Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests
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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:..."
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- To list a technical request: Uncontroversial technical requests subsection and insert the following code at the bottom of the list, filling in pages and reason:
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the - 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.
Technical requests
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Uncontroversial technical requests
- Total liberationism (currently a redirect to Total liberation) → Total liberation (move · discuss) – Current page title is mentioned nowhere in the source material, whereas the proposed change is mentioned consistently Grapefruit13 (talk) 13:56, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
- Mortice Gauge (currently a redirect to Mortise gauge) → Mortise gauge (move · discuss) – more common name and gauge not capitalised LittleDwangs (talk) 09:30, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
- Dickson River, New Zealand (currently a redirect to Dickson River (New Zealand)) → Dickson River (New Zealand) (move · discuss) – invert redirect, apply current rivers naming disambiguation format Wolfgang8741 says: If not you, then who? (talk) 19:20, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
- May Creek, British Columbia (currently a redirect to May Creek (British Columbia)) → May Creek (British Columbia) (move · discuss) – invert redirect to follow rivers name disambiguation format Wolfgang8741 says: If not you, then who? (talk) 18:39, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
- Not sure where to post this, but this seemed like the correct place. There are many sub-pages of Wikipedia:Wiki Ed ([1]), but that page is a soft redirect and the actual page is at Wikipedia:Education program. Those sub-pages should move so they all are all much easily searchable, especially with tools like the above sub-page tool. Also when navigating between pages, not being sent to the redirect or have the title change is an added bonus.--Gonnym (talk) 11:09, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
- @Gonnym:, I tried moving some pages individually, because swapping isn't a fine option there. If we, for the time sake do this, a number of 100 sub-pages can be moved with it (only if we move the main page as well, which we don't have to). I guess these pages should be moved individually whenever you have time. These are about 4000 subpages, and "destination targets" don't exist. Can be moved easily, but I don't know any tool with which we can move multiple pages. Hope Anthony Appleyard might be having any idea since they are an admin, and they are mostly active at RMT. ─ The Aafī (talk) 05:27, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
- Rhopalosetia phlyctaenopa (currently a redirect to Rhopalosetia) → Rhopalosetia (move · discuss) – Move over redirect. Move to genus name for monotypic species based on WP:MONOTYPICFAUNA. SchreiberBike | ⌨ 07:53, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
- Scoliographa argospila (currently a redirect to Scoliographa) → Scoliographa (move · discuss) – Move over redirect. Move to genus name for monotypic species based on WP:MONOTYPICFAUNA. SchreiberBike | ⌨ 07:53, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
- Agoma trimenii (currently a redirect to Agoma) → Agoma (move · discuss) – Move over redirect. Move to genus name for monotypic species based on WP:MONOTYPICFAUNA. SchreiberBike | ⌨ 07:53, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
- Paradrina clavipalpis (currently a redirect to Caradrina clavipalpis) → Caradrina clavipalpis (move · discuss) – Move over redirect. Almost all sources use the new name. SchreiberBike | ⌨ 07:53, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
- Dichonia aprilina (currently a redirect to Griposia aprilina) → Griposia aprilina (move · discuss) – Move over redirect. Almost all sources use the new name and the new name has been used in the article for years. SchreiberBike | ⌨ 07:53, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
- Schinia sueta (currently a redirect to Schinia suetus) → Schinia suetus (move · discuss) – Move over redirect. All the sources use the new name. SchreiberBike | ⌨ 07:53, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
- Aurigequula (currently a redirect to Striped ponyfish) → Striped ponyfish (move · discuss) – Use common name for monotypic genus to avoid using generic name alone Quetzal1964 (talk) 13:53, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
Contested technical requests
- Tsubasa (Syaoran) (currently a redirect to Syaoran (Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, original)) → Syaoran (original) (move · discuss) – Conflict with other similarly named character from the same series Tintor2 (talk) 18:42, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
- Sorry but if the move is valid (original) cannot be the correct dab In ictu oculi (talk) 09:52, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
- Could you explain why "original" is not the correct dab? If "character" is added to next to "original", would that be the correct dab? Haleth (talk) 12:22, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
- Sorry but if the move is valid (original) cannot be the correct dab In ictu oculi (talk) 09:52, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
- Syaoran (Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle) (currently a redirect to Syaoran (Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, clone)) → Syaoran (clone) (move · discuss) – Conflict with other similarly named character from the same series Tintor2 (talk) 18:42, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
- Related to Tsubasa (Syaoran) move - but if the move is valid (clone) cannot be the correct dab In ictu oculi (talk) 09:52, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
- Could you explain why "clone" is not the correct dab? What about clone character as the dab, or Syaoran Clone? Haleth (talk) 12:22, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
- Related to Tsubasa (Syaoran) move - but if the move is valid (clone) cannot be the correct dab In ictu oculi (talk) 09:52, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
- Boys Like You (Who Is Fancy song) → Boys like You (move · discuss) – Per 'Pageviews Analysis', it's the only page getting any traffic. At the very least the page needs to be moved to where "Like" is lowecase. Whitevenom187 (talk) 06:55, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
- With 3 articles and 11 songs needs a case that there is a long term primary and obscuring the article title benefits readers. In ictu oculi (talk) 09:52, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
- I'm not willing to make that case, but "Like" does need to be lowercased in the title per WP:NC. So, Boys Like You (Who Is Fancy song) → Boys like You (Who Is Fancy song). Whitevenom187 (talk) 10:04, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
- With 3 articles and 11 songs needs a case that there is a long term primary and obscuring the article title benefits readers. In ictu oculi (talk) 09:52, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
- Hands on Me (Vanessa Carlton song) → Hands on Me (song) (currently a redirect instead to Hands on Me) (move · discuss) – Only notable song with this title. Whitevenom187 (talk) 07:46, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
- A quick check shows that the Ariana Grande song is better known, so well known album song versus unknown single stub. No primary. In ictu oculi (talk) 09:52, 18 November 2020 (UTC)