Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests
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Technical requests
Uncontroversial technical requests
- Log cabin quilting block (currently a redirect to Log Cabin (quilt block)) → Log Cabin (quilt block) (move · discuss) – title decided at Wikiproject craft; other editors have requested that I not make new pages without going through AfC. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 22:23, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
Requests to revert undiscussed moves
Contested technical requests
- Wallace and Gromit → Wallace & Gromit (currently a redirect back to Wallace and Gromit) (move · discuss) – As discussed on the talk page, the franchise is only ever referred to with an ampersand, which matches the titling of other IPs with Wikipedia articles such as Thomas & Friends, Mario & Luigi, etc. SleepDeprivedGinger (talk) 21:04, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- @SleepDeprivedGinger: This had a 2017 requested move that reached no consensus, leaned toward opposition according to the closer, and provided evidence that it isn't "only ever referred to with an ampersand". As a controversial move, this will require a new requested-move discussion. You should read that 2017 RM and consider whether to open a new RM discussion. SilverLocust 💬 21:25, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- Indonesian archipelago → Indonesian Archipelago (currently a redirect back to Indonesian archipelago) (move · discuss) – Correct the capitalization in the title Bayoka55 (talk) 07:11, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- This is not always a proper noun. Even in the article, both capitalizations are used. You'll have to start a WP:RM for this. C F A 💬 17:30, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- ABC News (disambiguation) (currently a redirect to ABC News) → ABC News (move · discuss) – WP:MALPLACED. Can't move because "ABC News already exists. DaCrashy (T.C.) 20:57, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
- We should probably hold off on taking action here until the ongoing MRV on ABC News has been resolved. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 21:20, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
- MRV is still going. LilianaUwU (talk / contributions) 00:05, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- Ishq Ki Dastaan - Naagmani (currently a redirect to Ishq Ki Dastaan – Naagmani) → Ishq Ki Dastaan Naagmani (move · discuss) – disambiguation needed 2409:40E0:104E:3EF2:C88B:11FF:FED3:9D9D (talk) 09:07, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
- Why does this need to be moved? C F A 💬 02:55, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- Because all the Wikipedia should be as per WP:HYPHEN. 2409:40E0:101D:BCC3:49E:DEFF:FE57:3302 (talk) 04:56, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- What do you mean? Are you suggesting that is should be moved to Ishq Ki Dastaan – Naagmani (en dash instead of hyphen)? Your current requested target eliminates the dash altogether. C F A 💬 17:21, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- Because all the Wikipedia should be as per WP:HYPHEN. 2409:40E0:101D:BCC3:49E:DEFF:FE57:3302 (talk) 04:56, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- Why does this need to be moved? C F A 💬 02:55, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- Gotjawal Forest (currently a redirect to Gotjawal) → Gotjawal (move · discuss) – "Gotjawal" is a generic Jeju language word for the wild forest, kinda like how "the bush" is used for Australia. It shouldn't be a proper noun like the current title. This is backed up by the content of the article. There are grammar mistakes here and there in the article; I suspect the titling is a similar misunderstanding. 211.43.120.242 (talk) 07:57, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- Not necessarily the case. In English, a lot of place names are tautological, adding a descriptor like "forest", "mountain", "desert", "river", etc. to a name already including this meaning in the native language. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 11:55, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- I don't think that's what this is; I'm not worried about tautologies here. The places on the list you link are single geographical features, e.g. a lake or a river, that happen to have a tautological name.
- Gotjawal is not one specific feature, it's a category: multiple different places that are disconnected. There are several different gotjawal forests that each have their own individual names.
- I'm proposing that this page be treated more like Tundra or Rainforest; it's the forest biome on Jeju Island as a whole. 211.43.120.242 (talk) 14:12, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- If that is the case, the article would need to be updated (with sources) to reflect that, as it currently describes it as a single forest. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 15:49, 9 July 2024 (UTC)- I think it already does describe it as multiple forests, but it's just unclear because of grammar and the telephone game played over 10+ years of people trying to fix the grammar over time and misunderstanding it.
- [1] this academic source describes it as a category, not as a single forest. [2] This source does too:
Four gotjawal regions have been singled out for their well-preserved conditions -- Hankyung-Andeok Gotjawal and Aewol Gotjawal in the west, Jocheon- Hamdeok Gotjawal and Gujawa-Seongsan Gotjawal in the east.
- If the page communicates an impression of it being a single forest, it's incorrect. I was going to get around to rewriting the page anyway. Do I need to do that first before the rename? 211.43.120.242 (talk) 16:37, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- If that is the case, the article would need to be updated (with sources) to reflect that, as it currently describes it as a single forest. --Ahecht (TALK
- Not necessarily the case. In English, a lot of place names are tautological, adding a descriptor like "forest", "mountain", "desert", "river", etc. to a name already including this meaning in the native language. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 11:55, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- Kanjurmarg (currently a redirect to Kanjur Marg) → Kanjur Marg (move · discuss) – two different words 49.32.182.115 (talk) 15:10, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- I cannot see evidence of it being two words. Do you have a source for this? C F A 💬 17:19, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation Marathon (currently a redirect to Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation Marathon) → Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation Marathon (move · discuss) – needed 49.32.182.115 (talk) 16:53, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- The official website and every other source I can find does not use a hyphen. Do you have a source for this? C F A 💬 17:19, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
Administrator needed
- Mostafa Momeni (geographer) (currently a redirect to Mostafa Momeni) → Mostafa Momeni (move · discuss) – unnecessary qualifier Hyphenation Expert (talk) 09:06, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- This page should also be unprotected. I fail to see why a single edit by an IP editor to change the redirect to the biography of a non-notable person warranted indefinite full protection. Should've been temporary semi-protected at best. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 15:00, 9 July 2024 (UTC)- Before a fellow admin makes the move, see User_talk:Eagleash/Archive_2020#Transfer_page first. Unfortunately, the two main editors with knowledge of why this is admin protected in the first place are deceased. – robertsky (talk) 21:46, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- The reason seems to be
to avoid confusion with a nonnotable person
. Given that we only disambiguate between notable people, I think we can move this. BilledMammal (talk) 21:51, 9 July 2024 (UTC)- Digging into the thread I posted and looking around at the logs, it seems that it was done so more to from either prevent socks hijacking the article for the other subject (i.e. Draft:Mostafa Momeni (composer)) or potentially trying to see if there was a case for the having an article for the other subject in good faith in the meantime (knowing DGG at AfC, it might have been the case). In any case, I agree that this should be moved. The existing protection will be dropped a notch with the base title being monitored closely. – robertsky (talk) 22:36, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- The reason seems to be
- Before a fellow admin makes the move, see User_talk:Eagleash/Archive_2020#Transfer_page first. Unfortunately, the two main editors with knowledge of why this is admin protected in the first place are deceased. – robertsky (talk) 21:46, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- MerryLand Quy Nhon Binh Dinh FC (currently a redirect to Quy Nhon Binh Dinh FC) → Quy Nhon Binh Dinh FC (move · discuss) – The club ended the sponsorship contract with MerryLand after the 2023-24 V.League 1 season ended and changed their name back to Quy Nhon Binh Dinh FC.(1) User:Thplam2004
- FYI, this one appears to need a histmerge as this was originally copy/paste moved to the current title from the proposed new title. Bensci54 (talk) 16:20, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- Western African Ebola virus epidemic (currently a redirect to Western African Ebola epidemic) → Western African Ebola epidemic (move · discuss) – Per RM BilledMammal (talk) 22:24, 9 July 2024 (UTC)