedoniya (newspaper) → Makedonia (Bulgarian newspaper) —(Discuss)— per official Bulgarian transliteration -- Andreas  ^(T) 14:52, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

• Kevin McDonald → Kevin McDonald (comedian) —(Discuss)— No evidence he fulfils WP:PRIME. Disambiguation page should move there, requiring comedian's article to be renamed first --Dweller (talk) 11:34, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

• Ali Beg Shabanagaj → Ali-paša Šabanagić —(Discuss)— He is much more known for its Montenegrin name, this was original name of the article, it was moved without discussion. --Tadija (talk) 09:52, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

• Maillot blanc → White jersey —(Discuss) — Per yellow jersey, green jersey, and polka dot jersey. Maillot jaune, maillot vert, and maillot à pois rouges are redirects to the English titles, not the other way around. This is not the French Wikipedia. --Don't fall asleep ^zzzzzz 08:22, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

• Helsinki Business Polytechnic (Helia) → Haaga-Helia University Of Applied Sciences —(Discuss)— The University has permanently changed its name, so the Wiki page should reflect this --k33l0r (talk) 07:43, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

• Isuzu Amigo → Isuzu MU — (Discuss) — per Wikipedia:WikiProject Automobiles/Conventions, "Article titles shall bear the name used in the original market by the original manufacturer or marketer, regardless of sales. So a car designed in Japan primarily for the United States market would bear the name used in Japan." Since the Isuzu MU is a Japanese car, the "Isuzu MU" name should be used in-line with all other articles. OSX (talk • contributions) 02:15, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

• Secure by design → Security by design —(Discuss)— Name would be in line with Security through obscurity --Waiwai933 (talk) 04:38, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

• Literature of the Philippines → Philippine Literature —(Discuss)— Manual of style on other literature pages (See British Literature, American Literature, Chinese Literature) --Shadowjams (talk) 04:19, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

• Goodbye Girl → Goodbye Girl (song) —(Discuss)— Song is no more notable than anything else on the disambiguation page --Oldag07 (talk) 03:33, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

23 April 2009

• Ace Of Aces → List of ace of aces —(Discuss)— to clearly distinguish from Ace of Aces. I don't think that the capitalization of single letter should be used for disambiguation --MisterBee1966 (talk) 19:31, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

• Steve Price (rugby) → Steve Price —(Discuss)— return to name that was used before a un-discussed move yesterday, most pages linking to Steve Price refer to the rugby league player --Mattlore (talk) 09:27, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

• NBA Live 2010 → NBA Live 10 — (Discuss) — This is the title that the game is known under. Ice (talk) 01:44, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

• The Killers (band) → The Killers —(Discuss)— Pageview statistics show that this article is the primary usage for the search term, with 7000-8000 views per day, compared to the next highest on the dab page, Killers (Iron Maiden album) at only 700-800 per day. --ƒingers^on_Roids 01:16, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Backlog

Move dated sections here after five days have passed (May 28 or older).

• Nuclear program of Iran → Nuclear power in Iran —(Discuss)— This article started out as an article about Iran's attempt to obtain nuclear weapons, but long ago was split into a separate article, as the hatnote states, about "Iran's nuclear power program". All of the Nuclear power in Country articles should be named consistently, and it is POV to separate Iran (and North Korea) from all of the rest. --199.125.109.135 (talk) 04:53, 20 April 2009 (UTC)