Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests

If you are unable to complete a move for technical reasons, you can request technical help below. This is the correct method if you tried to move a page, but you got an error message saying something like "You do not have permission to move this page, for the following reasons:..." or "The/This page could not be moved, for the following reason:..."

• To list a technical request: the Uncontroversial technical requests subsection and insert the following code at the bottom of the list, filling in pages and reason:

  {{subst:RMassist|current page title|new title|reason=edit summary for the move}}

  This will automatically insert a bullet and include your signature. Please do not edit the article's talk page.
• If you object to a proposal listed in the uncontroversial technical requests section, please move the request to the Contested technical requests section, append a note on the request elaborating on why, and sign with ~~~~. Consider pinging the requester to let them know about the objection.
• If your technical request is contested, or if a contested request is left untouched without reply, create a requested move on the article talk and remove the request from the section here. The fastest and easiest way is to click the "discuss" button at the request, save the talk page, and remove the entry on this page.

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Technical requests

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Uncontroversial technical requests

Most requests should be placed below this heading.

• Use of incendiary weapons in the Russo-Ukrainian war (currently a redirect to Use of incendiary weapons in the Russo-Ukrainian War) → Use of incendiary weapons in the Russo-Ukrainian War (move · discuss) – Consistency with the main article Russo-Ukrainian War. Russian Rocky (talk) 20:54, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
• Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party → Central Party School (currently a redirect back to Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party) (move · discuss) – Make shorter (WP:CONCISE, WP:PRECISE) Cfls (talk) 18:48, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Requests to revert undiscussed moves

If your request involves reverting a move, place it here.

Contested technical requests

Do not insert new requests in this section. Only move requests here if the requested move has been contested.

• List of premiers of Victoria → Premier of Victoria (move · discuss) – An editor made a RM to move Premier of Victoria to List of premiers of Victoria. The consensus was not to move. Then the nominating editor ignored the consenus and moved it regardless and created a new Premier of Victoria article, moving a draft from his sandbox. Request that the current Premier of Victoria article moved back to User:GMH Melbourne/sandbox from where is was originally moved and List of premiers of Victoria article be moved back to Premier of Victoria per the consensus established. Nibraa (talk) 02:02, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose: Firstly, five out of the nine users who contributed to the move discussion were in favour of the breaking out the list of premiers, therefore, I didn't ignore the consensus. Secondly, I would suggest requesting a merge as a more practical option. ––– GMH Melbourne (talk) 11:21, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

  @GMH Melbourne first off, discussions here are generally WP:NOTAVOTE. Secondly, you are a participant to the discussion, you don't get to determine the consensus. Did you check with the closer of the discussion? – robertsky (talk) 12:28, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

  The discussion was about moving article titles, and replacing the exisiting titles with redirects. What I did to one page was broke out a list (via a move so the list gets to keep its revision history) and replaced it with an another article. ––– GMH Melbourne (talk) 13:12, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

  Ain't wrong either, which I would say that it is a more valid reasoning than the above. That being said, if it is a merge, wouldn't be better to have the list moved back to preserve the history of the list article? Note that it will mean a three-way pageswap: list -> the premier title -> your sandbox -> list. – robertsky (talk) 13:33, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

  Or a history merge (if possible) ––– GMH Melbourne (talk) 23:02, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

• GMH Melbourne whether your interpretation was that there was a consensus to spilt the article is irrelevant. The determination, as made by the closing editor, was not to move, yet you chose to ignore and moved it anyway. If you felt the determination was incorrect, you should have clarified with the closing editor, although with three being for the move and six against the consensus was clear. If you wanted to create a List of premiers of Victoria article you should have done that and not moved the existing article. Result is we have a bit of a mess that is going to require a series of round robins to preserve the history correctly. Nibraa (talk) 01:30, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

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