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}}

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• 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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• Capital punishment in New York (state) (currently a redirect to Capital punishment in New York) → Capital punishment in New York (move · discuss) – No related article for NYC Interstellarity (talk) 13:32, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

I think the current article title is probably legit due to the practice of denoting either the state OR the city in article titles as natural disambiguation. If there were a parallel article for the city it would be called "Capital punishment in New York City", just like Geography of New York City or Demographics of New York City. Meanwhile, related namespaces that do not include the state or city typically go to disambig pages like Climate of New York. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 13:48, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

What about Capital punishment in the state of New York per WP:NATDIS? JohnCWiesenthal (talk) 03:01, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

I would support this, but agree it's not uncontroversial. Dicklyon (talk) 17:10, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

• Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam (currently a redirect to Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam) → Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (move · discuss) – The name of the political party is wrong, as it is spelt with a single 't' everywhere else SashankInAntiquity (talk) 16:20, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
• – WP:COMMONNAME per source and target articles Wikishovel (talk) 17:19, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

  Is this subject notable? Brand new page, so maybe some more time is needed, but it looks like it should also be redirected in its current state. -2pou (talk) 17:54, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

• The Cass Review (currently a redirect to Cass Review) → Cass Review (move · discuss) – remove "The" from page title per MOS. Cannot do myself as there is already Cass Review redirect in the way. Void if removed (talk) 14:54, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

• The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press (currently a redirect to Chinese University of Hong Kong Press) → Chinese University of Hong Kong Press (move · discuss) – Make shorter (WP:CONCISE, WP:PRECISE) Cfls (talk) 17:10, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
• List of Beyblade: Shogun Steel episodes → Beyblade: Shogun Steel (TV series) (move · discuss) – To be consistent with Beyblade: Metal Fusion season 1, Beyblade: Metal Masters, and Beyblade: Metal Fury. 2A01:5A8:30D:955E:992F:5F07:7B08:F0D2 (talk) 18:23, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
• – Page was moved to "Rosamund (Gepid)" without discussion, reverting a move which had stood for 9 years. I wanted to move it back, accidently copy-pasted title twice. UmbrellaTheLeef (talk) 19:16, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

• List of Delta 2 launches (currently a redirect to List of Delta II launches) → List of Delta II launches (move · discuss) – Article and redirect pages need to be swapped through a round-robin move Keavon (talk) 19:21, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
• List of Delta 3 launches (currently a redirect to List of Delta III launches) → List of Delta III launches (move · discuss) – Article and redirect pages need to be swapped through a round-robin move Keavon (talk) 19:23, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Requests to revert undiscussed moves

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Contested technical requests

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

• MRT Line 5 (Dhaka Metro Rail) (currently a redirect to MRT Line 5) → MRT Line 5 (move · discuss) – since there is another mrt line 5 there is no need for the clarificaion of the transit system Uss157 (talk) 04:06, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

  This is a case similar to UK parliamentary constituencies where I think a disaambuator may be good for consistency and clarity even if its not strictly necessary in this case. The manila metro also has MRT lines, so saying which each one is aids recognition.  — Amakuru (talk) 08:14, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

• Navajo Wars → Navajo wars (currently a redirect back to Navajo Wars) (move · discuss) – Per WP:AT and MOS:CAPS - not consistently capped in sources per JSTOR and google scholar. Cinderella157 (talk) 01:46, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

  As with the Apache wars below, the capped form is heavily favoured in sources.[1] And forget Google Scholar we don't use that in such discussions.  — Amakuru (talk) 08:05, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

• Apache Wars → Apache wars (currently a redirect back to Apache Wars) (move · discuss) – Per WP:AT and MOS:CAPS - not consistently capped in sources per JSTOR and google scholar. Cinderella157 (talk) 01:34, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

  This one isn't necessarily clear cut. Unusually, Sources have been trending away from the lowercase version recently, and it's probably about on the border of whether it's "consistently capitalised in a siginifacnt majority of sources" at present.[2] Also, we never use Google scholar for assessing titles, we're a general encyclopedia not a specialist organ.  — Amakuru (talk) 08:03, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

• Avante (disambiguation) (currently a redirect to Avante) → Avante (move · discuss) – Misplaced disambiguation page, no primary topic. —ShelfSkewed Talk 20:50, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

  Avante was a primary redirect to Avante! until a recent undiscussed edit. I've reverted that. Appears to be a justified primary redirect. 162 etc. (talk) 00:50, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

  @162 etc.: It seems fairly clear to me that the newspaper is not the primary topic here, unless there's an overwhelming longterm significance angle that I've missed. See page views, which show it in fifth place, and an order of magnitude below a couple of others.  — Amakuru (talk) 08:28, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

  WP:NOPRIMARY is also a possibility. A discussion would be best. 162 etc. (talk) 16:44, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

• Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents → Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macau Residents (currently a redirect back to Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents) (move · discuss) – Articles relating to Macau/Macao have been extremely confusingly titled on Wikipedia, most (non-company) articles makes more sense with the "Macau" spelling because that is simply the more common English language name (and is on >50% of Wikipedia articles anyway) so I believe this article is no exception and it fits better being renamed to Macau rather than its current title of Macao Josethewikier (talk) 09:29, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

  The fact that there is a mixture of spelling on Wikipedia is evidence that there is disagreement about it, which is evident in prior RMs and Talk page discussions for Macau. Ngram analysis disagrees with your assertion that "Macau" is the more popular spelling in English. The desire to improve consistency, while a laudable goal, does not seem completely uncontroversial. Apparently the official government spelling in English is "Macao", and this article is about a document issued by the government, so perhaps its title should retain the government's official spelling.

  A similar document with an associated article recently moved by the nominator is shown here, and the name of the document is written in English on its cover, and clearly uses the government official spelling, so an article about the document should probably not casually differ from the title of the document itself.

  The nominator has been making a lot of bold moves and spelling changes – sometimes with misleading edit summaries. For example, they renamed an article and changed the spelling in the article about a Canadian government office in a way that is contrary to the way the Canadian government spells the name of its own office in English!

  —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 20:22, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

• Yakuza (franchise) → Like a Dragon (franchise) (currently a redirect back to Yakuza (franchise)) (move · discuss) – The current name Thatonebowserfan (talk) 20:46, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

  Not uncontroversial, see this failed RM attempting the same move ASUKITE 20:47, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

  @Thatonebowserfan; this technical request has been contested and thus requires a formal Requested Move discussion. You can start one by clicking "discuss" in your request. You can remove this request after opening a discussion (or if you do not want to continue). Sennecaster (Chat) 14:38, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

• Raquel Rodriguez (wrestler) → Raquel Rodriguez (currently a redirect instead to Rocky Rodríguez) (move · discuss) – No article with this actual name exists. Margarte00 (talk) 23:34, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

redirects to Rocky Rodríguez whose actual name is Raquel Rodriguez though... – robertsky (talk) 11:43, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Most incoming links are for the soccer player. Not an uncontroversial primary topic. 162 etc. (talk) 16:55, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

@Margarte00, this technical request has been contested and thus requires a formal Requested Move discussion. You can start one by clicking "discuss" in your request. You can remove this request after opening a discussion (or if you do not want to continue). Sennecaster (Chat) 14:39, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

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