Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests

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If you are unable to complete a move for technical reasons, you can request a technical move 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 "This page could not be moved, for the following reason:..."

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To list a technical request: edit the Uncontroversial technical requests subsection and insert the following code at the bottom of the list, filling in pages and reason:
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This will automatically insert a bullet and include your signature. Please do not edit the article's talk page.
To request a reversion of a recent undiscussed move: Review the guidelines at WP:RMUM of whether a reversion of an undiscussed move qualifies as uncontroversial and if so, edit the Requests to revert undiscussed moves subsection and insert the following code at the bottom of the list, filling in pages and reason:
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This will automatically insert a bullet and include your signature. Please do not edit the article's talk page. Note that in some cases, clerks, such as administrators or page movers may determine that your request for a reversion does not pass the criteria and may move the request to the contested section or open a formal requested move discussion for potentially controversial moves on your behalf.
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Cai Yuanpei → Tsai Yuan-peiTsai Yuan-pei (currently a redirect back to Cai Yuanpei) (move · discuss) – Spelling was evidenced at https://www.chinese-heritage.com/images/0-0920-31.jpg, https://www.nytimes.com/1940/03/06/archives/dr-tsai-yuanpei-chinese-educator-first-head-of-education-post-under.html, https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Who%27s_Who_in_China_(3rd_edition)/Ts%27ai_Yuan-p%27ei, and https://anniversary.sinica.edu.tw/en/galleries/tsai-yuan-pei/ Ernestnywang (talk) 19:12, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Article has been stable at this title since 2007. Please open a discussion per WP:PCM. 162 etc. (talk) 20:22, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Transgender people in Nazi Germany → Persecution of transsexuals in Nazi Germany (move · discuss) – Should be moved in order to abide by WP:CONSISTENT, as there is precedent in Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany. ~2026-84300-7 (talk) 16:03, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@~2026-84300-7 2024 RM closed as not moved to a similar title. HurricaneZeta^C 16:28, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Why, if I may ask? The current title isn't WP:CONSISTENT ~2026-84300-7 (talk) 16:45, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This is the discussion, but you can start a new one if you think it's wrong. I don't think the use of "transsexuals" which is seen as outdated would fly though. HurricaneZeta^C 16:57, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Personally as a trans woman, I don't have a problem with the term "transsexual", though I understand some may.

However, I do not see how the discussion concluded with people disagreeing with moving the page to Persecution of transgender people in Nazi Germany, as most of the replies there only mentioned the move of Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany to Persecution of LGBTQ people in Nazi Germany, and many of them even expressed support only for Persecution of transgender people in Nazi Germany. ~2026-84300-7 (talk) 18:00, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@~2026-84300-7: "Transsexual" isn't usually used when referring to transgender individuals, What about Persecution of transgender people in Nazi Germany instead? GuesanLoyalist (talk) 10:10, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I talked with @HurricaneZeta about this, above. Yes, I would also agree to a move to Persecution of transgender people in Nazi Germany. I do disagree slightly with the idea that the term "transsexual" is never used by trans people. I am a transsexual woman and commonly use the term for myself. But either way, I understand that some may not like the term, so yes, I'd definitely agree with a move to Persecution of transgender people in Nazi Germany. ~2026-84300-7 (talk) 11:56, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Garage door → Overhead doorOverhead door (currently a redirect back to Garage door) (move · discuss) – This page covers a far broader spectrum of information of upward acting doors than just doors used on garages. Garage door could still direct here, but overhead door is the industry accepted term for these doors and better covers the wide spectrum of products therein. Theoverheaddoorguy (talk) 16:18, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Theoverheaddoorguy This article is messy, to say the least, but the first few sections clearly talk about garage doors. Maybe revamp this article into one about overhead doors, or make a new one and then propose merging this one into that? Please don't add spam links. HurricaneZeta^C 16:28, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - this is too great a change in scope and would require merging the garage door article, not moving it. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 08:24, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Roxelana → Hürrem SultanHürrem Sultan (currently a redirect back to Roxelana) (move · discuss) – official and most popular name and historically she was documented as Hürrem Sultan as a Chief consort. Primary 16th-century sources do not record the premarital name or surname of Hürrem Sultan. Stud.asif (talk) 18:14, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Please click "discuss" above. The article has been moved multiple times, making this a potentially controversial move ineligible to be processed as a technical request. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 18:53, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Administrator needed

Draft:New Ryan Field → Ryan Field (2026) (move · discuss) – publishing as article, keeping draft history. Merging current version with draft started earlier (from which much of the existing article , recently published, seems to have taken its content). SecretName101 (talk) 03:37, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Admitedly, attribution is not my area of expertise, but why can't you just edit the article that's already there? 162 etc. (talk) 04:45, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@162 etc. no. The correct thing is to move a draft to the article space to preserve the earliest edit history.

the editor who recently published directly in the article space instead of doing this was errant. SecretName101 (talk) 04:48, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
In fact, those without permissions to overwrite are given a standard warning to request a move, being warned, “ Do not manually move the article by copying and pasting it; the page history must be moved along with the article” SecretName101 (talk) 04:51, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Moving this to admin section; will defer to somebody experienced in WP:HISTMERGE. I've already made some edits to the article in question. 162 etc. (talk) 04:54, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe I'm missing something, but it looks to me like Ryan Field (2026) was copied directly from the mainspace article now at Ryan Field (1926) (permalink) rather than Draft:New Ryan Field. In that case a dummy edit for attribution would make more sense than a histmerge. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 07:12, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed. Unless I'm also missing something, running Special:ComparePages on the draft and the new article doesn't reveal any obvious similarities that couldn't be explained by copying from the (1926) article. I think this should just be a normal merge, as the first reply proposes. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 03:00, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]