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:
This will automatically insert a bullet and include your signature. Please do not edit the article's talk page.{{subst:RMassist|current page title|new title|reason=edit summary for the move}}
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
- Peinlich, Skye (currently a redirect to Peinlich) → Peinlich (move · discuss) – No need for DAB per WP:UKPLACE and WP:PRECISION, base name already redirects here and there don't appear to be any other uses other than the fact it means embarrassing in German but there doesn't appear to be such issue on the English Wikipedia. Crouch, Swale (talk) 18:24, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- 2020 CAF Super Cup (February) (currently a redirect to 2020 CAF Super Cup) → 2020 CAF Super Cup (move · discuss) – only one CAF Super Cup played in 2020. Chanheigeorge (talk) 18:15, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- Sonepur (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency) (currently a redirect to Sonepur Assembly constituency) → Sonepur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (currently a redirect instead to Sonepur Assembly constituency) (move · discuss) – Removed unnecessary qualifier state name from title. Consistent with other Vidhan Sabha constituency of Indian states. The constituency in Bihar is named Sonpur without an e. Walrus Ji (talk) 13:02, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- Mohana (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency) (currently a redirect to Mohana Assembly constituency) → Mohana (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (currently a redirect instead to Mohana Assembly constituency) (move · discuss) – Removed unnecessary qualifier state name from title. Consistent with other Vidhan Sabha constituency of Indian states. The constituency in UP is named Mohan. Walrus Ji (talk) 10:46, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- Maximum Overload (DragonForce album) (currently a redirect to Maximum Overload) → Maximum Overload (move · discuss) – Maximum Overload (Acid Drinkers album) has been unsourced for months Jax 0677 (talk) 02:09, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- Typhonium venosum (currently a redirect to Sauromatum venosum) → Sauromatum venosum (move · discuss) – it's been back in its original genus for a number of years now. http://www.aroid.org/genera/generapage.php?genus=typhonium, https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/6Y3KD Rallekralle11 (talk) 22:16, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
- Nummi (disambiguation) (currently a redirect to Nummi) → Nummi (move · discuss) – There's no primary topic. JAAqqO (talk) 16:21, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
Contested technical requests
- Tum → TUM (disambiguation) (currently a redirect back to Tum) (move · discuss) – Move to redirect Tum to Technical University of Munich, per Talk:TUM. intforce (talk) 15:11, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- Oppose speedy move this should be discussed. Why is "tum" the university? WP:DIFFCAPS -- 70.31.205.108 (talk) 15:18, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- Oops, I found the request genuine and acted. I've reverted the move. ─ The Aafī (talk) 15:25, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- @70.31.205.108, why is "mit" MIT? Why is "ucla" University of California, Los Angeles? Because they are the primary topic. Just like WP:DIFFCAPS says: "The general approach is that whatever readers might type in the search box, they are guided as swiftly as possible to the topic they might reasonably be expected to be looking for". When users type in "tum", they are usually not looking for Tum, Poland or the Tumbuka language, as evident by the number of page views and other indicators. intforce (talk) 15:41, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- "tum" is indicated as a synonym for stomach/belly. Yes, it is a child's word, but children use Wikipedia. Thus, it should have a discussion. -- 70.31.205.108 (talk) 17:02, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- Oppose speedy move this should be discussed. Why is "tum" the university? WP:DIFFCAPS -- 70.31.205.108 (talk) 15:18, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- Template:ISO 15924/wp-name (currently a redirect to Template:ISO 15924/wp-article) → Template:ISO 15924/wp-article (move · discuss) – 'name' suggests that WP can pick its own name for a script. Also, the article may not be about the script itself, but have a section only (e.g. in case of a more obscure language/script/people topic). @Drmccreedy: ping. No (technical) conflicts foreseen. DePiep (talk) 16:19, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
- I don't see any issue... "name of the article" vs "article name". Rename seems fine to me. DRMcCreedy (talk) 18:27, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
Adding: subpages to follow, Special:PrefixIndex/Template:ISO_15924/wp-name-DePiep (talk) 16:37, 16 January 2021 (UTC)- @DePiep: Best wait until we know the names of all these subpages. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 17:54, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
- I don't understand. New names of subpages are known because we do exact /wp-name/ → /wp-article/ substitution. (btw, I put one subpage now up for deletion because unused). -DePiep (talk) 17:59, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
- @DePiep: I can see various meanings for the above move request:-
- Rename the one page named Template:ISO 15924/wp-name to the one name Template:ISO 15924/wp-article. I can do that easily.
- Obey that rename request several times, on the nth repeat replacing "wp-name" and "wp-article" by the nth members of the two lists of names 'wpnames' and 'wparticles'.
- Or what?
- Anthony Appleyard (talk) 19:04, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
- Yes to #1, sure; and we understand associated pages like Talk follow automatically. Re #2: only when clear to you. I thought, since these are subpages, the logic is easy. If you doubt (I have not made clear enough), then skip #2. (No harm expected either way, and later on I can refine a new request just as well). -DePiep (talk) 19:12, 16 January 2021 (UTC)