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

Casco (town), Wisconsin → Casco, Wisconsin (move · discuss) – Towns are more significant than villages, and in this case twice as populous. Clarityfiend (talk) 05:57, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Clarityfiend: Before we decide here, best examine Special:WhatLinksHere/Casco (town), Wisconsin and Special:WhatLinksHere/Casco, Wisconsin amn find which of the links in those 2 lists of links points to what. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:22, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Contested technical requests

Hyoscine (currently a redirect to Scopolamine) → Scopolamine (move · discuss) – "Scopolamine" is the preferred name of the substance internationally, including in the USA, German-speaking world, French-speaking world, and Spanish-speaking world. Here is some relevant context: 'Alkaloid nomenclature was often the subject of heated and confusing debate, and a particular instance is relevant to the present discussion. "Hyoscine" - first prepared by Albert Ladenburg in 1880 - and "scopolamine" - first isolated by Ernst Schmidt from Scopola species in 1888 [...] - are synonyms, but a colourful controversy regarding their identity raged, especially in Germany, from their discovery until the early twentieth century. Both names continued to be used for many decades, the choice often seemingly dependent on the nationality of the writer, and by the mid-1920s, the name "hyoscine" had largely been abandoned except in England and associated countries [not including the USA].' (Paul Foley, "Duboisia myoporoides: The Medical Career of a Native Australian Plant", Historical Records of Australian Science vol. 17(1), p. 31-69, 2006.) Wwallacee (talk) 11:11, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- WP:NCMED recommends using the INN. BegbertBiggs (talk) 13:38, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requests to revert undiscussed moves

List of municipalities of Italy → List of comuni of Italy (currently a redirect back to List of municipalities of Italy) (move · discuss) – Restore stable title, unchanged (with one brief interlude) since 2007; two recent move requests at Comune have failed to reach consensus for any move of that page, which this should follow. NB: I'm late to the party – the move was made about three weeks ago. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 16:27, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]