Wikipedia:Requested moves

Requested moves is a process for requesting the retitling (moving) of an article, template, or project page on Wikipedia. For information on retitling files, categories, and other items, see § When not to use this page.

Before moving a page or requesting a move, please review the article titling policy and the guidelines on primary topics.

Any autoconfirmed user can move a page using the "Move" option in the editing toolbar; see how to move a page for more information. 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. In such cases, 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 typically processed after seven days. If consensus supports the move at or after this time, a reviewer will perform it. 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, or 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: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.

• Ratatouille (food) to Ratatouille: Noahudlis (talk · contribs) moved the page in the unjustifiable belief Ratatouille (film) should be the main article. I made the mistake of a cut-and-paste job and then moving back the talk page. Alientraveller (talk) 20:32, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
  •  Done. I histmerged Ratatouille partly to Ratatouille (food) and partly to Ratatouille (film), since it contained edits from both. Then Ratatouille (disambiguation) to Ratatouille, to be neutral. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 23:37, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

• Pretty Handsome Awkward (The Used song) → Pretty Handsome Awkward — New title has been protected from creation due to speculation of unreleased song, however, it has (as of September 10, 2007) has been released. Also, there is nothing else on Wikipedia by that title to cause any conflicts (i.e. a film, album, video game, etc. by the same name). —lightsup55 ( T | C ) 00:05, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

• Tsar bell → Tsar Bell —(Discuss)— This is a proper noun, so it should be capitalized. —Foobaz·o< 03:49, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Incomplete and contested proposals

• Throw Momma from the Train → Throw Momma From the Train — Someone did this [[1]] and this [[2]] when the title of the movie obviously contains a capitalized "F" in From. I have no idea how to fix it and don't want to be told how, because really, that is beyond my interest level -- but it should be fixed. Good luck with the group-editing concept. 64.142.90.34 (talk) 06:17, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Why is it obvious that the "F" is capitalized? Michael Slone (talk) 07:31, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
    • This is about Throw Momma From the Train and Throw Momma from the Train. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:14, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
      • "From" is a preposition -- it should stay decapitalized at all times. For an example, see I'm with You (the Avril Lavigne song; you can still capitalize "From" at the first line, if that helps). --Howard the Duck 16:20, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
        • The title of the movie contains a capitalized F. See the movie poster at the page itself. Why do Wikipedians have this bizarre obsession with decapitalizing the titles of songs, books, and films? Is it because they cannot create, only fuss over things that others have created? Catherineyronwode (talk) 21:19, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

• George Kennedy (actor) → George Kennedy – George Kennedy currently redirects to George Kennedy (actor), so there is no need for the qualifier (actor) in the title of the main article.
  • George Kennedy (disambiguation) lists 6 men, and is it provable that the actor is the dominant meaning of these? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:18, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

• Navy of the Argentine Republic → Argentine Navy — In Spanish the Argentine Navy is called: Armada de la República Argentina. It was originally translated to Armada of the Argentine Republic to explain the prefix ARA. Because armada was an archaic word it was later renamed to Navy of the Argentine Republic. It sounds Borat Sagdiyev-like. In Category:Navies by country it is called 'Argentine Navy', like Mexican Navy, Brazilian Navy, Chilean Navy etc.. —Necessary Evil (talk) 01:43, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Or Argentinian Navy? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 12:55, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
    • Argentinian Navy has 4,840 hits [3] on Google and a Did you mean: "Argentine Navy",
    • Argentine Navy has 36,100 hits [4] on Google.
    • In American English it seems to be Argentine, see CIA [5].
    • I've read British English books from the 1980's with Argentinian and British English books from this century with Argentine. IMHO -ian is an outdated spelling. --Necessary Evil (talk) 00:44, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

• Geo/Chevrolet Metro → Chevrolet Metro —(Discuss)— Move from strange pseudoencyclopaedic name that clearly violates naming conventions. —Reginmund (talk) 07:48, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
  • There is an oppose in the discussion. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 14:26, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
    • Then I refute my previous request and support a move to Geo Metro which is the proposed move from the opposer. Either way, the page should be moved away from its current place as soon as possible. Reginmund (talk) 18:40, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
      • Partly  Done. I have not corrected some of the resulting double redirects, which are from Maruti and Suzuki makes, which are not Chevrolets; although I am not the world's expert in makes of cars. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:57, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
• Margaret Smith Court → Margaret Court —(Discuss)— World Number 1 tennis player started her tennis career as an unmarried "Margaret Smith". After marrying in 1967 she was known as "Margaret Court Smith" and later as "Margaret Court", retiring in 1977. She is also noted as a minister at a pentecostal church in Western Australia where she is known as Margaret Court. A lengthy discussion on the article talk page has failed to establish consensus although the majority seem to be in favour of the move. It is hoped that wider input would help. —Moondyne 12:22, 26 December 2007 (UTC) ——Moondyne 12:22, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Moved to bottom section; description makes clear that this is NOT an uncontroversial move. *** Crotalus *** 15:47, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Regular tennis article editors have discussed this before. Aside from many valid arguments not to move or rename the article, there is not and never has been a consensus to do so. Tennis expert (talk) 23:24, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Support - The person is not just a tennis player and has become notable in a separate undertaking under the name Margaret Court. Having redirects from Margaret Smith and other varieties is quite doable. Orderinchaos 12:51, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
• WLS-TV minivan crash incident → Wikinews —([[Talk:WLS-TV minivan crash incident#{{{section}}}|Discuss]])— News item —Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 15:29, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Object. This request is premature. There is no reason that this cannot be a valid encyclopedia article. Reliable sources, including the Associated Press, are cited. If the incident is eventually forgotten, it could be moved or deleted then. This is much too early — I created the article not fifteen minutes ago. *** Crotalus *** 15:41, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
    • Reply The article itself is premature for Wikipedia. The event occurred just three days ago. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 15:49, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
    • This is a news story, not a major historical event. If someone is inclined to write about it, they can do so on Wikinews, but this incident is not worthy of its own article. Perhaps a passing mention (as in, not a complete blow-by-blow commentary) can go on WLS-TV. Otherwise, this article is unwarranted, and RM is not the appropriate forum for this - perhaps WP:AFD would be a better option for discussion? 90.203.45.214 (talk) 19:33, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Support interwiki, but not sure RM is the forum to request it. Orderinchaos 12:54, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
• Charles Anthony Johnson Brooke --> Charles of Sarawak, per Manual of Style for a reigning sovereign monarch.--Counter-revolutionary (talk) 22:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Wasn't it only for 2 years though? He became monarch in 1886, and 2 years later it came under control of Great Britain (he was still in charge, but was no longer a sovereign monarch). I guess it still counts, even though it was just 2 years. TJ Spyke 02:05, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
  • This is controversial. While it might be argued that the proposed name conforms with the Manual of Style - it certainly is contrary to established usage in English-languge scholarship. This is not the way the person is generally known. Noel S McFerran (talk) 15:33, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
    • No, no. He was head of state until 1917. It was his son, Vyner, who ceded Sarawak, not Charles [I think anyway, please correct me if I'm wrong]. As you say anyway, even if he was for 2 years it still counts - the Indian princes still are referred to in this way! It isn't controversial as it is in line with Wiki. policy.--Counter-revolutionary (talk) 18:02, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
• Is that reply to my comment? I meant he was head of a sovereign state for only 2 years, after that he was like the head of Bermuda or the British Virgin Islands (still head of the government, but no longer leader of a country since it ceased to be independent,). It's all a moot point though since length doesn't matter, we don't take away William Henry Harrison's rights just because he died after only 30 days as president of the US. TJ Spyke 23:37, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes, but did it cease to be indep., I'm not convinced it did...--Counter-revolutionary (talk) 23:58, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

I guess it depends on whether it was still considered an independant and sovereign state when it became a British protectorate in 1888. I don't know enough about British law to determine that. TJ Spyke 00:32, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

• Conditional Support: I would prefer it to to read Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, which would be absolutely correct. No-one would ever go to an encyclopaedia seeking Charles Anthony Johnson Brooke. This one of the many problems with Wikipedia. The politically correct are keeping it from being user-friendly. As for protectorates, nominally the country is still independent, but 'accepting' the protection of another country which, in return, has a certain amount of sway in the protectorate. Egypt, for instance, was a British Protectorate until Nasser, but remained an 'independent' kingdom with an enthoned monarch. Christchurch (talk) 15:09, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

That's certainly an accurate summation. --Counter-revolutionary (talk) 15:58, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Christchurch's solution seems reasonable. Orderinchaos 13:01, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

• Progressive Labor Party (United States) → Progressive Labor Party — Unnecessary dab, latter redirects to former —-Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 11:45, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
  • This move depends on accepting that the Progressive Labor Party (United States) is much more noteworthy than the other Progressive Labo(u)r Parties. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:40, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
    • Not really Since the latter redirects to the former, such is the case anyway. If you want, you can simply put a {{for}} at the top of the article. Alternately, you could make Progressive Labor Party a dab, for all I care; it's just foolish to have it redirect to Progressive Labor Party (United States). -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 11:44, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
      • As the primary topic redirect was uncontested for 2.5 years before yesterday, I think this should probably go through. Dekimasuよ! 03:46, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose Should be a disambig page at Progressive Labour Party with a redirect from Progressive Labor Party, listing all alternatives and treating them equally. The one in Bermuda is far more notable. Orderinchaos 12:53, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

• Selecția Națională → Selecţia Naţională — While the current title uses the correct diacritics, the proposed one uses the standard Wikipedia diacritics. See Reşiţa, Griviţa, Piatra Neamţ for other examples. —Biruitorul (talk) 05:08, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Incomplete (FWIW, I can't see the current title). Dekimasuよ! 03:49, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
    • Partly  Done - as there is an MOS issue. One thing I note is that there appear to be duplicate articles, the other at Selecţia Naţională Eurovision - see this diff for comparison. I don't know enough on the topic to know which should stay and which should be a redirect, however. Orderinchaos 12:59, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Other proposals

December 30, 2007

• Glossary of Christian, Jewish, and Messianic terms → List of Christian and Jewish terms —(Discuss)— The recent AfD noted the OR and POV involved in this article. An admin has directed us to comply with that ruling by changing the article from a glossary to a list. —LisaLiel (talk) 02:35, 30 December 2007 (UTC) -LisaLiel (talk) 02:35, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

• Move as per nom. It needs to be moved to a list, and articles linked summarized as per WP:SUMMARY. Otherwise this is a POV fork and a violation of WP:NOR as it stands. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 02:53, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

• 
  Did the Admin. advise you to ignore proceedure for contested moves , ignore aquiring a consenses on the articles talk page from all involved ?? ........ for some reason I thought all the rules and guides that are written about Wiki. proceedures were meant to be followed by taking appropriate steps , not to simply make your own rules and blaze new trails ........ Pilotwingz (talk) 04:11, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

• Byelorussian SSR → Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic —(Discuss) It seems that given that the formal name for this nation was "Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic", the soviet prefix abbreviation (-"SSR") shouldn't be in the full article name. Therefore, I propose to move the article to its full form, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. --Micahbrwn (talk) 02:26, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

• Moldavian SSR → Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic —(Discuss) It seems that given that the formal name for this nation was "Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic", the soviet prefix abbreviation (-"SSR") shouldn't be in the full article name. Therefore, I propose to move the article to its full form, Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. --Micahbrwn (talk) 02:26, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

• Russian SFSR → Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic —(Discuss) It seems that given that the formal name for this nation was "Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic", the soviet prefix abbreviation (-"SFSR") shouldn't be in the full article name. Therefore, I propose to move the article to its full form, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. --Micahbrwn (talk) 02:26, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

• Ukrainian SSR → Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic —(Discuss) It seems that given that the formal name for this nation was "Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic", the soviet prefix abbreviation (-"SSR") shouldn't be in the full article name. Therefore, I propose to move the article to its full form, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. --Micahbrwn (talk) 02:26, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

• Kazakh SSR → Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic —(Discuss) It seems that given that the formal name for this nation was "Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic", the soviet prefix abbreviation (-"SSR") shouldn't be in the full article name. Therefore, I propose to move the article to its full form, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. --Micahbrwn (talk) 02:26, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

• Tajik SSR → Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic —(Discuss) It seems that given that the formal name for this nation was "Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic", the soviet prefix abbreviation (-"SSR") shouldn't be in the full article name. Therefore, I propose to move the article to its full form, Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic. --Micahbrwn (talk) 02:26, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

• Turkmen SSR → Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic —(Discuss) It seems that given that the formal name for this nation was "Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic", the soviet prefix abbreviation (-"SSR") shouldn't be in the full article name. Therefore, I propose to move the article to its full form, Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic. --Micahbrwn (talk) 02:26, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

• Uzbek SSR → Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic —(Discuss) It seems that given that the formal name for this nation was "Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic", the soviet prefix abbreviation (-"SSR") shouldn't be in the full article name. Therefore, I propose to move the article to its full form, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. --Micahbrwn (talk) 02:26, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

• Armenian SSR → Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic —(Discuss) It seems that given that the formal name for this nation was "Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic", the soviet prefix abbreviation (-"SSR") shouldn't be in the full article name. Therefore, I propose to move the article to its full form, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. --Micahbrwn (talk) 02:26, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

• Azerbaijan SSR → Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic —(Discuss) It seems that given that the formal name for this nation was "Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic", the soviet prefix abbreviation (-"SSR") shouldn't be in the full article name. Therefore, I propose to move the article to its full form, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. --Micahbrwn (talk) 02:26, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

• Georgian SSR → Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic —(Discuss) It seems that given that the formal name for this nation was "Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic", the soviet prefix abbreviation (-"SSR") shouldn't be in the full article name. Therefore, I propose to move the article to its full form, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. --Micahbrwn (talk) 02:26, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

• Estonian SSR → Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic —(Discuss) It seems that given that the formal name for this nation was "Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic", the soviet prefix abbreviation (-"SSR") shouldn't be in the full article name. Therefore, I propose to move the article to its full form, Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic. --Micahbrwn (talk) 02:26, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

• Latvian SSR → Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic —(Discuss) It seems that given that the formal name for this nation was "Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic", the soviet prefix abbreviation (-"SSR") shouldn't be in the full article name. Therefore, I propose to move the article to its full form, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic. --Micahbrwn (talk) 02:26, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

• Lithuanian SSR → Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic —(Discuss) It seems that given that the formal name for this nation was "Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic", the soviet prefix abbreviation (-"SSR") shouldn't be in the full article name. Therefore, I propose to move the article to its full form, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic. --Micahbrwn (talk) 02:26, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

December 29, 2007

• Margaret of Sicily → Margaret of Germany —(Discuss)— Latter is more appropriate; move requires deletion of latter, due to inadvertant duplication of data there. —Michael Sanders 23:47, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

• Earthmen → Earthmen (Narnia) —(Discuss)— Earthmen is a generic term for humans in much fantasy or science fiction —70.55.91.243 (talk) 23:36, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

• Leon Clarke (footballer) → Leon Clarke —(Discuss)— Redirects from his actual name to a dismbiguation title. —ArtVandelay13 (talk) 22:48, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

• Where the Rainbow Ends (play) → Where the Rainbow Ends —(Discuss)— The play is the only article using this title and so should be at the plain title. —ShelfSkewed Talk 22:46, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
• Wikipedia:Itself → Wikipedia:What it thinks it is —(Discuss)— Historical page whose title makes more sense as a redirect to Wikipedia:Self-references to avoid. Target of the proposed move already redirects back to the historical page. — Swpb^talk.edits 22:28, 29 December 2007 (UTC) —— Swpb^talk.edits 22:28, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

• American Standard Code for Information Interchange → ASCII —(Discuss)— Much more popular as an acronym than spelled out. (60,000,000 vs 182,000 Googlehits.) Was at ASCII for years, including getting to be a featured article. —Callmederek (talk) 21:17, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

• Jordans → Jordans, Buckinghamshire —(Discuss)— This village is not the only common usage. An example of another common usage is of a company that makes cereal bars. I am also proposing the move Jordans (disambiguation) --> Jordans. —Simply south (talk) 12:22, 29 December 2007 (UTC) Simply south (talk) 12:22, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

• Abkhazian SSR → Abkhazian Soviet Socialist Republic (Discuss)— The formal name for this (albeit short-lived) nation was "Abkhazian Soviet Socialist Republic", the soviet prefix abbreviation (-"SSR") shouldn't be in the full article name. Therefore, I propose to move the article to its full form, Abkhazian Soviet Socialist Republic. --Micahbrwn (talk) 09:36, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

 Done Dreamafter ^⇔ 16:26, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

December 28, 2007

• German occupation of France during World War II → Occupation of France by Nazi Germany — Page has been moved, but please merge page history; most of it is at Occupation of France by Nazi germany (lowercase g on germany). An attempt to move page with wrong spelling (lowercase g) was not fixed properly. —Coppertwig (talk) 14:26, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

• Kalomoira Sarantis → Kalomoira —(Discuss)— She is known by her stage name of just plain "Kalomoira" and that is what she puts on all her CD's and her official website is "Kalomoira.com". Greekboy (talk) 03:59, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

• Franz Josef Strauß → Franz Josef Strauss —(Discuss)— English usage of the name overwhelmingly features "Strauss" instead of "Strauß" —James086^{Talk | Email} 01:46, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

• Cieszyn Silesia → Teschen Silesia —(Discuss)— Teschen is the name established in English for the whole historic pre-1918 region, see Duchy of Teschen. Using a Polish name is not acceptable. — Matthead  DisOuß   01:06, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

• Euroregion Cieszyn Silesia → Euroregion Teschen Silesia —(Discuss)— See above. This EuRegion has only official names in Czech and Polish. Teschen is the name established in English for the whole historic pre-1918 region, see Duchy of Teschen. Using only a Polish name is not acceptable. — Matthead  DisOuß   01:06, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

• Deluge (mythology) → Deluge (Noah's Ark) —(Discuss)— To Keep fom being offensive. Better name altogether. —72.186.91.47 (talk) 03:04, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

  Please wait for concensus to be reached before asking here. Dreamafter ^⇔ 03:11, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

December 27, 2007

• Drink → Beverage —(Discuss)— To avoid ambiguity with Drinking —SilkTork *^SilkyTalk 19:55, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

• FreQuency → Frequency (video game) —(Discuss)— WP:NC(P) recommends "adding a parenthetical (bracketed) disambiguator to the page name: for instance when both spellings are often or easily confused." In this case, only capitalization separates Frequency and FreQuency. Also WP:MOSTM states that "Follow standard English text formatting and capitalization rules even if the trademark owner encourages special treatment". —Mika1h (talk) 17:03, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
  • I don't have a problem with that. WP:MOSTM allows CamelCase situations, and people looking for Frequency are unlikely to type FreQuency. I don't feel strongly enough to either object or support - however, I feel that if the current situation works, then leaving it alone might be acceptable. SilkTork *^SilkyTalk 20:07, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

• Commonwealth of Nations → The Commonwealth —(Discuss)— Common name per WP:NAME 1.6. See Talk:Commonwealth_of_Nations#Requested_move —SilkTork *^SilkyTalk 15:53, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

• House of Hohenstaufen → Hohenstaufen —(Discuss)— They are most commonly referred to just as the Hohenstaufen in English. "House of ..." is unusual. —Srnec (talk) 06:34, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

• Leeds Road (stadium) → Leeds Road —(Discuss)— Prime use per precedents Anfield, Old Trafford, etc. The other pages linked from the DMB are not actually called Leeds Road! The existing page would be moved to Leeds Road (disambiguation). —BlueValour (talk) 00:00, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

December 26, 2007

• When I Fall in Love (song) → When I Fall in Love —(Discuss)— When I Fall in Love is currently a dab page, but the song is clearly the primary use of this title. There are only two other blue links using it: When I Fall in Love (Celine Dion and Clive Griffin single), which redirects to When I Fall in Love (song), and When I Fall in Love (album), an article for an album that includes a cover version of the song. The dab page should be moved to When I Fall in Love (disambiguation) and the song article should be restored to the plain title. —ShelfSkewed Talk 22:06, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

• Windows Live Hotmail → Hotmail —(Discuss)— This is a clear case WP:NC with regard commonly used names. See Talk:Windows Live Hotmail for further explanation. —GW_Simulations_{User Page | Talk} 21:02, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

• East London line → East London Railway —(Discuss)— The London Underground East London line has now closed and it is now called the East London Railway section of the London Overground, under construction —MRSC • Talk 19:43, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

• Duchy of Oświęcim → Duchy of Auschwitz —(Discuss)— Google Scholar and Google Book Searches of "Duchy of Auschwitz" -wikipedia, "Duchy of Oświęcim" -wikipedia, and "Duchy of Oswiecim" -wikipedia clearly show that "Duchy of Auschwitz" is the form most commonly used in English scholarly literature. Auschwitz is also the historical English name for the entity and it doesn't matter if it is the same as the German name, it is the English form nonetheless. Polonization is just as bad as Germanization for English Wikipedia and Auschwitz is just as English as it is German. Same cannot be said for Oświęcim. The page was moved back to the Polish, non-English name on the "belief" of an administrator who always does this. —Charles 02:52, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

December 25, 2007

• Vyner of Sarawak → Charles Vyner Brooke —(Discuss)— The current name does not reflect usage in the English-language scholarly literature, per Google Books. —Noel S McFerran (talk) 15:46, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose, he was not known as Charles, and this helps with disambiguation with his father Charles of Sarawak.--Counter-revolutionary (talk) 22:22, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

• Padan Plain → ? —(Discuss)— Revived move request, since the last one showed signs of converging to "Po something". Approval poll, since there are several possibilities. —Septentrionalis PMAnderson 05:56, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

• Apostasy from Judaism → Apostasy in Judaism —(Discuss)— Gramatical and following other similarly named pages (see talk page) —Epson291 (talk) 05:51, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

• Storage silo → Silo —(Discuss)— Article describes the canonical meaning of "silo". Descriptor "storage" is redundant. This move would require moving the current disambiguation page at silo to silo (disambiguation). —ENeville (talk) 01:22, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Backlog

Move dated sections here after five days have passed.

• Fédération Internationale des Échecs → World Chess Federation —(Discuss)— per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English). —Neo-Jay (talk) 16:10, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

• Azerbaijanis in Armenia → Azeris in Armenia — Accepted format for this particular ethnic group, see Azeris in Turkey, Azeris in Russia, Azeris in Georgia (country). —Parishan (talk) 07:14, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

• Nachson Wachsman → Nachshon Wachsman —(Discuss)— See my comments on the talk page. "Nachshon" is a correct transliteration of the original Hebrew name. "Nachson" is incorrect. —Shalom (Hello • Peace) 16:00, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

• Nanling → Nanling Mountains —(Discuss)— per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Chinese) —Neo-Jay (talk) 06:54, 23 December 2007 (UTC)--Neo-Jay (talk) 06:54, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

• Who Watches the Watchers? → Who Watches the Watchers —(Discuss)— This episode title does not contain a question mark. —134.117.137.201 (talk) 05:53, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

• Plame affair → CIA leak scandal — Move to the (previous) name consistent with CIA leak scandal timeline (renamed from Plame affair timeline earlier and redirected): for both consistency in Wikipedia and for greater neutrality: please see previous discussions (highly controversial) of earlier requests for the same or similar name changes via Talk: Plame affair and its archived discussions; there appear to have been more editors supporting the move earlier than a summary of the earlier discussion (in green) suggests. Since previous move request was acted on (May 2007), there have been additional editors calling for this name change and continuing editing disputes concerning the article (lack of neutrality, length, number of quotations, need for splitting and/or merging w/ other existing articles, and so on). --NYScholar (talk) 23:54, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

• Loblolly Pine → Pinus taeda — Move to the scientific name as per naming conventions for plants at WP:TOL, WP:NC(flora) and WP:PLANTS. —Altairisfar^talk 17:43, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

  Hold fire - nearly all pines are at English names; this should wait until all species in the genus are tackled together - MPF (talk) 23:04, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

• Southern live oak → Quercus virginiana — Move to the scientific name as per naming conventions for plants at WP:TOL, WP:NC(flora) and WP:PLANTS. —Altairisfar^talk 17:43, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

  Hold fire - nearly all oaks are at English names; this should wait until all species in the genus are tackled together - MPF (talk) 23:04, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

• Willis Building (London) → 51 Lime Street —(Discuss)— Request move back to previous name. The building shares its name with a building in Ipswich which creates ambiguity as people looking for the Ipswich building are redirected here. The Willis Building should redirect to a disambiguation page to prevent redirecting to the wrong building.--Lucy-marie (talk) 16:15, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

• Union Flag → Union Jack —(Discuss)— Since neither Union Jack nor Union Flag has been able to claim superiority, Wikipedia should use the most universally understood title: Union Jack —Correct-o-pedia (talk) 14:43, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
  • This requires a place for the current discussion; the present link is to the previous discussion. It might be simplest to rename that section, use the standard format again. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 17:41, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
    • Fixed to link to discussion. –Pomte 17:51, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

• Persecution of early Christians by the Jews → Persecution by the Pharisees in early Christian Theology —(Discuss)— Lack of secondary sources to serve as the historical account it is presented as, but the content is still contextually valuable to discussions of Christian Theology and New Testament Historicity —CheshireKatz (talk) 19:57, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

• Eoin MacNeill → Eoin Mac Néill —(Discuss)— In line with Ireland Manual of Style (subject used this form of his name) —Damac (talk) 19:32, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

• Kawerau, New Zealand → Kawerau —(Discuss)— Per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (New Zealand), unique placenames in New Zealand are not pre-disambiguated. —Liveste (talk) 18:34, 21 December 2007 (UTC). Amended 10:42, 26 December 2007 (UTC).

• 22-24 Bishopsgate → Bishopsgate Tower —(Discuss)— Previous move made to uncommon name with no discussion. —StuffOfInterest (talk) 14:53, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

• 25-33 Canada Square → Citigroup Centre, London —(Discuss)— Previous move made to uncommon name with no discussion. —StuffOfInterest (talk) 14:53, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

• Racing Club de Avellaneda → Racing Club — WP:COMMON as per this —Sivorian (talk) 14:34, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Discussion is here. Dekimasuよ! 10:45, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

• Daumantas of Pskov → Dovmont — no such person as Daumantas ever --81.7.98.250 (talk) 12:46, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Relisting. Discussion is here. Dekimasuよ! 03:13, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

• Odo → Odo(DS9) —(Discuss)
• Odo (disambiguation) → Odo Fasach Nua (talk) 11:26, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

• J. C. Daniel (filmmaker) → J. C. Daniel —([[Talk:J. C. Daniel (filmmaker)#{{{section}}}|Discuss]])— More appropriate title. The original article at J. C. Daniel is moved to J. C. Daniel (naturalist) —Anoopkn (talk) 16:33, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series) → Buffy the Vampire Slayer —(Discuss)— Move over redirect which points here; article title should not be disambiguated when primary title redirects to it. —kingboyk (talk) 00:24, 20 December 2007 (UTC) Note that page is move protected and target is protected, until this debate is over. --kingboyk (talk) 12:04, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

• 32 London Bridge → Shard London Bridge —(Discuss)— Request move back to previous name. There was no ongoing naming dispute when Lucy-marie (talk · contribs) renamed a bunch of articles including this one to street addresses. Shard London Bridge is the official name of this project as listed on the project's website. —StuffOfInterest (talk) 12:44, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

• Felidae c Felines - please discuss at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cats#Move proposal for name uniformity. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 07:27, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

• Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There → Through the Looking-Glass —(Discuss)— I agree with Rtrace. The subtitle does *not* belong in the article name. -- ₪ SETH GECKO ^{¥ Give me a conversation ƒ My Contributions ¥|} ₪ 12:18 UTC | 12•02•2007 —Preceding comment was added at 21:29, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Relisting. Dekimasuよ! 06:41, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

• 25 Old Broad Street → Tower 42 —(Discuss)— Tower 42 is the name in common usage, as per WP:NAME —Paulbrock (talk) 22:21, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

• Regionalism → Regionalism (politics) —(Discuss)— I'd like to convert the "regionalism" page to the existing disambiguation and move the content here to regionalism (politics). Regionalism in literature and art are at least as significant as Regionalism in politics, and what's more those articles are currently much better-maintained than the one on politics. —Orphic (talk) 22:30, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Move uncontroversial. Admin assistance required.--Orphic (talk) 04:06, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

• Ishin Nishio → Nisio Isin —(Discuss)— Matching official English spelling on the Amazon listing for his first translated novel —Doceirias (talk) 03:11, 19 December 2007 (UTC) Doceirias (talk) 03:11, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

• Boolean logic in computer science → Boolean logic —(Discuss)— the most common name of a thing that does not conflict with the names of other things —Ra2007 (talk) 22:17, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

• Ta-Hia → Daxia —(Discuss)

I feel strongly that the Ta-Hia page should be moved to Daxia and appropriate adjustments made throughout the article (which I am happy to do - if you wish), for the following reasons: Daxia is the proper spelling according to the Pinyin system of romanising Chinese - the system used by far more people today than any other - including just about everyone in mainland China and people studying Chinese today. It has also become the standard for articles in the Wikipedia (often with the Wade-Giles version included as an alternative). Ta-hsia is the name according to the Wade-Giles system which is an old English system still in use in Taiwan and by older Western scholars, while Ta-hia is from the French E.F.E.O. system and, therefore, not appropriate at all in an English-language article (and even in that system "Ta-Hia" is incorrect). A link to the Daxia River can be inserted at the top of the page. By the way - this article used to be listed under Daxia - but was moved to its present position under the old French name. Also note the present Talk page is still headed with Daxia (Talk:Ta-hsia) - as it was before the move. John Hill (talk) 22:24, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

• Union of Kraków and Vilna → Union of Vilnius (1499) —(Discuss)— Current title is not present in English sources and reader could face difficulty searching and recognize it. New title used in English academic works, shorter and less confusing —M.K. (talk) 11:27, 15 December 2007 (UTC), M.K. (talk) 11:27, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

• Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma → Marie Louise of Austria, Duchess of Parma or Marie Louise of Austria —(Discuss)— As Marie Louise was Empress of the French, she is typically known, or at least identified, as a member of the House of Austria. Given that, and the importance of her pre-marital status in her selection as an imperial bride, I think it would be appropriate to rename this page Marie Louise of Austria, Duchess of Parma or even Marie Louise of Austria. —Charles 05:38, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

• Farid-al-Din Attar → Farid ad-Din Attar —(Discuss)— See WP:MOS-AR for details. The current version is a completely wrong transliteration from Arabic. Cuñado ☼ - Talk 21:05, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

• Dari (Persian) → Eastern Farsi —(Discuss)— Proposed move was because of ambiguity problems with Dari (Afghanistan). Moving to the name that linguists use for the language might help get away from those problems. Unfortunately, instead of discussing the move, an editor simply moved it to Dari (Persian) which introduces new ambiguities. There is an RFC begun on 25 Nov 2007, consensus seems unlikely. Admin supervision seems indicated. —Bejnar (talk) 05:38, 26 November 2007 (UTC)