Wikipedia:Requested moves
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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 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:WP:RM2|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
- Voice of the Heart (Carpenters album) → Voice of the Heart — No other uses for Voice of the Heart, but WLink provided on the page leads to a Diana Ross album with no direct correlation to Voice of the Heart. A link saying, "For the album with the song "Voice of the Heart," go to "Take Me Higher," a Diana Ross album. —Cuyler91093 (talk) 23:13, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
- Voice of the Heart points also to Take Me Higher, which is an album which includes a song called "Voice of the Heart". Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:04, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
- Talk:Mazandarani -- The common name in english is Mazanderani. --Ali (talk) 04:16, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
- Incomplete, and Mazandarani gets >10x more Google hits. Dekimasuよ! 05:01, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
- Lists of basic topics, Lists of topics, and List of glossaries were moved to portal space completely out of the blue and without any discussion taking place prior to the move. A discussion is underway at Wikipedia:Lists concernng the apparent contradiction between lists and WP:ASR (the guideline cited as the reason of the move). Please move the lists back to their original locations until it is decided they should be moved from their original locations. Thank you. The Transhumanist 22:10, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
- The main discussion over which namespace they belong in is at Wikipedia talk:Contents. I've asked for help with this issue at dozens of places over the last few months (namespace/list policypages, pumps, mailing list, individual admins, an RfC) without any solid consensus that The Transhumanist agrees with developing. More feedback there would be much appreciated. The other discussion that TT refers to is at Wikipedia talk:Lists#Contradiction between Wikipedia:Lists and Wikipedia:Avoid self-references. --Quiddity (talk) 21:17, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
- I would recommend asking for opinions at the village pump. Dekimasuよ! 07:33, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
- Like I said, I've done that already. Literally asked at 3 policy talkpages, 1 rfc (posted for double-length), the pump (policy), the mailing list wikien-l, and individually asked a few admins. Like dab says, TT is a hard-sell ("filibustering") on whether we have consensus already (I believe that there is: 11 editors (5 of them admins) vs 2 (TT and Phoebe), if counting). Regarding this move, he even posted on ANI (plus 4 other places). If you want to remove this request from this page, that's fine by me (I didn't due to involvement, and instead just added context). If you'd like to help with the discussion too, that'd be even better :) -- Quiddity (talk) 18:52, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
- I apologize for my lack of reading comprehension. I think what happened is that I noticed the move request from mainspace to portal space for the mathematics topics in the backlog below, and I believed that discussion there should be superceded by the outcome of this one... but looking through the linked talk pages, it didn't appear that discussion was ongoing, or that a conclusion was reached, so I typed a generic suggestion without examining things further. Dekimasuよ! 04:43, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
- Lists of mathematics topics → Portal:Mathematics/Lists - decision of the closing admin overturned by a party involved in the survey, see Talk:Lists of mathematics topics#No consensus at all was reached on this move. This is bogus. Asking that (another?) closing admin / uninvolved party reviews the situation, and for instance:
- Confirms the move back to its original place, in which case the rationale on top of the closed poll should be ammended;
- -or- undoes the overturning of the closing admin's decision;
- -or- re-opens the poll, seen the fact that I tried to get more mathematics people involved only yesterday (see Portal_talk:Mathematics#Stalled_move_request and Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Mathematics#Stalled_move_request)
- -or- ... (whatever seems best) --Francis Schonken (talk) 08:56, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
- This should probably be negotiated through the admin who closed the request, but let us know if you're having trouble with that. Dekimasuよ! 10:14, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
- A mass move proposal is being discussed at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#Rank articles: capitalization of title. Fram 14:15, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
Other proposals
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- Wikipedia:Reliable sources → Wikipedia:Verifiability/Reliable sources —(Discuss)— giving SV's idea ("If we move it to a subpage of V, it'll be easier to harmonize them, yet we don't lose the RS concept or title")[1] proper treatment. —Francis Schonken (talk) 08:37, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
- 1550-1600 in Western European fashion → 1550-1600 in fashion —(Discuss)— This page was moved without consensus or discussion. I am proposing that we move it back. The new name does not improve users' ability to find the page and causes complexity in maintaining naming consistency with other articles in the extended series, which do cover fashion outside of Europe beginning in the Colonial period. —PKM (talk) 23:23, 24 November 2007 (UTC) - PKM (talk) 23:23, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
- We have support from the person who made the change to undo it, but I believe this will take an admin to undo. - PKM (talk) 02:30, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
- Waterson → Colin Waterson —(Discuss)— other notable people called Waterson —JBellis (talk) 20:58, 24 November 2007 (UTC) --JBellis (talk) 20:58, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
- Book of Abraham → Criticism of the Book of Abraham —(Discuss)— The current article has been flagged for not meeting the NPOV criteria. Other Wiki articles on religious texts that meet the NPOV citeria do not contain critical commentary on their subject matter. For example; see Koran and Bardo Thodol —DWmFrancis (talk) 18:32, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
- Li Wei (disambiguation) → Li Wei —(Discuss)— proper disambiguation page naming —Neo-Jay (talk) 15:13, 24 November 2007 (UTC).--Neo-Jay (talk) 15:13, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
- Florida Cottonmouth → Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti —(Discuss)— Consistency. All other articles in this series on viperid snakes have scientific name titles. This is the one exception. --Jwinius (talk) 12:16, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
- Carloman I of the Franks → Carloman I —(Discuss)— Consistency. No other Frankish kings are disambiguated with "of the Franks." There is no need. There is no other "Carloman I" that I am aware of. —Srnec (talk) 04:57, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
- Hypsizygus tessellatus → Shimeji —(Discuss)— At least there are three kinds of shimeji mushrooms and they have different scientific names —Jjok (talk) 00:09, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
- Comic Relief (charity) → Comic Relief —(Discuss)— This page was recently moved from Comic Relief, on the highly unlikely grounds that someone searching for the term "comic relief" might enter the second word capitalized. The redirect was then changed to point to the term "comic relief" so a non-admin move to revert the change is not possible. —Tony Sidaway 20:36, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
- Midlothian (UK Parliament constituency) (1708-1918) → Edinburghshire (UK Parliament constituency) —(Discuss)— Edinburghshire seems to be the much more official name for the constituency, although the county name does seem to have been change some time before 1918 —Laurel Bush (talk) 17:10, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
- Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom → Coat of arms of the United Kingdom —(Discuss)— I took the initiative of moving this page to "Coat of arms of the United Kingdom", dropping the initial royal. Though I'm a long time editor, I totally forgot the rule about "cut and paste" moves. (I couldn't use the automated mechanism since there was already a redirect.) My reasoning is that every other country that has a coat of arms page in the Wikipedia is called "Coat of arms of _____", including other Commonwealth nations. (Canada, Australia, etc.). Furthermore, since there is no need to disambiguate between the "Coat of arms of the United Kingdom" and the "Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom", then I suggest we keep the title as concise as possible. —Lovelac7 13:12, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
- Liberty & Democracy Party → Liberty and Democracy Party - as registered by the Australian Electoral Commission, and per the Manual of Style.
- FC Chornomorets Odessa → FC Chernomorets Odessa —(Discuss)— The current name is part Russian and part Ukrainian. Look here for the specific reasons —Alæxis¿question? 07:26, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
- Nick Garrett (TV character) → Nick Garrett (October Road) - there may be other characters named Nick Garrett. It's better if we re-named it to the show name.Sli723 (talk) 04:26, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
- Kensington (Olympia) station → Kensington Olympia station —(Discuss)— Brackets only appear on the London Underground map. All other uses, including the signage at the station, the National Rail Timetable (e.g. see here omit them. —90.203.45.244 (talk) 20:00, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
- Glasgow Prestwick International Airport → Glasgow Prestwick Airport - to reflect the official name of the airport. We all know it is an international airport, but the general trend is that we stick to the official name. Aberdeen Airport, for example, is most definitely an international airport, yet it is still correctly listed as Aberdeen Airport as per its official name. GTlikeitmatters (talk) 19:42, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
- Kate Harrington (actress) → Kate Harrington —(Discuss)— Kate Harrington article is about minor Canadian political candidate, and probably going to be deleted or redirected —Montchav (talk) 18:53, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
- GETRAG → Getrag —(Discuss)— Common usage, WP:MOSTM guidelines, etc —DeLarge (talk) 14:17, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
- El Niño-Southern Oscillation → El Niño —(Discuss)— Current name is in violation of the MoS. I have no preference for "El Niño" over "Southern Oscillation" but both require administrator intervention. Happy‑melon 09:32, 22 November 2007 (UTC) —Happy‑melon 09:32, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
- Takesura Chinyama → Takesure Chinyama —(Discuss)— {{{3}}} —Montchav (talk) 22:55, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
- Equaliser (mathematics) → Equalizer (mathematics) —(Discuss)— In common with other articles on the subject and near-universal usage in the literature. —Sam Staton (talk) 11:02, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
- Berger_Blanc_Suisse → White Shepherd Dog —(Discuss)— Article content and references only speak of "White Shepherds" and "White German Shepherd" dogs. "White Shepherd Dog" name reflects "German Shepherd Dog," the breed's parent —Sarrandúin [ Talk + Contribs ] 02:38, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
- Dutch doughnut → Oliebol —(Discuss)— There is no real English name for this Dutch recipe, so we should not attempt to create one. Granted, "Dutch doughnut" does yield some Google results, but it pales in comparison to the phrases "oliebol" and "oliebollen". Since no transliteration is required, we should just assume the original Dutch name. ——msikma (user, talk) 19:44, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
- SpaceX Dragon → Dragon (spacecraft) —(Discuss)— More in line with convention. —StuffOfInterest (talk) 19:19, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
- ¿Por qué no te callas? → ¡Por qué no te callas! —(Discuss)— This is the way it should be written from the perspective of experts of the Spanish language. More info in the talk page. —☆ CieloEstrellado 14:09, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
- Dragon Ball → Dragon Ball (manga) —(Discuss)— Page is protected. Currently, it's about only the manga. It will become not just a new Dragon Ball (disambiguation) but be expanded into an article on the whole metaseries. WP:DBZ —Erudecorp ? * 07:45, 20 November 2007 (UTC) Erudecorp ? * 07:45, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
- FOX FM (Melbourne) → 3FOX —(Discuss)— as per official ACMA callsign —New World Man (talk) 06:29, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
- PBS 106.7FM → 3PBS —(Discuss)— as per official ACMA callsign —New World Man (talk) 06:29, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
- 94.7 The Pulse → 3YYR —(Discuss)— as per official ACMA callsign —New World Man (talk) 06:29, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
- List of massacres → List of mass killings —(Discuss)— Remove trigger for edit warring caused by the fact that "massacre" is ill-defined (Sarah777 (talk) 00:56, 20 November 2007 (UTC))
- Vicente Fernandez (golfer) → Vicente Fernández (golfer) —(Discuss)— add accent mark to title. Bart133 (t) (c) 00:28, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
- Isuzu Trooper → Isuzu Bighorn —(Discuss)— Nominating as naming convention favors domestic name. The Bighorn according to the Japanese wikipage and the vehicle's official domestic site is the domestic name, wheras the Trooper is its export name —Willirennen (talk) 19:01, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
- Brandon (town), Vermont → Brandon, Vermont — Towns in New England are of much greater importance than its same named CDP, which is the only name conflict. A dab note can simply be placed at the top of the page. —--Polaron | Talk 00:13, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
Backlog
Move dated sections here after five days have passed.
- Sun Conure → Sun Parakeet —(Discuss)— All major authorities use the name Sun Parakeet (not Sun Conure), e.g. the South American Classification Committee, Clements check-list of Birds of the World, Sibley & Monroe check-list of Birds of the World, Howard & Moore check-list of Birds of the World, Handbook of Birds of the World, BirdLife International, etc. Additionally, all recently published field guides to the region where this species occurs also use Sun Parakeet, these being Birds of Northern South America (Restall et al, 2006), Birds of Venezuela (Hilty, 2003), Aves do Brazil (Sigrist, 2006) and Birds of South America - Non-Passerines (Mata et al, 2006). Hence the recommendation of a move of this article —Rabo3 21:17, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
- The Football League → Football League —(Discuss)— While the organisation's logo includes the definite article, it is not commonly included in regular speech, and should be removed from the article name per WP:NCD. —- PeeJay 19:28, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
- Bakerloo line → Bakerloo Line —(Discuss)— Restore Wikipedia naming conventions as this is not a unique brand like iPod. Also nominated all LU line pages. —Regan123 20:08, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
- Châtelet - Les Halles (Paris RER) → Châtelet–Les Halles (Paris RER) —(Discuss)— The current name, with a spaced hyphen, definitely does not follow Wikipedia guidelines regarding hyphens (WP:HYPHEN). It seems to me that, en anglais, the current usage is an en dash (WP:DASH). However, I am not sure on whether we should go by what it's called en français, and I don't know about French grammar enough to know what is the correct option. The only source on this page is a PDF that shows an unspaced hyphen. —Kelvinc 06:25, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
- Sheepmeat → Lamb (meat) —(Discuss)— article covers lamb, hoggett and mutton, disagreement about what the article should be called —Ewlyahoocom 02:40, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
- Monarchy in Jamaica → Jamaican monarchy —(Discuss)— Decide on a common format for all Commonwealth realm monarchy articles and make all necessary moves. —G2bambino 20:46, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
- The debate has indeed been a discussion of the title format for all articles relating to the monarchies of the Commonwealth realms. Please contribute at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject British Royalty. — AjaxSmack 01:04, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
- RJ 100 → DZRJ-FM —(Discuss)— I'm in a way, making this for ALL Piony radio stations which have articles which use their brand names as the article name. To have consistancy with all other radio station articles that have call letters, I think they should ALL be moved to their respective call letters as their article name. —ViperSnake151 14:44, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
- Nobel Prize in Economics → Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences or Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics —(Discuss)— Resolve longstanding dispute because the most common name for this prize is arguably ambiguous and "incorrect." This proposal uses a recognizable compromise title that showed promise on a subpage debate. Cool Hand Luke 01:52, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
- Anton Golovaty → Antin Holovaty —(Discuss)— Correct name of person —Ostap 01:13, 9 November 2007 (UTC)