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:..."
- 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.
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Uncontroversial technical requests
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Contested technical requests
- Nation state → Nation-state (currently a redirect back to Nation state) (move · discuss) – Correct standard spelling in political science (Britannica, Pennsylvania University, Vienna University) –Tobias (talk) 15:00, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- I think this is rather a major change, and usage is not consistent across sources, so would benefit from a full discussion. It was previously moved in the other direction by Grant65 but that was back in 2008. Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 15:26, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- 2025 CONCACAF Women's Futsal Championship (currently a redirect to 2025 CONCACAF W Futsal Championship) → 2025 CONCACAF W Futsal Championship (restricted by the titleblacklist, which page movers can override) (move · discuss) – As per Concacaf and CONCACAF W Championship Hariboneagle927 (talk) 10:21, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- Any source or set of sources to support this beyond the CONCACAF website?! This isn't CONCACAF W Championship as you're stating in your request and not every women's tournament from CONCACAF is "CONCACAF W..."! Would love to be proven otherwise. Intrisit (talk) 11:42, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- Yes I am aware. CONCACAF W Championship is just a precedent I'm mentioning – the CONCACAF external link is for the futsal. The very first edition of the women's futsal version is also going as "W Futsal", singular W. Hariboneagle927 (talk) 03:01, 20 February 2025 (UTC)
- Any source or set of sources to support this beyond the CONCACAF website?! This isn't CONCACAF W Championship as you're stating in your request and not every women's tournament from CONCACAF is "CONCACAF W..."! Would love to be proven otherwise. Intrisit (talk) 11:42, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- Wikipedia community → Wikipedians (currently a redirect back to Wikipedia community) (move · discuss) – better name Astropulse (talk) 06:55, 15 February 2025 (UTC)Astropulse (talk) 06:55, 15 February 2025 (UTC)
- The current title indicates that the article covers larger phenomena than just the vague mass of people called Wikipedians. Also, "better name" according to whom? ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 14:37, 15 February 2025 (UTC)
- This deserves a full discussion. * Pppery * it has begun... 16:41, 15 February 2025 (UTC)
- I second that a full move discussion ought to be had for this one. We would need sources to determine where the short hand term is a better WP:COMMONNAME. Trailblazer101 (talk) 05:02, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- Feldenkrais Method (currently a redirect to Feldenkrais method) → Feldenkrais method (move · discuss) – per MOSCAPS Primergrey (talk) 06:58, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
- @Primergrey: You haven't provided any reason to believe that this phrase isn't "consistently capitalized in a substantial majority of independent, reliable sources" (MOS:CAPS). A Google Ngrams search suggests that it likely is. This move is potentially controversial, so it would require a requested-move discussion. If you decide to open one, I would urge you to explain why you believe the standard of MOS:CAPS is not met. You can remove this request after opening a discussion (or if you do not want to continue). SilverLocust 💬 08:32, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
- From the MOSCAPS page, phrases like "Hermitian matrix or Lorentz transformation, Down syndrome" are not capped. Every move is potentially controversial, so unless you yourself have a problem with it...Primergrey (talk) 09:50, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
- I'm not so sure that MOS:SCIMATH applies to alternative medicine. And as noted here at Wikipedia:Requested moves/Controversial, the discussion process is used for potentially controversial moves. SilverLocust 💬 11:16, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
- The paragraph of MOS:CAPS just above MOS:SCIMATH is MOS:FIELD, which explicitly applies to methods. — BarrelProof (talk) 18:21, 17 February 2025 (UTC)
- I'm not so sure that MOS:SCIMATH applies to alternative medicine. And as noted here at Wikipedia:Requested moves/Controversial, the discussion process is used for potentially controversial moves. SilverLocust 💬 11:16, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
- From the MOSCAPS page, phrases like "Hermitian matrix or Lorentz transformation, Down syndrome" are not capped. Every move is potentially controversial, so unless you yourself have a problem with it...Primergrey (talk) 09:50, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
- @Primergrey: You haven't provided any reason to believe that this phrase isn't "consistently capitalized in a substantial majority of independent, reliable sources" (MOS:CAPS). A Google Ngrams search suggests that it likely is. This move is potentially controversial, so it would require a requested-move discussion. If you decide to open one, I would urge you to explain why you believe the standard of MOS:CAPS is not met. You can remove this request after opening a discussion (or if you do not want to continue). SilverLocust 💬 08:32, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
- Sheikh Hasina Medical University Khulna (currently a redirect to Khulna Medical University) → Khulna Medical University (move · discuss) – Change to Khulna Medical University, as it is the common name and match with the district and division name[1], and Sheikh Hasina Medical University is also mentioned in the article. 2400:C600:4716:BD5A:1:0:6B8E:7FA6 (talk) 16:14, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
- This university official website homepage also says Khulna Medical University is the common name.[2]
- This page has been moved at least three times in the last 45 days, so this is clearly not uncontentious, please start a full RM discussion. TiggerJay (talk) 16:45, 17 February 2025 (UTC)
- 2018 Assam local election (currently a redirect to 2018 Assam local elections) → 2018 Assam local elections (move · discuss) – WP:CONSISTENT — Hemant Dabral (📞 • ✒) 08:17, 17 February 2025 (UTC)
- @Hemant Dabral Agree that the corrent title is incorrect. However, this article has been moved back and forth between 2018 Assam local elections and 2018 Assam panchayat election several times. An RM should be held to determine which of these two titles is correct. Bensci54 (talk) 18:03, 17 February 2025 (UTC)
- Santa Lucia Luntana (currently a redirect to Santa Lucia luntana) → Santa Lucia luntana (move · discuss) – adjectives are not capitalized in Italian or Neapolitan titles; see itwiki and napwiki ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 20:22, 17 February 2025 (UTC)
- This is the English Wikipedia, and per ngrams the title is generally capitalised in English sources - [3] — Amakuru (talk) 21:35, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
- Nope. We don't follow that rule. MOS:NONENGTITLE prevails. See Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization)#Works and compositions. ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 01:43, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- This is the English Wikipedia, and per ngrams the title is generally capitalised in English sources - [3] — Amakuru (talk) 21:35, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
- Ahmednagar Junction railway station (currently a redirect to Ahmednagar railway station) → Ahmednagar railway station (move · discuss) – It isn't Junction yet 2409:40C0:11:31E4:8000:0:0:0 (talk) 10:33, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
- Since this was previously moved, and has been stable at this name for more than a year, this should require a full RM discussion and would not qualify as uncontroversial or uncontested. TiggerJay (talk) 05:00, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- Value theory → Value (interdisciplinary) (currently a redirect back to Value theory) (move · discuss) – Better dedscription ModernDaySlavery (talk) 03:21, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose: "Interdisciplinary" may not be as common of a search term for some readers, and WP:NATURAL disambiguation tends to be more preferred when possible. "Value theory" covers what the subject is in concept: a theory, not solely an "interdisciplinary", which would be an incomplete disambiguation. Trailblazer101 (talk) 04:59, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj)–Rewa Vande Bharat Express → Rani Kamalapati–Rewa Vande Bharat Express (move · discuss) – name correction 103.185.174.130 (talk) 10:43, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
- What reliable sources do you have to support this name change? Current citation seem to support the current article title. See WP:NAMECHANGE for related information. TiggerJay (talk) 04:06, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj)–Hazrat Nizamuddin Vande Bharat Express → Rani Kamalapati–Hazrat Nizamuddin Vande Bharat Express (move · discuss) – name correction 103.185.174.130 (talk) 10:43, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
- What reliable sources do you have to support this name change? Current citation seem to support the current article title. See WP:NAMECHANGE for related information. TiggerJay (talk) 04:06, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- Jabalpur–Bhusaval section → Jabalpur–Bhusawal section (move · discuss) – name correction 103.185.174.130 (talk) 10:43, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
- What reliable sources do you have to support this name change? Current citation seem to support the current article title. See WP:NAMECHANGE for related information. TiggerJay (talk) 04:06, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- Pune–Bhusaval Express → Pune–Bhusawal Express (move · discuss) – name correction 103.185.174.130 (talk) 10:43, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
- What reliable sources do you have to support this name change? Current citation seem to support the current article title. See WP:NAMECHANGE for related information. TiggerJay (talk) 04:06, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- Devlali–Bhusaval Passenger → Devlali–Bhusawal Passenger (move · discuss) – name correction 103.185.174.130 (talk) 10:43, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
- What reliable sources do you have to support this name change? Current citation seem to support the current article title. See WP:NAMECHANGE for related information. TiggerJay (talk) 04:06, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- Bhusaval–Hazrat Nizamuddin Gondwana Express → Bhusawal–Hazrat Nizamuddin Gondwana Express (move · discuss) – name correction 103.185.174.130 (talk) 10:43, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
- What reliable sources do you have to support this name change? Current citation seem to support the current article title. See WP:NAMECHANGE for related information. TiggerJay (talk) 04:06, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- Exosquad → ExoSquad (currently a redirect back to Exosquad) (move · discuss) – ExoSquad is the official spelling per the literature for the franchise. Jonny2x4 (talk) 14:23, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- @Jonny2x4 We use what reliable sources use, not offical names. Most, if not all, refs in article use current capitalization, any particular reason/source to change it? ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 16:31, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- I Vitelloni → I vitelloni (currently a redirect back to I Vitelloni) (move · discuss) – Italian capitalization; see MOS:NONENGTITLE and Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization)#Works and compositions. ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 19:57, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose. Not uncontroversial — here is a screenshot of the film's title in the opening credits and here is its Variety review. "I Vitelloni" is this film's title in the English-speaking world. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 20:46, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- But the title is in Italian and the above rules apply on Wikipedia. Your argument is totally irrelevant. ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 22:55, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- This matter had been already submitted in July 2010 at Talk:I Vitelloni#Move, with not a single "support" vote. Thus, it obviously cannot be presented as an "uncontroversial technical request" and requires a full follow-up discussion for historical record. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 23:47, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- It’s been 15 years. If I hadn’t been prevented by the system I would have moved the page by myself and only if contested I would have opened a discussion. I think I’m gonna have to do it seeing your stubbornness. ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 10:56, 20 February 2025 (UTC)
- This matter had been already submitted in July 2010 at Talk:I Vitelloni#Move, with not a single "support" vote. Thus, it obviously cannot be presented as an "uncontroversial technical request" and requires a full follow-up discussion for historical record. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 23:47, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- But the title is in Italian and the above rules apply on Wikipedia. Your argument is totally irrelevant. ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 22:55, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose. Not uncontroversial — here is a screenshot of the film's title in the opening credits and here is its Variety review. "I Vitelloni" is this film's title in the English-speaking world. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 20:46, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- La Strada → La strada (currently a redirect back to La Strada) (move · discuss) – third request I place here per MOS:NONENGTITLE and Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization)#Works and compositions; Italian capitalization. Will this one go through? ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 11:58, 20 February 2025 (UTC)
- @IvanScrooge98 Unfortunately, no. This one has an RM from 2010 so it is not a valid TR. A new RM would be required. Bensci54 (talk) 13:39, 20 February 2025 (UTC)
- Delicious Party Pretty Cure → Delicious Party PreCure (currently a redirect back to Delicious Party Pretty Cure) (move · discuss) – There was a page move consensus on Talk:Wonderful PreCure! that this page and several other pages listed as "Pretty Cure" should be using the correct English title of "PreCure". Most of these moves have gone through okay but this one isn't able to move for some reason even though the new name has a redirect. Rebochan (talk) 17:55, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- Hi @Rebochan, you can't move a page over an existing one unless it's a single-revision redirect to the page being moved in its place, otherwise you are correct to ask here. For the record, @Cubching90's closure was slightly irregular as it is expected that a closer is able to carry out the actual moves, which they clearly can't. ASUKITE 20:39, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- I also note that this particular page wasn't listed in the RM in questions. Wouldn't WP:NOTOTHERPAGES apply? The closer was correct not to move this page as part of their close. Bensci54 (talk) 20:58, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- Correct, thanks! I hadn't even checked that part, this whole situation is fishy to me. ASUKITE 21:18, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- Actually, Cubching90 was blocked for sockpuppetry, I think that closure needs to be reverted, which means my move earlier might have been invalid as well. (Or... I don't know what to do, an admin should handle that as it looks like a couple other editors were blocked there, might be better even to just void the entire discussion and start over at this point) ASUKITE 21:19, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- The point of the discussion was that all of those pages are not using the correct names of the shows according to primary sources. These all should have been uncontroversial moves, but people fight them anyway. Now all of my moves trying to follow what I had no reason to believe was a bad faith closure have been reverted by Hey man im josh who scolded me for it on my talk page. Rebochan (talk) 23:00, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- Actually, Cubching90 was blocked for sockpuppetry, I think that closure needs to be reverted, which means my move earlier might have been invalid as well. (Or... I don't know what to do, an admin should handle that as it looks like a couple other editors were blocked there, might be better even to just void the entire discussion and start over at this point) ASUKITE 21:19, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- Correct, thanks! I hadn't even checked that part, this whole situation is fishy to me. ASUKITE 21:18, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- I also note that this particular page wasn't listed in the RM in questions. Wouldn't WP:NOTOTHERPAGES apply? The closer was correct not to move this page as part of their close. Bensci54 (talk) 20:58, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- Hi @Rebochan, you can't move a page over an existing one unless it's a single-revision redirect to the page being moved in its place, otherwise you are correct to ask here. For the record, @Cubching90's closure was slightly irregular as it is expected that a closer is able to carry out the actual moves, which they clearly can't. ASUKITE 20:39, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
- @Rebochan Contested as recent activity shows there is controversy - after the related move is closed it may be possible to move this, but even then a discussion might be a good idea. ASUKITE 15:06, 20 February 2025 (UTC)
- Naan Avanillai (1974 film) → Naan Avanillai (move · discuss) – Making way for a primary title; the rest at Naan Avanillai (disambiguation) are remakes with variant titles. Gotitbro (talk) 12:47, 20 February 2025 (UTC)
- @Gotitbro The page views do not support PTOPIC outright, so this should be raised under a full RM discussion. Until that is established, I am also going to revert your bold change of the page redirect until a discussion can take place. TiggerJay (talk) 15:46, 20 February 2025 (UTC)