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Requested moves is a process for requesting the retitling (moving) of an article, template, or project page on Misplaced Pages. 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 Misplaced Pages:Requested moves/Closing instructions for more details on the process.

Misplaced Pages: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:

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.

Non-controversial proposals

Only list here proposals that are clearly non-controversial but require administrator help to complete. Things like capitalization and spelling mistakes would be appropriate here. If there is any prior discussion as to the name of the article please link to it. If there is any doubt as to whether a page move could be opposed by anyone, do not list it in this section. Please use {{subst:WP:RM2|Old Page Name|Requested name|Reason for move}} in this section only. No dated sections are necessary, and no templates on the article's talk page are necessary.

Other proposals

Make sure that all of the proposals listed below have a discussion set up on talk page of the article to be moved. Please use the template {{subst:Misplaced Pages:RM}} and, if necessary, create a new dated section.

Please use the correct template: see the instructions above. Do NOT attempt to copy and paste formatting from another listing.

19 October 2006

  • Anti-Semitism → Antisemitism —(Discuss)— The article itself points out that "many scholars now favor the unhyphenated term" to emphasize that Antisemitism is NOT an antonym or opposition to "Semitism", which does not actually exist. Since multiple editors have apparently been confused on this point as well, a page-move would help avoid such confusion in future. — Arvedui 01:56, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

18 October 2006

  • Korean people → Koreans —(Discuss)— Tried to take this the other way on Talk:Greeks, but was opposed on the basis that we should use the most common name and only use "people" when the disambiguation is necessary. In this case, it is not - and "Koreans" by the Google test, shows up far more times than "Korean people". — Bssc81 14:19, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

17 October 2006

16 October 2006

  • Smart windows → Smart glass —(Discuss)— "Smartglass" and "Smart windows" have been proposed for a merger. The new name should be a generic name, that is, "Smart glass", because "Smartglass" is corporate wording for a technology better known as "smart glass" (or "switchable glass"). Also, "Smart windows" refer exclusively to applications for windows, whereas the technology has a larger scope of applications. The present content of this page is a complete re-working of the topic, also incorporating the information from the the two stubs "Smartglass" and "Smart windows". The page Smart glass, to which the content of "Smart windows" should be moved, had a redirect to "Smartglass". — Chris Howard 20:45, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Moved from non-controversial, see respective talks (flag, coa):

Addendum He also moved to create the misspelling "Coat of arms of the Sahrwai Arab Republic" in there, too. Please delete this. -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 19:17, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Jack Black (actor) → Jack Black —(Discuss)— Links throughout Misplaced Pages that refer to ANY person named Jack Black refer to the actor 10 times as much as all the other Jack Blacks combined (this can be seen by checking the What Links Here pages for each. There are very few links to the other Jack Blacks.) So we know the other Jack Blacks are not extremely significant figures. Second, if you check what links to the plain Jack Black ->w:Special:Whatlinkshere/Jack Black, you'll notice virtually ALL refer to the actor. Thus, many links are leading to a disambiguation page when none is necessary. The actor is by far the most common person searched for named Jack Black. Thus, we should follow the Michael Jackson rule here. — Bssc81 19:40, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Coma cluster of galaxies → Coma Cluster —(Discuss)— Although "Coma cluster of galaxies" is sometimes accepted elsewhere, "Coma Cluster" is also frequently used and may be preferable for Misplaced Pages. The object can be considered a proper noun, so it should be written with the first letters of both words capitalized (much like the first letters of "City", "Lake", and "Mountains" are capitalized in "New York City", "Lake Superior", and "Rocky Mountains"}. Previous discussions show support for this convention in naming articles on clusters. George J. Bendo 11:50, 16 October 2006 (UTC) — George J. Bendo 11:50, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Yoghurt → Yogurt —(Discuss)— Yogurt is the common spelling and Google searches demonstrate this as there is more than a 4:1 ratio of the spelling yogurt, versus the MUCH less common yoghurt. It should be changed for consistency, as this is an English wikipedia, and not a British-only wikipedia, when the rest of the English-speaking world spells it yogurt. I can't find a single encyclopedia I have that lists it as yoghurt, nor do I find any products in the store called yoghurt. It needs to be fixed. Posted by 68.37.140.224, formatted by — -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 14:35, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

15 October 2006

  • Australian Gannet → Australasian Gannet —(Discuss)— seems more neutral as these gannets also occur in New Zealand. Although a name doesn't necessarily have anything to do with where a creature is found, if there are two common names and one is more location neutral I feel the more location neutral one should be preferred. Also although I don't like use Google to establish prevalence "Australasian Gannet" does have more hits then "Australian Gannet" — Nil Einne 07:52, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

14 October 2006

  • Cody Foster (porn star) → Cody Foster —(Discuss)— There is no article titled "Cody Foster" that is for a different person; it was designated as a redirect page. This is backwards; "Cody Foster (porn star) should redirect to "Cody Foster", as the latter is more likely to be what is entered when searching or when referencing the article in other articles.—Chidom   21:15, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Départements of France → Department (France) —(Discuss)— The English word "department" includes as one of its meanings the French word "département." The en Misplaced Pages should not be attempting to have a French language entry for a common French term that has long-established equivalent in the English language. In keeping with what I think is standard Misplaced Pages procedure for disambiguating terms, the format for this kind of article title should be: <English_term (specific_use)>. If this proposal is accepted, the en article Département should redirect to the proposed new page, and a link to the new page should be placed on the disambiguation page Department. — -Eric 14:30, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Calton Hill, Edinburgh → Calton Hill —(Discuss)— This one is a lot more notable than the SSSI in Derbyshire: Calton Hill, Derbyshire. eg. looking at number of incoming links for both articles, plus all the current links to the dab page are actually referring to the Edinburgh one, which is usually an indication of an inappropriate dab page. (I have put a link to the discussion on the Talk pages of both the Derbyshire article and what is currently the dab page, to allow editors to participate.) — Mais oui! 09:05, 14 October 2006 (UTC) --Mais oui! 09:05, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

This is necessary to keep two articles and theirs history and talk pages;Gelibolu for town and Gallipoli for peninsula. How we can do without disturbing any history and talk records. Mustafa Akalp 08:36, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

  • Lineworker (occupation) → Lineman (occupation) —(Discuss)— "Lineworker" is rarely used. Article needs to be changed back to the most commonly used, and proper, term. Nobody except for a couple of U.S. state governments whose legislatures have mandated "non-sexist" job titles calls them "lineworkers". The article name was changed in the first place by somebody pushing an agenda, with no agreement or consensus from other editors. — Puppy Mill 12:52, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Backlog

Move dated sections here after five days have passed.

13 October 2006

12 October 2006

11 October 2006

10 October 2006

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