Wikipedia:Requested moves

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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

Shortcuts

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

Shortcuts

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 re-list it in the #Incomplete and contested proposals section below.

The House of Bernarda Alba (play) → The House of Bernarda Alba — unnecessary qualifier — emerson7 03:42, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Incomplete and contested proposals

With the exception of a brief description of the problem or objection to the move request, please do not discuss move requests here. If you support an incomplete or contested move request, please consider following the instructions above to create a full move request, and move the discussion to the "Other Proposals" section below. Requests that remain incomplete after five days will be removed.

Template:Literature of Turkey → Template:Turkish Literature —([[Talk:Template:Literature of Turkey#Requested move|Discuss]])— Literature of Turkey could mean also Kurdish, Zaza, Armenian, Laz, Greek literature from Turkey but the template is focused on Turkish literature. So this is discriminatory. 2) Some of these poets where from Iraq (Fizuli) or outside of the modern boundary of the country Turkey. 3) There are Ottoman Turkish poets outside of the country of Turkey and even from the Balkans. 4) All such Wikipedia templates tie literature with language. 5) Turkish Literature is a much more common name and in authoritative Encyclopedias like Encyclopedia of Islam, the term Turkish literature is used rather than literature of Turkey. --Nepaheshgar (talk) 12:20, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Incomplete. JPG-GR (talk) 16:27, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hop (plant) → Humulus —(Discuss)— Article covers all species in genus, and should therefore be named as the genus, as recommended by WP:NC (flora). Humulus is currently a redirect. --Richard New Forest (talk) 14:34, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Incomplete; no place for discussion. On the whole, I would prefer to leave this alone, with perhaps a stub on the genus and its relationships after WP:Flora's example of Coffee/Coffea; all these plants are hops. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 15:21, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies: discussion not clearly labelled as it grew out of earlier discussions: now headed Talk:Hop (plant)#Requested move. Richard New Forest (talk) 22:46, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Abrahamsberg (Stockholm Metro) → Abrahamsberg metro station —(Discuss)— Easier name --SMARTSKAFT | ¿ 09:38, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ben Lewis (rugby player) → Ben Lewis — Disambiguated, however the new addition is largely unknown outside non-league soccer. Were another Ben Lewis article to appear then disambiguation would be warranted. — Londo06 06:13, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Page Ben Lewis looks like a valid disambig page to me. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 19:30, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Cantonese → Talk:Cantonese (disambiguation) — The original page move was made without moving the associated talk page. This is just a talkpage restore. — Benjwong (talk) 03:36, 22 October 2008 (UTC) Benjwong (talk) 03:36, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Other proposals

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28 October 2008

List of chess terms → Glossary of chess —(Discuss)— More appropriate name ---- Alan Liefting (talk) - 03:12, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

27 October 2008

Heather (disambiguation) → Heather —(Discuss)— Heather now redirects to Heather (disambiguation), so current name not needed. --Richard New Forest (talk) 14:34, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ranger (disambiguation) → Ranger —(Discuss)— There is no primary usage of the word "Ranger". I have moved the previous "Ranger" to Ranger (usage), which explains the history and usage of the word. This dab page needs to be at Ranger. It also needs some tidying up, and removal of irrelevant entries such as "Ranger districts", but that's another issue! --PamD (talk) 12:23, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

26 October 2008

Non-small cell lung carcinoma → Non-small cell lung carcinoma staging —(Discuss)— The article is about cancer staging. It is a spinout from "Lung cancer", to allow "Lung cancer" to use summary style. --Axl ¤ [Talk] 18:49, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Steve Croft (priest) → Steve Croft —(Discuss)— As there is no longer an article at "Steve Croft", this article should be there (there was previously a "Steve Croft" article which duplicated the article at Steven Croft, but it has been merged, leaving a redirect from "Steve Croft" to that article). With appropriate hatnotes in each direction, the article for the priest should be at plain Steve Croft. --PamD (talk) 18:37, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gadsby (book) → Gadsby (novel) —(Discuss)— per WP naming conventions. (This is not a non-fiction book.) --—Ed 17 for President _{Vote for Ed} 15:50, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Titan arum → Amorphophallus titanum —(Discuss)— as per WP:NOTCENSORED --cygnis insignis 12:49, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Template:MalwareProject → Template:WikiProject Malware —(Discuss)— Much better name --DanielPharos (talk) 11:47, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comma → Comma (disambiguation) —(Discuss)— See next entry. --Kotniski (talk) 10:25, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comma (punctuation) → Comma —(Discuss)— This appears to be the primary topic for "comma". --Kotniski (talk) 10:25, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Large number of rocketry-related articles —(discuss)— In order to clean up inconsistent naming of articles about rockets, it has been proposed to move a large number of articles in order to standardise the naming format. A list of pages that will be directly affected, and details of the proposal can be found here, as it is too long to list on this page. --GW_Simulations_{User Page | Talk} 09:06, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Standard Oil Gasoline Station → Standard Oil Gasoline Station (Odell, Illinois) —(Discuss)— To distinguish it from other historic Standard Oil Gasoline Stations, such as Standard Oil Gasoline Station (Plainfield, Illinois) --DanTD (talk) 05:15, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

May There Always Be Sunshine → Sunny circle —(Discuss)— The actual title of this Soviet song in Russian is: Солнечный круг, which translates to "Sunny circle". Therefore this article should be renamed to reflect this --Martintg (talk) 03:56, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Counties of Ireland → Counties of the Republic of Ireland —(Discuss)— article seems to deal mostly with administrative discussion etc re RoI: article for Counties of Northern Ireland also exists. See the article's talk page. --Setanta747 (talk) 01:02, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Chair (official) → Chairman —(Discuss)— Article is now well-referenced, and "Chairman" is the preferred term by many references. It was named "Chair" without the benefit of this information. Lou Sander (talk) 19:24, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

25 October 2008

Point-to-point tunneling protocol → Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol —(Discuss)— naming conventions: article title of a proper noun should be capitalized. This is an official legal name. --Stephen Charles Thompson (talk) 02:50, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Airship Ventures Inc. → Airship Ventures —(Discuss)— Should be Airship Ventures per naming conventions for companies. --• Gene93k (talk) 23:56, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film) → The Day the Earth Stood Still —(Discuss)— The remake is the only other use which makes the dab page completely unnecessary --71.106.172.173 (talk) 22:03, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio → J. M. G. Le Clézio —(Discuss)— According to this convention page : "If people published under one or more pen names and/or their own name, the best known of these names is chosen." Le Clézio never published under a different name than J. M. G. Le Clézio. This is exactly the same as for H. G. Wells : "H. G. Wells - as author Herbert George Wells abbreviated both his first and middle names: the abbreviated "artist's name" is used in wikipedia as page name." --Vol de nuit (talk) 21:23, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Can't Take My Eyes Off You → Can't Take My Eyes off You —(Discuss)— "off" really is a preposition (of five letters or less) – see earlier discussion on talk page – and thus should not be capitalised in song titles per WP:CAPS --Rogerb67 (talk) 20:56, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cat → Domestic cat —(Discuss)— Every member of the genus Felis can be called a "cat", this article is about the Domestic cat. According to google search the alternative name "house cat" is informal and much less common. --Mieciu K (talk) 20:31, 25 October 2008 (UTC) Mieciu K (talk) 20:31, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dog → Domestic dog —(Discuss)— This page is page is about the Canis lupus familiaris and not just about the genus Canis --19:28, 25 October 2008 (UTC)Mieciu K (talk)

Ancient astronaut theories → Ancient astronauts —(Discuss)— Compliance with WP:WTA#Theory. --ScienceApologist (talk) 18:07, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

24 October 2008

Pope Clement I → Clement of Rome —(Discuss)— "Clement of Rome" is preferred, "Pope Clement I" is Roman Catholic POV. --Leadwind (talk) 23:46, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

23 October 2008

(Discuss) -- There is no primary topic for Plymouth. Given the widely known automobile mark, certainly the small city in England (less than 250,000 in population) currently at Plymouth is not it. The guidelines for naming English cities clearly dictate that "disambiguated place names should go under [[placename, ceremonial county]], so in this case the English city needs to be moved to Plymouth, Devon to make room for the dab page at Plymouth. --Serge (talk) 23:50, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Plymouth (disambiguation) → Plymouth
- Plymouth → Plymouth, Devon

Noise, Vibration, and Harshness → Noise, vibration, and harshness —(Discuss)— Since "Noise, vibration, and harshness" is not a company, place or person, but rather a way of describing noises etc in vehicles, the title should be converted to lower-case. (Completing move request by OSX) --PC78 (talk) 23:43, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kia Carnival & Sedona → Kia Carnival —(Discuss)— Wikipedia:WikiProject Automobiles/Conventions#Titles states "Article titles shall bear the name used in the original market by the original manufacturer or marketer", which is South Korea so the name "Kia Carnival" should be used. (Completing move request by OSX) --PC78 (talk) 23:43, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hyundai Elantra → Hyundai Avante —(Discuss)— Wikipedia:WikiProject_Automobiles/Conventions#Titles states "Article titles shall bear the name used in the original market by the original manufacturer or marketer", which is South Korea so the name "Hyundai Avante" should be used. (Completing move request by OSX) --PC78 (talk) 23:43, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kia Borrego → Kia Mohave —(Discuss)— Wikipedia:WikiProject Automobiles/Conventions#Titles states "Article titles shall bear the name used in the original market by the original manufacturer or marketer", which is South Korea so the name "Kia Mohave" should be used. (Completing move request by OSX) --PC78 (talk) 23:43, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wiscasset (town), Maine → Wiscasset, Maine —(Discuss)— no need for the (town) when there is only one place called Wiscasset, Maine --Lincolnite (talk) 22:38, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mozzarella di Bufala (buffalo mozzarella) → buffalo mozzarella —(Discuss)— An overly complicated article title that simply needs to have the Italian part removed. --Peter ^Isotalo 20:37, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FDGB Pokal → FDGB-Pokal —(Discuss)— As the German Cup is found under DFB-Pokal, following the German name, it would only be logical to use the hyphenated form that is correct in German here as well. --Madcynic (talk) 20:14, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Grand Theft Auto Advance → Grand Theft Auto (GBA) —(Discuss)— While the "Advance" does appear on the title screen, every other reference (including the boxart and the link on the publishers site) just call it "Grand Theft Auto". The only time they ever use "Advance" is when they want to clarify that they are talking about this version and not the first GTA or the GBC version. --TJ Spyke 14:33, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

José Roberto da Silva Júnior → Zé Roberto —(Discuss)— Zé Roberto is his common name, and the article should be so named to make the article easier to sort and find in categories (see Talk:Branco (footballer)#Requested move). The page Zé Roberto already redirects here, so it's already acknowledged that he is the most notable person of this name. --ArtVandelay13 (talk) 10:22, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lauffen → Lauffen am Neckar —(Discuss)— Move from the previous name to the German official name of the town. Further information: Talk:Lauffen. There's already a consens of whether it sould be moved or not. --Dionysos1988 (talk) 01:25, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Electrogenic → Electrogenesis —(Discuss)— Move from adjective to noun, over inappropriate redirect to electrolysis. Further rationale given at Talk:Electrogenic. --— BillC ^talk 00:57, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Backlog

Move dated sections here after five days have passed (December 30 or older).

Flag of the Republic of Ireland → Flag of Ireland —(Discuss)— The article should be moved as it is incorrect per WP:V and WP:RS. --Domer48_'fenian' 20:21, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(Discuss) -- This would match the corresponding Ratchet articles, and would not show preference to Playstation gamers as primary target. Aviation enthusiasts would likely prefer the plane, and there's a ball player as well. --70.55.200.131 (talk) 10:32, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Clank → Clank (Ratchet & Clank)
- Clank (disambiguation) → Clank

Funhouse (Pink album) → Funhouse (album) —(Discuss)— Funhouse (album) currently redirects to Fun House (album) (notice the space) ---TinGrin 11:16, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]