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.
• 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.

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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• Communique → Communiqué difficult to type with an QWERTY keyboard 16@r 11:51, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

• Salm (Star) → Tau Pegasi — Bayer/Flamsteed designation should be used instead of obscure star names.--JyriL ^talk 16:39, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

• Dwarf rabbits → Dwarf rabbit — Original title plural, correct name (Dwarf rabbit) already created but redirects to incorrect name. Simple move not possible. —Krishva 19:52, 27 December 2006 (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.

27 December 2006

• 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 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.

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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• Communique → Communiqué difficult to type with an QWERTY keyboard 16@r 11:51, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

• Salm (Star) → Tau Pegasi — Bayer/Flamsteed designation should be used instead of obscure star names.--JyriL ^talk 16:39, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

• Dwarf rabbits → Dwarf rabbit — Original title plural, correct name (Dwarf rabbit) already created but redirects to incorrect name. Simple move not possible. —Krishva 19:52, 27 December 2006 (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.

27 December 2006

• Septentrionalis PMAnderson 18:49, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
• Tianshi School → Way of the Celestial Master —(Discuss)— To revert unilateral page move. Another editor tried to revert by cut and paste move so now requires an admin's help. —Kusunose 09:17, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Actually this is not an uncontroversial move. And there has been plenty of discussion here:Template_talk:Taoism#School names. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 16:51, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Moved from uncontroversial proposals, as it's clearly not uncontroversial. Please do not copy discussions to this page. -GTBacchus^(talk) 18:20, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

• Talk:Symclosene — Google gives 551 hits for symclosene and +69,000 for trichloroisocyanuric acid. Also consistent with current naming of cyanuric acid, a "parent" chemical compound. Previously discussed at User talk:Smokefoot#Symclosene and dichlor and User talk:Fvasconcellos#Symclosene and dichlor. Fvasconcellos 17:20, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Symclosene → Trichloroisocyanuric acid
  • Dichlor → Dichloroisocyanuric acid — for consistency.

Note: symclosene → trichloroisocyanuric acid does not require admin assistance, but dichlor → dichloroisocyanuric acid does. Fvasconcellos 17:20, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

• Wikipedia:Templates for deletion → Wikipedia:Templates for discussion —(Discuss)— There seems to be no seperate page for renaming, moving etc of templates —Simply south 13:32, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

• Template:Sheffield stations → Template:Sheffield railway stations —(Discuss)— It only lists railway stations and not the tram stops. Also there seems to br no requested move page for templates —Simply south 13:32, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

• Robin Hood (2006 TV series) → Robin Hood (TV series) —(Discuss)— per TV:NAME (initial move was botched) —Mhking 13:33, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

• Try! (John Mayer Trio album) → Try! —(Discuss)— The page "Try!" redirects here. But why? There is no need for a redirect if there is only one article with this exact name. Even more cumbersome, many articles pipe Try! unnecessarily, making the edit bulky. This should be redirected to simply "Try!" —Esprit15d (talk ¤ contribs) 12:43, 27 December 2006 (UTC)--Esprit15d

• Direct-methanol fuel cell → Direct methanol fuel cell —(Discuss)— The hyphenated version does not appear to be used in any significant frequency outside of Wikipedia and its clones, such as answers.com, if Google is any indication. I searched the Web and newspapers, but I did not find any instances of the hyphenated version, except for pages related to Wikipedia, despite checking several pages of results. I do not remember ever seeing the hyphenated version in any books or magazines, either. —Kjkolb 04:01, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

• Michael Leeroyall Evans → Mike Evans (basketball) —(Discuss)— Mike Evans has never gone by the full name "Michael Leeroyall Evans", and there is apparently no other basketball-related individual named Mike Evans. Why was this moved? FYI: The same editor who moved this also moved a whole lot of other "Mike Evans". --Downwards 01:05, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

26 December 2006

• Chattanooga, Tennessee → Chattanooga —(Discuss)— The latter currently redirects to the former. Chattanooga, TN is by far the largest city with this name, and the most well-known use of the word. The Chicago, New York City, and Philadelphia pages have recently made similar moves. —BillCJ 21:59, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

• Banned episodes of Pokémon → List of Pokémon controversial episodes —(Discuss)— Let's move to the better name--59.5.129.62 05:23, 20 December 2006 (UTC) —59.5.129.62 05:23, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

  Relisting. —Mets501 (talk) 20:55, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

• Majora → Majora's Mask — The character is known as Majora's Mask, and is only listed otherwise in the names of it's transformations. —Chao9999 03:49, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

  Relisting. —Mets501 (talk) 20:55, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

• Dietsland → Greater Netherlands —(Discuss)— Revert to old name, 'Greater X-land' is standard terminology for irredentist movements, more inclusive term, since 'Dietsland' was used by fascists in 1930's and is now discredited. —Paul111 18:21, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

  Relisting for better consensus. Patstuart^talk|edits 22:03, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

• Pine Rivers Shire Council → Pine Rivers Shire, Queensland —(Discuss)— The page was recently moved the other way, as I believe a misapplication of a guideline that all Australian LGAs should go at their official name. Some LGAs in NSW, for example Manly Council, have the word "Council" in them, but that is not the case in Queensland; the LGA is a Shire, and "Council" is used to refer to the governing body only. —FiggyBee 07:34, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

  Relisting. Duja► 08:00, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

• Main Page → Wikipedia:Main page —(Discuss)— This page is not an encyclopedia article; therefore, it does not belong in the main namespace. Simply put, the Wikipedia namespace exists for pages related to the project, which is exactly what the main page is. ——Mets501 (talk) 02:58, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

• History Of General Hospital (1963-1969) → History of General Hospital (1963-1969) —(Discuss)— "Of" should not be capitalized in an article title. I already moved this, but User:Yrgh reverted, and I imagine would continue to revert, so unfortunately it's necessary to list this here. —Juppiter 00:21, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

  Closed the discussion as obvious keep due to WP and proper English guidelines. Warned User:Yrgh, who has made forks of pages with "Of" before, to get acquainted with WP guidelines and not to continue this behavior, or a 24 hour block will be needed so he will have to read guidelines before continuing to edit. Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 02:38, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

• Juraj Dalmatinac → Giorgio Orsini —(Discuss)— 'Juraj Dalmatinac' is a false, 'translated' name of the Orsini's artist (Georgius Mathaei Dalmaticus) name - done in the 19th century —GiorgioOrsini 20:03, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

• Juraj Julije Klović → Giulio Clovio —(Discuss)— As per Vasari, at baptism, Clovio's name was Giorgio Iulio, his family name was Clovi. The name 'Juraj Julije Klović' is invented name much later (three hundred years) after the artist' death —GiorgioOrsini 20:44, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

• Bulletproof vest → Body armor —(Discuss)— The term "bulletproof vest" is a misnomer. The article name should reflect the correct name of the item. To give a related example of how bad this is, calling body armor a "bulletproof vest" is like calling a magazine a "clip". —207.67.146.243 00:41, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

25 December 2006

• santorum (sexual slang) → santorum (sexual slang activism) —(Discuss)— article is more about the political act by Dan Savage than it is about the neologism itself. Note this is likely to be controversial; see recent AfD —Mike Christie (talk) 19:39, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

• Cammy (Street Fighter) → Cammy —(Discuss)— No other articles exists with the same name. Considering Cammy is a well-known Street Fighter character, having her article's name be simply Cammy shouldn't cause any problem. —Jonny2x4 06:05, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

• Art-name → gō —(Discuss)— More technically correct name. While gō (号) could technically have other meanings, "art-name" is not really a standard term; the Japanese term is in any case more correct. Every single time I have linked to this page, I have done so by writing [[art-name|gō]] and not [[art-name]]. —LordAmeth 00:57, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

• Zigeunerweisen → Zigeunerweisen (movie) —(Discuss)— In ja.wikipeida both Zigeunerweisen and Zigeunerweisen (movie) page exist. Former is written on the work of Sarasate work and later is written on the work of 鈴木清順(すずきせいじゅん SUZUKI Seizyun)Seijun Suzuki. Of cource the movie's name is based on the Sarasate's work. So the page for Sarasate's work should be made, and the name Zigeunerweisen should be used for this page. For additional evidence, Sarasate page links to Zigeunerweisen page. —Penpen0216 22:45, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

24 December 2006

• Bath, Somerset → Bath (city) —(Discuss)— Bath is not known as Bath, Somerset. This Bath is the principal city with this name. —Serge 22:10, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

• Heroes of Might and Magic III → Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia —(Discuss)— The history of this is a bit complicated, but a general overview is available on the relevant talk page. In brief, User:Frecklefoot moved it from the longer title (the official release name of the title) to the shorter title. Certainly, Frecklefoot didn't do anything inappropriate, but looking over the history, it's not at all clear that there was real consensus: the previous RM attracted little attention, so the page was not moved back, but the preponderance of comments on the talk page seem to support the original, longer title, with Frecklefoot's being the only consistent voice to the contrary. The game is part of a series, and the other titles in the series are not abbreviated in the same way. – Sean Daugherty (talk) 19:02, 24 December 2006 (UTC) —– Sean Daugherty (talk) 19:02, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

• Demetrius I Briański → Demetrius I Starszy —(Discuss)— Demetrius I Starszy has more google counts —Orionus 10:42, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

• WWE Friday Night SmackDown! → WWE Friday Night SmackDown —(Discuss)— WWE no longer uses the exclamation point when writing about the program. It is also purely decorative, which does not comply with MoS:TM. —Croctotheface 07:27, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

• MegaMan Battle Network 2 → Mega Man Battle Network 2 —(Discuss)— Capcom spells it as 2 words instead of 1 word in CamelCase [1]. I'm also suggesting all the other MMBN articles be moved as well, I would except somebody already made them redirects. —TJ Spyke 00:34, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
  • MegaMan Battle Network 3 → Mega Man Battle Network 3
  • MegaMan Battle Network 4 → Mega Man Battle Network 4
  • MegaMan Battle Network 5 → Mega Man Battle Network 5 (re-listing after noticing someone removed it after less than 2 days).

• Rock (geology) → Rock and Rock → Rock (disambiguation) —(Discuss)— Significant numbers of articles are linked to the Rock (geology) article, and as a core science article and the term being used much longer than the other uses, it should have precedence in the Rock namespace. +mwtoews 08:51, 24 December 2006 (UTC) / savidan^{(talk) (e@)} 06:08, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

The last time it was proposed (granted, in 2004), it was only opposed ([[2]]). I don't think it is clear cut that the clear majority of people searching for "rock" ar interested in rocks and not in rock and roll. The current situation seems allright to me, but perhaps you have some reasoning behind the request which may persuade me... Fram 10:41, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

23 December 2006

• Finnish House of Knights and Nobility → Finnish House of Nobility —(Discuss)— The name used in English by this institution is "Finnish House of Nobility" - not House of Knights —Petri Krohn 20:06, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

• Lipjan → Lipljan —(Discuss)— Move from the Albanian name to the Serbian one, to reflect common English usage, as illustrated in the "Sources" sub-section of the discussion. For a number of historical reasons, the English language has usually adopted the Serbian names for the region of Kosovo. This usage may change in the future, and Albanian names may become the norm in English texts, but this isn't the case yet. Only when/if that happens should Wikipedia reflect the change, instead of spearheading it. —Evv 19:40, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

• Champagne → Champagne (beverage) —(Discuss)— Suggest returning the article about the beverage back to Champagne (beverage) and redirecting Champagne back to Champagne (disambiguation). From what I can tell, things were shuffled around without much discussion about a month ago. Rather than debate about which article should take precedence (the province or the wine) I think disambiguating the whole lot makes most sense, both from a technical and navigational standpoint. —Can't sleep, clown will eat me 16:35, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

• Bußd → Boz, Alba —(Discuss)— The official name of the village in Romanian is Boz, as confirmed in the article. Bußd is the German name. Nuttah68 07:59, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

• Talk:Brussels-Capital Region#Names survey -- This is a survey for which names the articles for the municipalities in the region of Brussels should have. The region is officially bilingual, French-Dutch, and several of the municipalities have different names in French and Dutch. The question is whether both names should be in the article title, if so, how, and if not, which one. The articles in question are given below, with their present title. Because of the holidays I'd propose to let this survey run for a month. --Markussep 10:44, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Auderghem (French name, Dutch: Oudergem)
  • Forest, Belgium (French name, Dutch: Vorst)
  • Ixelles-Elsene (French-Dutch)
  • Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (French name, Dutch: Sint-Jans-Molenbeek)
  • Saint-Gilles, Belgium (French name, Dutch: Sint-Gillis)
  • Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (French name, Dutch: Sint-Joost-ten-Node)
  • Schaarbeek (Dutch name, French: Schaerbeek)
  • Sint-Agatha-Berchem (Dutch name, French: Berchem-Sainte-Agathe)
  • Uccle (French name, Dutch: Ukkel)
  • Watermael-Boitsfort (French name, Dutch: Watermaal-Bosvoorde)
  • Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (French name, Dutch: Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe)
  • Woluwe-Saint-Pierre - Sint-Pieters-Woluwe (French-Dutch)

22 December 2006

• Asian Winter Games → Winter Asian Games —(Discuss)— The latter is the official designation for these games. The word 'Winter' should modify 'Asian Games' to contrast it with the (summer) Asian Games, just like the usage of 'Summer' and 'Winter' to modify the phrase 'Olympic Games.' —dirrtychristian 07:05, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

• Extensible Markup Language → XML —(Discuss)— the abbreviation is far more commonly used than the spelled-out name —Kla'quot 03:50, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

• Quebec bashing → Anti-Quebec sentiment —(Discuss)— Anti-Quebec sentiment may or may not be a valid article title, but the "Quebec bashing" title is not valid as it is not commonly used and does not have a professional tone. —Deet 00:03, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

• Zhu Da → Bada Shanren —(Discuss)— This person is more commonly known as Bada Shanren, both in Chinese and in English. The source listed on the article has him named as Bada Shanren[3]. Note that the Chinese WP also has him listed as Bada Shanren (zh:八大山人) as well. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 21:27, 22 December 2006 (UTC) —Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 21:27, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

• Suharekë → Suva Reka —(Discuss)— Move from the Albanian name to the Serbian one, to reflect common English usage, as illustrated in the "Sources" sub-section of the talk page. For a number of historical reasons, the English language has usually adopted the Serbian names for the region of Kosovo. This usage may change in the future, and Albanian names may become the norm in English texts, but this isn't the case yet. Only when/if that happens should Wikipedia reflect the change, instead of spearheading it. —Evv 21:24, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

• Shi'a Islam → Shi‘a Islam —(Discuss)— To follow standards of Arabic transliteration. An apostrophe is inaccurate and represents the wrong letter. —Cuñado - Talk 17:22, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

• Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Islamic clergy) → Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (Islam-related articles)/clergy —([[Talk:Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Islamic clergy)|Discuss]])— Correct sub-page. —Striver 12:53, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
• Fatima Zahra → Fatimah —(Discuss)— prominent person per other prominent persons —Striver 12:52, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

• Estonian Liberation War → Estonian War of Independence —(Discuss)— To reflect common English usage. —Evv 12:24, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

• Carlos Fernandes → Carlos Alberto Fernandes —(Discuss)— many Carlos Fernandes, such as Carlos Miguel Brandão Fernandes —Matthew_hk tc 11:00, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

• Methylenedioxymethamphetamine → MDMA —(Discuss)— I can't even say methylenedioxymethamphetamine - how can we expect that it could be the most common name (per WP:NC)? I won't argue that this and Ecstasy are different drugs - but, following this article's lead, we'd have to rename Codeine to 7,8-didehydro-4,5-epoxy-3-methoxy-17-methylmorphinan-6-ol! A perfect example of why the "most common name" convention is a key part of WP:NC. ——Wknight94 (talk) 12:21, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Relisting. --Woohookitty^(meow) 08:25, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Backlog

Move dated sections here after five days have passed.

20 December 2006

• Talk:Flemish -- Flemish is an ambiguous term with no one meaning. The current Flemish article attempts to explain the distinction between the various uses, but clearly the explanation of the term is not the primary meaning of Flemish per Wikipedia:Disambiguation. This follows the Macedonia (terminology) example. – Anþony  talk  10:30, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Flemish → Flemish (terminology)
  • Flemish (disambiguation) → Flemish Septentrionalis PMAnderson 18:49, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
• Tianshi School → Way of the Celestial Master —(Discuss)— To revert unilateral page move. Another editor tried to revert by cut and paste move so now requires an admin's help. —Kusunose 09:17, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Actually this is not an uncontroversial move. And there has been plenty of discussion here:Template_talk:Taoism#School names. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 16:51, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Moved from uncontroversial proposals, as it's clearly not uncontroversial. Please do not copy discussions to this page. -GTBacchus^(talk) 18:20, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

• Talk:Symclosene — Google gives 551 hits for symclosene and +69,000 for trichloroisocyanuric acid. Also consistent with current naming of cyanuric acid, a "parent" chemical compound. Previously discussed at User talk:Smokefoot#Symclosene and dichlor and User talk:Fvasconcellos#Symclosene and dichlor. Fvasconcellos 17:20, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Symclosene → Trichloroisocyanuric acid
  • Dichlor → Dichloroisocyanuric acid — for consistency.

Note: symclosene → trichloroisocyanuric acid does not require admin assistance, but dichlor → dichloroisocyanuric acid does. Fvasconcellos 17:20, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

• Wikipedia:Templates for deletion → Wikipedia:Templates for discussion —(Discuss)— There seems to be no seperate page for renaming, moving etc of templates —Simply south 13:32, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

• Template:Sheffield stations → Template:Sheffield railway stations —(Discuss)— It only lists railway stations and not the tram stops. Also there seems to br no requested move page for templates —Simply south 13:32, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

• Robin Hood (2006 TV series) → Robin Hood (TV series) —(Discuss)— per TV:NAME (initial move was botched) —Mhking 13:33, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

• Try! (John Mayer Trio album) → Try! —(Discuss)— The page "Try!" redirects here. But why? There is no need for a redirect if there is only one article with this exact name. Even more cumbersome, many articles pipe Try! unnecessarily, making the edit bulky. This should be redirected to simply "Try!" —Esprit15d (talk ¤ contribs) 12:43, 27 December 2006 (UTC)--Esprit15d

• Direct-methanol fuel cell → Direct methanol fuel cell —(Discuss)— The hyphenated version does not appear to be used in any significant frequency outside of Wikipedia and its clones, such as answers.com, if Google is any indication. I searched the Web and newspapers, but I did not find any instances of the hyphenated version, except for pages related to Wikipedia, despite checking several pages of results. I do not remember ever seeing the hyphenated version in any books or magazines, either. —Kjkolb 04:01, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

• Michael Leeroyall Evans → Mike Evans (basketball) —(Discuss)— Mike Evans has never gone by the full name "Michael Leeroyall Evans", and there is apparently no other basketball-related individual named Mike Evans. Why was this moved? FYI: The same editor who moved this also moved a whole lot of other "Mike Evans". --Downwards 01:05, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

26 December 2006

• Chattanooga, Tennessee → Chattanooga —(Discuss)— The latter currently redirects to the former. Chattanooga, TN is by far the largest city with this name, and the most well-known use of the word. The Chicago, New York City, and Philadelphia pages have recently made similar moves. —BillCJ 21:59, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

• Banned episodes of Pokémon → List of Pokémon controversial episodes —(Discuss)— Let's move to the better name--59.5.129.62 05:23, 20 December 2006 (UTC) —59.5.129.62 05:23, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

  Relisting. —Mets501 (talk) 20:55, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

• Majora → Majora's Mask — The character is known as Majora's Mask, and is only listed otherwise in the names of it's transformations. —Chao9999 03:49, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

  Relisting. —Mets501 (talk) 20:55, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

• Dietsland → Greater Netherlands —(Discuss)— Revert to old name, 'Greater X-land' is standard terminology for irredentist movements, more inclusive term, since 'Dietsland' was used by fascists in 1930's and is now discredited. —Paul111 18:21, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

  Relisting for better consensus. Patstuart^talk|edits 22:03, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

• Pine Rivers Shire Council → Pine Rivers Shire, Queensland —(Discuss)— The page was recently moved the other way, as I believe a misapplication of a guideline that all Australian LGAs should go at their official name. Some LGAs in NSW, for example Manly Council, have the word "Council" in them, but that is not the case in Queensland; the LGA is a Shire, and "Council" is used to refer to the governing body only. —FiggyBee 07:34, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

  Relisting. Duja► 08:00, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

• Main Page → Wikipedia:Main page —(Discuss)— This page is not an encyclopedia article; therefore, it does not belong in the main namespace. Simply put, the Wikipedia namespace exists for pages related to the project, which is exactly what the main page is. ——Mets501 (talk) 02:58, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

• History Of General Hospital (1963-1969) → History of General Hospital (1963-1969) —(Discuss)— "Of" should not be capitalized in an article title. I already moved this, but User:Yrgh reverted, and I imagine would continue to revert, so unfortunately it's necessary to list this here. —Juppiter 00:21, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

  Closed the discussion as obvious keep due to WP and proper English guidelines. Warned User:Yrgh, who has made forks of pages with "Of" before, to get acquainted with WP guidelines and not to continue this behavior, or a 24 hour block will be needed so he will have to read guidelines before continuing to edit. Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 02:38, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

• Juraj Dalmatinac → Giorgio Orsini —(Discuss)— 'Juraj Dalmatinac' is a false, 'translated' name of the Orsini's artist (Georgius Mathaei Dalmaticus) name - done in the 19th century —GiorgioOrsini 20:03, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

• Juraj Julije Klović → Giulio Clovio —(Discuss)— As per Vasari, at baptism, Clovio's name was Giorgio Iulio, his family name was Clovi. The name 'Juraj Julije Klović' is invented name much later (three hundred years) after the artist' death —GiorgioOrsini 20:44, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

• Bulletproof vest → Body armor —(Discuss)— The term "bulletproof vest" is a misnomer. The article name should reflect the correct name of the item. To give a related example of how bad this is, calling body armor a "bulletproof vest" is like calling a magazine a "clip". —207.67.146.243 00:41, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

25 December 2006

• santorum (sexual slang) → santorum (sexual slang activism) —(Discuss)— article is more about the political act by Dan Savage than it is about the neologism itself. Note this is likely to be controversial; see recent AfD —Mike Christie (talk) 19:39, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

• Cammy (Street Fighter) → Cammy —(Discuss)— No other articles exists with the same name. Considering Cammy is a well-known Street Fighter character, having her article's name be simply Cammy shouldn't cause any problem. —Jonny2x4 06:05, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

• Art-name → gō —(Discuss)— More technically correct name. While gō (号) could technically have other meanings, "art-name" is not really a standard term; the Japanese term is in any case more correct. Every single time I have linked to this page, I have done so by writing [[art-name|gō]] and not [[art-name]]. —LordAmeth 00:57, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

• Zigeunerweisen → Zigeunerweisen (movie) —(Discuss)— In ja.wikipeida both Zigeunerweisen and Zigeunerweisen (movie) page exist. Former is written on the work of Sarasate work and later is written on the work of 鈴木清順(すずきせいじゅん SUZUKI Seizyun)Seijun Suzuki. Of cource the movie's name is based on the Sarasate's work. So the page for Sarasate's work should be made, and the name Zigeunerweisen should be used for this page. For additional evidence, Sarasate page links to Zigeunerweisen page. —Penpen0216 22:45, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

24 December 2006

• Bath, Somerset → Bath (city) —(Discuss)— Bath is not known as Bath, Somerset. This Bath is the principal city with this name. —Serge 22:10, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

• Heroes of Might and Magic III → Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia —(Discuss)— The history of this is a bit complicated, but a general overview is available on the relevant talk page. In brief, User:Frecklefoot moved it from the longer title (the official release name of the title) to the shorter title. Certainly, Frecklefoot didn't do anything inappropriate, but looking over the history, it's not at all clear that there was real consensus: the previous RM attracted little attention, so the page was not moved back, but the preponderance of comments on the talk page seem to support the original, longer title, with Frecklefoot's being the only consistent voice to the contrary. The game is part of a series, and the other titles in the series are not abbreviated in the same way. – Sean Daugherty (talk) 19:02, 24 December 2006 (UTC) —– Sean Daugherty (talk) 19:02, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

• Demetrius I Briański → Demetrius I Starszy —(Discuss)— Demetrius I Starszy has more google counts —Orionus 10:42, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

• WWE Friday Night SmackDown! → WWE Friday Night SmackDown —(Discuss)— WWE no longer uses the exclamation point when writing about the program. It is also purely decorative, which does not comply with MoS:TM. —Croctotheface 07:27, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

• MegaMan Battle Network 2 → Mega Man Battle Network 2 —(Discuss)— Capcom spells it as 2 words instead of 1 word in CamelCase [4]. I'm also suggesting all the other MMBN articles be moved as well, I would except somebody already made them redirects. —TJ Spyke 00:34, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
  • MegaMan Battle Network 3 → Mega Man Battle Network 3
  • MegaMan Battle Network 4 → Mega Man Battle Network 4
  • MegaMan Battle Network 5 → Mega Man Battle Network 5 (re-listing after noticing someone removed it after less than 2 days).

• Rock (geology) → Rock and Rock → Rock (disambiguation) —(Discuss)— Significant numbers of articles are linked to the Rock (geology) article, and as a core science article and the term being used much longer than the other uses, it should have precedence in the Rock namespace. +mwtoews 08:51, 24 December 2006 (UTC) / savidan^{(talk) (e@)} 06:08, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

The last time it was proposed (granted, in 2004), it was only opposed ([[5]]). I don't think it is clear cut that the clear majority of people searching for "rock" ar interested in rocks and not in rock and roll. The current situation seems allright to me, but perhaps you have some reasoning behind the request which may persuade me... Fram 10:41, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

23 December 2006

• Finnish House of Knights and Nobility → Finnish House of Nobility —(Discuss)— The name used in English by this institution is "Finnish House of Nobility" - not House of Knights —Petri Krohn 20:06, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

• Lipjan → Lipljan —(Discuss)— Move from the Albanian name to the Serbian one, to reflect common English usage, as illustrated in the "Sources" sub-section of the discussion. For a number of historical reasons, the English language has usually adopted the Serbian names for the region of Kosovo. This usage may change in the future, and Albanian names may become the norm in English texts, but this isn't the case yet. Only when/if that happens should Wikipedia reflect the change, instead of spearheading it. —Evv 19:40, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

• Champagne → Champagne (beverage) —(Discuss)— Suggest returning the article about the beverage back to Champagne (beverage) and redirecting Champagne back to Champagne (disambiguation). From what I can tell, things were shuffled around without much discussion about a month ago. Rather than debate about which article should take precedence (the province or the wine) I think disambiguating the whole lot makes most sense, both from a technical and navigational standpoint. —Can't sleep, clown will eat me 16:35, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

• Bußd → Boz, Alba —(Discuss)— The official name of the village in Romanian is Boz, as confirmed in the article. Bußd is the German name. Nuttah68 07:59, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

• Talk:Brussels-Capital Region#Names survey -- This is a survey for which names the articles for the municipalities in the region of Brussels should have. The region is officially bilingual, French-Dutch, and several of the municipalities have different names in French and Dutch. The question is whether both names should be in the article title, if so, how, and if not, which one. The articles in question are given below, with their present title. Because of the holidays I'd propose to let this survey run for a month. --Markussep 10:44, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Auderghem (French name, Dutch: Oudergem)
  • Forest, Belgium (French name, Dutch: Vorst)
  • Ixelles-Elsene (French-Dutch)
  • Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (French name, Dutch: Sint-Jans-Molenbeek)
  • Saint-Gilles, Belgium (French name, Dutch: Sint-Gillis)
  • Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (French name, Dutch: Sint-Joost-ten-Node)
  • Schaarbeek (Dutch name, French: Schaerbeek)
  • Sint-Agatha-Berchem (Dutch name, French: Berchem-Sainte-Agathe)
  • Uccle (French name, Dutch: Ukkel)
  • Watermael-Boitsfort (French name, Dutch: Watermaal-Bosvoorde)
  • Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (French name, Dutch: Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe)
  • Woluwe-Saint-Pierre - Sint-Pieters-Woluwe (French-Dutch)

22 December 2006

• Asian Winter Games → Winter Asian Games —(Discuss)— The latter is the official designation for these games. The word 'Winter' should modify 'Asian Games' to contrast it with the (summer) Asian Games, just like the usage of 'Summer' and 'Winter' to modify the phrase 'Olympic Games.' —dirrtychristian 07:05, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

• Extensible Markup Language → XML —(Discuss)— the abbreviation is far more commonly used than the spelled-out name —Kla'quot 03:50, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

• Quebec bashing → Anti-Quebec sentiment —(Discuss)— Anti-Quebec sentiment may or may not be a valid article title, but the "Quebec bashing" title is not valid as it is not commonly used and does not have a professional tone. —Deet 00:03, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

• Zhu Da → Bada Shanren —(Discuss)— This person is more commonly known as Bada Shanren, both in Chinese and in English. The source listed on the article has him named as Bada Shanren[6]. Note that the Chinese WP also has him listed as Bada Shanren (zh:八大山人) as well. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 21:27, 22 December 2006 (UTC) —Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 21:27, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

• Suharekë → Suva Reka —(Discuss)— Move from the Albanian name to the Serbian one, to reflect common English usage, as illustrated in the "Sources" sub-section of the talk page. For a number of historical reasons, the English language has usually adopted the Serbian names for the region of Kosovo. This usage may change in the future, and Albanian names may become the norm in English texts, but this isn't the case yet. Only when/if that happens should Wikipedia reflect the change, instead of spearheading it. —Evv 21:24, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

• Shi'a Islam → Shi‘a Islam —(Discuss)— To follow standards of Arabic transliteration. An apostrophe is inaccurate and represents the wrong letter. —Cuñado - Talk 17:22, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

• Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Islamic clergy) → Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (Islam-related articles)/clergy —([[Talk:Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Islamic clergy)|Discuss]])— Correct sub-page. —Striver 12:53, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
• Fatima Zahra → Fatimah —(Discuss)— prominent person per other prominent persons —Striver 12:52, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

• Estonian Liberation War → Estonian War of Independence —(Discuss)— To reflect common English usage. —Evv 12:24, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

• Carlos Fernandes → Carlos Alberto Fernandes —(Discuss)— many Carlos Fernandes, such as Carlos Miguel Brandão Fernandes —Matthew_hk tc 11:00, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

• Methylenedioxymethamphetamine → MDMA —(Discuss)— I can't even say methylenedioxymethamphetamine - how can we expect that it could be the most common name (per WP:NC)? I won't argue that this and Ecstasy are different drugs - but, following this article's lead, we'd have to rename Codeine to 7,8-didehydro-4,5-epoxy-3-methoxy-17-methylmorphinan-6-ol! A perfect example of why the "most common name" convention is a key part of WP:NC. ——Wknight94 (talk) 12:21, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Relisting. --Woohookitty^(meow) 08:25, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Backlog

Move dated sections here after five days have passed.

20 December 2006

• Talk:Flemish -- Flemish is an ambiguous term with no one meaning. The current Flemish article attempts to explain the distinction between the various uses, but clearly the explanation of the term is not the primary meaning of Flemish per Wikipedia:Disambiguation. This follows the Macedonia (terminology) example. – Anþony  talk  10:30, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Flemish → Flemish (terminology)
  • Flemish (disambiguation) → Flemish