Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests

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: the Uncontroversial technical requests subsection and insert the following code at the bottom of the list, filling in pages and reason:

  {{subst:RMassist|current page title|new title|reason=edit summary for the move}}

  This will automatically insert a bullet and include your signature. Please do not edit the article's talk page.
• 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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Technical requests

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Uncontroversial technical requests

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• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay Nigger Association of America (5th nomination) → Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay Nigger Association of America (3rd nomination) (restricted by the titleblacklist, which page movers can override) (move · discuss) – Nearly five years after my initial RMs, and I realize that the third and fourth nominations for the article in question also never existed. For this reason, I'll be requesting the following technical moves as well. ToThAc (talk) 12:16, 15 May 2024 (UTC) ToThAc (talk) 12:16, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
  • Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay Nigger Association of America (6th nomination) → Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay Nigger Association of America (4th nomination) (restricted by the titleblacklist, which page movers can override) (move · discuss) – Please place your rationale for the proposed move here. ToThAc (talk) 12:16, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
  • Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay Nigger Association of America (7th nomination) → Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay Nigger Association of America (5th nomination) (restricted by the titleblacklist, which page movers can override) (move · discuss) – Please place your rationale for the proposed move here. ToThAc (talk) 12:16, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
  • Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay Nigger Association of America (8th nomination) → Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay Nigger Association of America (6th nomination) (restricted by the titleblacklist, which page movers can override) (move · discuss) – Please place your rationale for the proposed move here. ToThAc (talk) 12:16, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
  • Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay Nigger Association of America (9th nomination) → Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay Nigger Association of America (7th nomination) (restricted by the titleblacklist, which page movers can override) (move · discuss) – Please place your rationale for the proposed move here. ToThAc (talk) 12:16, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
  • Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay Nigger Association of America (10th nomination) → Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay Nigger Association of America (8th nomination) (restricted by the titleblacklist, which page movers can override) (move · discuss) – Please place your rationale for the proposed move here. ToThAc (talk) 12:16, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
  • Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay Nigger Association of America (11th nomination) → Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay Nigger Association of America (9th nomination) (restricted by the titleblacklist, which page movers can override) (move · discuss) – Please place your rationale for the proposed move here. ToThAc (talk) 12:16, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
  • Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay Nigger Association of America (12th nomination) → Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay Nigger Association of America (10th nomination) (restricted by the titleblacklist, which page movers can override) (move · discuss) – Please place your rationale for the proposed move here. ToThAc (talk) 12:16, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
  • Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay Nigger Association of America (13th nomination) → Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay Nigger Association of America (11th nomination) (restricted by the titleblacklist, which page movers can override) (move · discuss) – Please place your rationale for the proposed move here. ToThAc (talk) 12:16, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
  • Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay Nigger Association of America (14th nomination) → Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay Nigger Association of America (12th nomination) (restricted by the titleblacklist, which page movers can override) (move · discuss) – Please place your rationale for the proposed move here. ToThAc (talk) 12:16, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
  • Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay Nigger Association of America (15th nomination) → Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay Nigger Association of America (13th nomination) (restricted by the titleblacklist, which page movers can override) (move · discuss) – Please place your rationale for the proposed move here. ToThAc (talk) 12:16, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
  • – Please place your rationale for the proposed move here. ToThAc (talk) 12:16, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
  • – Please place your rationale for the proposed move here. ToThAc (talk) 12:16, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
• Suhas → Suhas Pagolu (currently a redirect instead to Suhas (Telugu actor)) (move · discuss) – WP:NOPT. Jax 0677 (talk) 12:08, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
• Empathogen (album) → Empathogen (move · discuss) – No other article with this name. Jax 0677 (talk) 12:03, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
• Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (currently a redirect to CPH:DOX) → CPH:DOX (move · discuss) – Official name, and consistent with CPH:PIX Laterthanyouthink (talk) 10:53, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

  @Laterthanyouthink The latter page is at CPH PIX (without the colon). --Ahecht (TALK
  PAGE) 14:30, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

  And I'd argue that it should be at CPH Pix, per MOS:ALLCAPS. 162 etc. (talk) 16:09, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

  Hmm, okay, I see. It seems that the DOX one does have the semi-colon, whereas PIX never did, as far as I can see. I have also now discovered that PIX had its last event in 2021 and is now defunct. Should I make this a RM to discuss further? Happy to go with whatever is decided, but CPH:DOX is the form that is used pretty much universally for this one. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 00:40, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

• Julian Scherle (currently a redirect to Juls Scherle) → Juls Scherle (move · discuss) – the figure "Julian Scherle" has since publicly changed their name to "Juls Scherle" RaeRae2023 (talk) 19:57, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
• Augustinian Calvinism (currently a redirect to Augustine's influence on John Calvin) → Augustine's influence on John Calvin (move · discuss) – The page was moved to Augustine's influence on John Calvin in 2019 after an RM. Shortly thereafter, the page was moved back to its current name without discussion. The undiscussed move should be reverted. JFHutson (talk) 12:43, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Requests to revert undiscussed moves

If your request involves reverting a move, place it here.

Contested technical requests

Do not insert new requests in this section. Only move requests here if the requested move has been contested.

• NoBull (currently a redirect to Nobull) → NOBULL (currently a redirect instead to Nobull) (move · discuss) – The official company name is NOBULL, not NoBull, and is always stylized NOBULL Jcostas81 (talk) 13:01, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

  Oppose per MOS:TRADEMARK HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 13:30, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

  @Jcostas81: this request has been contested and requires further discussion. If you wish to proceed, please click on the "discuss" link in your request above. --Ahecht (TALK
  PAGE) 14:05, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

• Namboothiri (disambiguation) → Namboothiri (currently a redirect instead to Nambudiri) (move · discuss) – WP:NOPT Jax 0677 (talk) 00:26, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

This is likely correct now as a WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT as a spelling variant of the caste (Nambudiri), which is a broad article that itself serves a disambiguating purpose by including links to notable people therein. And examples of people with the surname may be partial title matches except to the extent they are known mononymously (which does appear to be the case with Namboothiri (artist)). SilverLocust 💬 03:31, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

@Jax 0677: This request is contested. The rest of your requests were moved. Open an RM if you'd like. SilverLocust 💬 07:47, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

• Israel in the Iran–Iraq War (currently a redirect to Israeli support for Iran during the Iran–Iraq war) → Israeli support for Iran during the Iran–Iraq war (move · discuss) – moving the article to its original title that is now a redirect. Damian Lew (talk) 19:44, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

  @Damian Lew: The last stable title was "Israel's role in the Iran–Iraq [W/w]ar" for about 7-8 years. The title you're requesting hasn't been in place since 2015, and proved to be controversial. I would be fine with reverting the move from 8 month ago by a WP:BLOCKEVADING user, but for the original title you'll need to open a requested move with a substantive reason to prefer that title. SilverLocust 💬 20:41, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

  The article's title was unilaterally changed about 7-8 years ago without a substantial reason provided nor a request made. I've just now contested the move in the talk page of the article in question, citing that the previous title gave a more apt description of the article's content (as can be observed from the first sentence of the article) and it is more in line with other article titles from the same conflict, thus the move made years ago was wholly arbitrary. Damian Lew (talk) 22:12, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

  Present title is the most appropriate and neutral. Don't see any reason to opt for that overstretched and statement-like title. Any particular reason?--2409:4073:4EB5:4764:20AB:195D:66BE:84D1 (talk) 18:55, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

• Special Ops: Lioness → Lioness (American TV series) (currently a redirect back to Special Ops: Lioness) (move · discuss) – old name has been reinstated but old article has 2 edits (which is more than 1) CapnZapp (talk) 14:07, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

  The current title is WP:NATURAL disambiguation. SilverLocust 💬 23:01, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

  No, the current title was changed from the previous one, and now the network has decided to change it back. The title should once more be Lioness --> Lioness (TV series) --> Lioness (American TV series). We do not prefer to use the wrong title just because it makes titling Wikipedia articles very slightly more convenient. If you actually oppose this technical move, and didn't simply want to give your personal explanation of the current title that is feasible but unlikely, please move it to Contested technical requests. Cheers CapnZapp (talk) 09:15, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

  I agree with SilverLocust. Best to retain the present title as natural disambiguation. It isn't "wrong", as that was the title of the first and only series so far and still retained on Paramount's website. If the common name in future drops the "Special Ops" to the point that it would be unusual and confusing to include it, we could think again, but for now I think it best to retain it.  — Amakuru (talk) 14:39, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

  @CapnZapp: It's contested now. (I replied without moving sections to make a tentative objection.) SilverLocust 💬 07:59, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

References

• KTTU (TV) (currently a redirect to KTTU-TV) → KTTU-TV (move · discuss) – Suffix added to callsign effective 5/16/2024 Mvcg66b3r (talk) 07:50, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

  If it's not due to change until the 16th,then at least it should wait until then. Would also need evidence of source usage per WP:NAMECHANGES. I couldn't see anything about this myself.  — Amakuru (talk) 07:13, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

  @Mvcg66b3r: this request has been contested and requires further discussion. If you wish to proceed, please click on the "discuss" link in your request above. --Ahecht (TALK
  PAGE) 14:03, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

• Pallar → Devendrakula Velalar (currently a redirect instead to Devendrakulam) (move · discuss) – Parliament Passes Bill To Classify 7 Scheduled Caste Groups Of Tamil Nadu As 'Devendrakula Velalars', having a page as pallar to refer as devendrakula Velalar is not right. It’s better to move this page as Devendrakula Velalar as it comprises 7 subcastes. The Indian Government parliament ammendment has been given for viewing where pallar and others 6 subcastes don’t exist in the government records.

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Page I want to move it to is currently a redirect. worldgiant (talk) 04:39, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Articles related to Indian castes are inherently controversial. – robertsky (talk) 09:40, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

• Hittite mythology and religion → Hittite religion (currently a redirect back to Hittite mythology and religion) (move · discuss) – All comparable pages listed in Template:Ancient Near East topics are either "X religion" or "X mythology", but not "X mythology and religion", so the name should be changed to just one for consistency. The lead is already about the concept of Hittite religion, and "X religion" pages are more common than "X mythology", so I chose "Hittite religion". Hittite religion is also the much more common web search compared to Hittite mythology, and "Hittite mythology and religion" doesnt even show up: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Hittite+religion%2CHittite+mythology%2CHittite+mythology+and+religion&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=en-2019&smoothing=3 Pogenplain (talk) 16:02, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

  I dunno, I think since the article covers both mythology and religion, topics that are often separate articles, I think it fair for the title to mention both.  — Amakuru (talk) 23:01, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

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