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Requested moves is a process for requesting the retitling (moving) of an article, template, or project page on Wikipedia. For retitling files, categories and other items, see When not to use this page.

Please read the article titling policy and the guideline regarding primary topics before moving a page or requesting a page move.

Any autoconfirmed user can use the Move function to perform most moves (see Help:How to move a page). 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. 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 generally processed after seven days. If consensus to move the page is reached at or after this time, a reviewer will carry out the request. 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 for consensus to develop, or the discussion may be closed as "no consensus". See Wikipedia:Requested moves/Closing instructions for more details on the process.

Wikipedia: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.

Separate processes exist for moving certain types of pages, and for changes other than page moves:

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.

Only list proposals here that are clearly uncontroversial but require administrator help to complete (for example, spelling and capitalization fixes). Do not list a proposed page move in this section if there is any possibility that it could be opposed by anyone. Please list new requests at the bottom of the list in this section and use {{subst:RMassist|Old page name|Requested name|Reason for move}} rather than copying previous entries. The template will automatically include your signature. No edits to the article's talk page are required.

If you object to a proposal listed here, please re-list it in the #Incomplete and contested proposals section below.

With the exception of a brief description of the problem or objection to the move request, please do not discuss move requests here. If you support an incomplete or contested move request, please consider following the instructions above to create a full move request, and move the discussion to the "Other Proposals" section below. Requests that remain incomplete after five days will be removed.

  • The Wire (disambiguation) → The Wire — There are multiple articles that could all be called "The Wire" -- requiring disambiguation. About a year ago someone went through the steps of conducting a survey over whether one of those pages -- one about an American TV show, deserved pride of place, and that the disambiguation page should be moved form "The Wire" to "The Wire (disambiguation)". Only one respondent favored this move. So the move didn't happen in 2007. But in September 2008 someone initiated this move, without addressing the earlier poll, or initiating a discussion on the other page. I am listing this request under uncontroversial proposals because it would be reversing a move that did not follow policy. Here is the earlier poll those involved in the recent move ignored. Talk:The Wire#Requested_move. Geo Swan (talk) 19:11, 30 October 2008 (UTC) — Geo Swan (talk) 19:11, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Mightn't it be best to discuss it properly now, rather than quickly reverting? A year has passed since the previous discussion, after all. And over a month has passed since the page was moved, without anyone objecting. 87.113.104.135 (talk) 20:43, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose: As detailed on the talk page, the current rendering is absolutely not stylistic nor anything to do with the artwork. Proposer has already ignored invitations to consult any of the long list of critical literature on the subject, all of which give the current form, as does the copyright notice and all other references in the work itself. DionysosProteus (talk) 22:44, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

27 October 2008

Apologies: discussion not clearly labelled as it grew out of earlier discussions: now headed Talk:Hop (plant)#Requested move. Richard New Forest (talk) 22:46, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Template:Literature of Turkey → Template:Turkish Literature —(Discuss)— Literature of Turkey could mean also Kurdish, Zaza, Armenian, Laz, Greek literature from Turkey but the template is focused on Turkish literature. So this is discriminatory. 2) Some of these poets where from Iraq (Fizuli) or outside of the modern boundary of the country Turkey. 3) There are Ottoman Turkish poets outside of the country of Turkey and even from the Balkans. 4) All such Wikipedia templates tie literature with language. 5) Turkish Literature is a much more common name and in authoritative Encyclopedias like Encyclopedia of Islam, the term Turkish literature is used rather than literature of Turkey. --Nepaheshgar (talk) 12:20, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

26 October 2008

  • Large number of rocketry-related articles —(discuss)— In order to clean up inconsistent naming of articles about rockets, it has been proposed to move a large number of articles in order to standardise the naming format. A list of pages that will be directly affected, and details of the proposal can be found here, as it is too long to list on this page. --GW_SimulationsUser Page | Talk 09:06, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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